Accounts Payable Preferences
Form ID: (AP101000)
You use this form to configure the accounts payable functionality in the system. The settings defined on this form include numbering sequences for AP bills, checks, payments, and AP batches. On this form, you can also specify the default vendor class, which provides default settings when users create vendor classes and vendors.
Some of the settings on the form, such as numbering sequences, cannot be changed after production use of the system has begun.
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General Tab
The general settings for accounts payable include posting and retention settings, aging settings, and other elements related to new documents. On this tab, you can also specify the numbering sequences used to generate the identifiers of AP documents and AP payments issued in response to vendor documents.
Element | Description |
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Batch Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for AP batches. |
Bill Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for AP bills. |
Debit Adjustment Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for debit adjustments. |
Credit Adjustment Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for credit adjustments. |
Payment Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for AP payments. |
Price Worksheet Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for price worksheets. |
Element | Description |
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Automatically Post on Release | A check box that indicates (if selected) that transactions related to AP documents will be automatically posted to the general ledger once they are released. This check box is selected by default. |
Post Summary on Updating GL |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that AP documents will be posted to the general ledger with total row amounts if particular criteria are met. That is, if multiple rows in an AP document specify the same account (and subaccount, if any) and branch (if the Multibranch Support feature is enabled in your system on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form), then in the GL batch, these rows will be combined into one row with the total amount. If this check box is selected and the Project Accounting feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, the system posts total amounts to the general ledger only for the AP documents that are not associated with projects (that is, for documents with the non-project code specified). Note: The total transaction amounts can be posted to an account (and
subaccount, if any) only if both the Post Summary on
Updating GL check box is selected on this form
and the Summary option is specified for an account in the
Post Option column on the Chart of Accounts (GL202500) form. (For details, see
the description of the Post Option column
in the Chart of Accounts topic.)
The GL batch can contain multiple documents if the Generate Consolidated Batches check box is selected in the Posting Settings section on the General Ledger Preferences (GL102000) form. |
Activate Migration Mode |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that migration mode is activated. You can activate or deactivate migration mode (that is, select or clear this check box) at any time. For details, see Migrating Documents to MYOB Acumatica. |
Allow Bill Reclassification | A check box that indicates (if selected) that users can perform
reclassification for open and closed accounts payable bills if the
Financial Supervisor or Project Accountant role
has been assigned to them on the User Roles
(SM201005) form. For details, see Project Expense Reclassification: General Information. Note: If your system is integrated with the AvaTax
service of Avalara or other specialized third-party software,
the bill reclassification process does not send updated
information about the general ledger accounts to the external
tax provider. For more information, see Project Expense Reclassification: Limitations. |
Element | Description |
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Aging Period 1 | The maximum number of days outstanding or past due for the document to be included in the first category. |
Aging Period 2 | The maximum number of days outstanding or past due for the document to be included in the second category. If the value here is greater than the Aging Period 1 value, documents from the first category are not included in the second category. |
Aging Period 3 | The maximum number of days outstanding or past due for the document to be included in the third category. If the value here is greater than the Aging Period 2 value, documents from the second category are not included in the third category. |
Element | Description |
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Default Vendor Class ID | The vendor class to be used as the default vendor class. When
you create a new vendor class by using the Vendor Classes (AP201000) form, the
settings defined for the class specified here will be inserted into
the appropriate boxes. (You can change any of these settings.)
For more information, see Vendors: Vendor Defaults and Overrides. |
Use Intercompany Expense Account From |
The source of the expense account the system inserts in the lines of the following documents of a vendor that was extended based on a company or branch:
The following options can be selected:
This box appears on the form if the Inter-Branch Transactions feature has been enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Combine Expense Sub. From | The subaccount mask that defines the rule of selecting segment values for the expense
subaccount to be used for non-stock items on data entry forms for
accounts payable entities and documents. To set up the rule, select
a segment, press F3, and select the source of the segment value,
which is one of the following options:
The system uses the following rule for inserting default subaccounts in the lines of AP and PO documents (if stock items are not selected in the document lines):
For AP bills and adjustments, if the III mask is used but there is no non-stock item in the document line, the segment value is copied from the vendor location (LLL). For a segment, the characters designating each option are repeated as many times there are characters in the segment. See Combined Subaccounts: To Define a Subaccount Mask for AP Documents for more information. |
Rounding Rule for Bills |
The rule that is used to automatically round the total amounts of bills. Select one of the following rules:
This box is available only if the Invoice Rounding feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. For details, see To Set Up Document Amount Rounding. |
Rounding Precision |
The smallest unit for bill amount rounding, which is one of the following options:
This box is available only if the Invoice Rounding feature is enabled in your system. The list is not available if the Use Currency Precision option is selected in the Rounding Rule for Bills box. For details, see To Set Up Document Amount Rounding. |
Payment Lead Time | The number of days required, on average, for a payment to reach
a vendor location. This value is used as the default value for multiple boxes on the Approve Bills for Payment (AP502000) and Prepare Payments (AP503000) forms. |
Hold Documents on Entry |
A check box that means (if selected) that new documents will have the On Hold status by default. These documents will be drafts; they can be edited but cannot be released. Note: If approvals have been activated for the selected document
type (and an approval map has been specified) on the
Approval tab of the current form, new
documents of this type will always be created with the On
Hold status, even if this check box is cleared.
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Require Approval of Bills Prior to Payment |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that approval of bills is required before bills can be paid on the Prepare Payments (AP503000) form. Bills can be approved on the Approve Bills for Payment form. Note: If this check box is selected (that is, bills require approval
for payment), users can still pay bills on the Checks and Payments (AP302000) form.
For details, see Bill Approval for Payment. |
Enable Early Payments | A check box that indicates (if selected) that a user can create payments for the bills posted to future periods and dates. |
Validate Document Totals on Entry | A check box that adds the Amount box to the Summary area of the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) form (if selected). To save a document with the Balanced status, a user must enter the document total in this box after reviewing the document. |
Validate Tax Totals on Entry |
A check box that adds (if selected) the Tax Amount box to the Summary area of the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) and Cash Purchases (AP304000) forms, where a user enters the tax total amount manually in the document. This box is available only if the Net/Gross Entry Mode feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. For details, see Purchases with Sales Taxes: Tax Amount Validation. |
Set Zero Payment Amount to Application Amount | A check box that indicates (if selected) that when a user saves an AP payment with no Payment Amount specified on the Checks and Payments (AP302000) form, the system automatically inserts a Payment Amount that is equal to the Application Amount. If this check box is cleared (the default value), the system will save the payment with a payment amount of $0 if the payment has the On Hold status, or report that the document is out of balance if the payment has the Balanced status. |
Require Vendor Reference |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that users must fill in the Vendor Ref. box on data entry forms related to accounts payable, taxes, and purchasing. If this check box is selected, the Vendor Ref. setting on data entry forms becomes required for documents of the Bill type only. (For documents of other types, the Vendor Ref. setting is optional regardless of the state of this check box.) Also, this check box controls the Ext. Ref. Number box on the Journal Vouchers (GL304000) form. |
Raise an Error on Duplicate Vendor Reference Number |
A check box that you select to indicate to the system that an error should be generated when a new document is created on the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) form with a value in the Vendor Ref. box that has already been used in the system. Even if this check box is selected, the system does not generate an error in the following circumstances:
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Require Single Project per Document |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that all lines of a particular AP bill are linked with the same project that you specify for that bill in the Project box in the Summary area on the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) form. This check box appears on the form only if the Project Accounting feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Use Credit Terms in Debit Adjustments | A check box that indicates (if selected) that credit terms can be specified for debit adjustments created on the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) form. These debit adjustments can be subject to cash discounts. |
Element | Description |
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Retain Taxes | A check box that indicates (if selected) that the taxes calculated on the retainage amount will be retained on the retainage tax claimable account. |
Automatically Release Retainage Documents | A check box that indicates (if selected) that retainage bills and debit adjustments created on the Release AP Retainage (AP510000) form will be released automatically. |
Element | Description |
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VAT Adjustment Description |
The default description to be used for debit adjustments and credit adjustments that are generated for documents that were paid early and that adjust the tax and taxable amounts. For details, see VAT for Early Payments: General Information. |
Pricing Tab
By using this tab, you can specify settings that affect price calculation, price history retention, and discount application. For more information on prices, see Maintaining Vendor Prices. For more information on discounts, see Configuring Vendor Discounts.
Element | Description |
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Vendor Price Update |
The state and timing of automatic updates of vendor prices in the vendor catalog and item settings based on a document that includes the vendor. This setting affects whether and when the system updates the last vendor price of a purchased item in the vendor catalog on the Vendor Inventory (PO201000) form, which includes information about items that were or can be purchased from the vendor. Also, if an item is purchased from a vendor whose vendor catalog does not already include the item, this setting determines whether and when the item is added to the vendor catalog. Similarly, the setting determines whether and when the system updates the last vendor price of a purchased item on the Vendors tab of the Non-Stock Items (IN202000) or Stock Items (IN202500) form. Also, if an item is purchased from a vendor that is not listed on the Vendors tab of one of these forms, this setting affects whether and when the vendor is added on this tab. Select one of the following options:
For details, see Vendor Catalogs. |
Load Vendor Prices by Alternate ID | A check box that indicates (if selected) that users can specify
prices in vendor price worksheets by the alternate IDs of items, so
that the system will find and populate appropriate inventory IDs
automatically. The check box is available if the Inventory and Order Management group of features is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. For more information, see Uploading Prices with Alternate IDs and Creating Alternate IDs from Price Worksheets. |
Element | Description |
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Retention Type | The way the history of prices will be retained. Select one of the
following options:
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Number of Months | The number of months the history of price changes should be kept.
This box is available if the Fixed Number of Months option is selected in the Retention Type box. |
Element | Description |
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Apply Quantity Discounts To | The way the system applies discounts that are defined by
quantity. Select one of the following options:
For more information, see Calculation of Vendor Discounts. |
Approval Tab
You use this tab, which is available only if the Approval Workflow feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, to set up the approval process for AP documents.
In the table, you specify the approval map or maps to be used to assign AP documents to employees for approval.
Column | Description |
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Active | A check box that indicates (if selected) that approval is required for documents of the type selected in the Type column. The system will use the map specified in the Approval Map column for processing the approval. |
Type |
The type of the AP document that is subject to approval, which is one of the following options: Bill, Credit Adj., Debit Adj., Prepayment Req., Payment, Cash Purchase, or Prepayment. The system narrows the selection of the approval maps configured in the system based on the selected document type. For example, if you have selected the Cash Purchase option, then only maps configured for cash purchases will be available for selection in the Approval Map column. |
Approval Map | The approval map to be used for processing the approval of AP documents. The map specifies the employees responsible for approving AP documents and the approval conditions to be used by the system for assigning the documents to approvers. To view or modify approval maps, use the Assignment and Approval Maps (EP203000) form. |
Pending Approval Notification |
The template that the system uses to generate notification emails for employees who approve AP documents. You can create new templates or edit existing ones by using the Email Templates (SM204003) form. Attention: Only original approvers assigned
through an approval map can receive notifications about pending approvals. If an
approver has an assigned delegate and approvals are reassigned to this delegate, the
delegate will not receive pending approval notifications. For more information about
delegates, see Approval Configuration: Delegation of Approvals.
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1099 Settings Tab
United States tax law requires businesses to submit a Form 1099-MISC or Form 1099-NEC for each non-employee to whom they provide payment, as well as for certain other types of payment. By using the elements on this tab, described in the following table, you can configure the compensation types (based on Internal Revenue Service classification in the U.S.) used by your company, the minimum amounts, and the associated accounts to be used by default for each type. In MYOB Acumatica, 1099 payments are tracked based on their types, which generally correspond to boxes on the 1099-MISC form. For additional information, see Configuring 1099 Reporting.
This tab is available only if the 1099 Reporting feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
Element | Description |
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Report Direct Sales On |
The place where direct sales—Box 7 of the 1099-MISC Form (AP653000) report or Box 2 of the 1099-NEC Form (AP653100) report—should be reported: 1099-MISC Form (AP653000) or 1099-NEC Form (AP653100). The following options are available:
Tip: To register AP bills and cash purchases with direct
sales, when creating a new document, you need to select
MISC07/NEC02 Direct Sales in the 1099
Box column on the Details
tab of the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) or Cash Purchases (AP304000) form.
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Column | Description |
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1099 Box |
Read-only. The code of the 1099 box that is used in the 1099-MISC form, 1099-NEC form, or both forms. For a 1099 vendor, users specify a 1099 box for each document line whose amount should be included in a box of the applicable report or reports. Note: The code of each 1099 box begins with MISC or
NEC, which indicates whether amounts for this 1099
box are included in the 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC form. The number
after MISC or NEC indicates the box of the form
where the amount is included. For example, for the MISC02
1099 box, the amount is included in Box 2 of the 1099-MISC form.
If the amount can be included in both the 1099-MISC form and the
1099-NEC form, both forms and their respective boxes are
mentioned in the name (as with the MISC07/NEC02 1099
box).
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Description | Read-only. The description of this 1099 box, which reflects the type of payment and is usually based on the box's name on the 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC form. |
Minimum Report Amount | Read-only. The minimum amount in the 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC form in order for it to be reported to the IRS. |
Account |
The optional default expense account associated with this type of 1099 payment. When an account is specified in this column, if a user selects this expense account for a bill line on the Details tab of the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) or Cash Purchases (AP304000) form, the system inserts the 1099 box associated with this account in the 1099 Box column for this line. (The user can override the default value.) |
Mailing & Printing Tab
The tab includes the Default Sources table, with the list of mailings, and the Default Recipients table, with the list of recipient types.
Column | Description |
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Active | A check box that indicates (if selected) that this mailing is active. Emails will be generated only for active mailings. |
Mailing ID | The unique identifier of the mailing. |
Branch | The ID of the branch for which the documents are printed using the Default Printer. If no branch is specified, the Default Printer is used for documents of all branches. |
Default Email Account | The system email account to be used by default for sending emails for this mailing. If no account is specified, the default system account will be used. |
Default Printer |
The printer to be used by default for printing operations. This column is available only if the DeviceHub feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Report | The report to be used by default as the body or attachment of the email, if a report is used rather than an email template. |
Notification Template | The email template to be used by default to generate
personalized emails for this mailing, if a template is used rather
than a report. CAUTION: For each mailing, you can use
only one of the options as the means of communication: a report
or a template. |
Format | The format in which the report (if applicable) will be sent by default if no preferences have been specified for a particular recipient on the Vendors (AP303000) form (for vendor contacts). Select one of the following options: HTML, Excel, or PDF. |
Recipients | The way the system specifies recipients in the generated email.
The following options are available:
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Column | Description |
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Active | A check box that indicates (if selected) that the contact of this type is active. Only active recipients receive the emails generated for this mailing. |
Contact Type | The type of contact to receive emails:
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Contact ID | The specific contact. A particular recipient can be selected only if you have selected Employee as the Contact Type. The employee, if one is selected, will receive emails on behalf of all vendors. |
Format | The format in which the report (if applicable) will be sent to recipients of this type. Select one of the following options: HTML, Excel, or PDF. |
Add To | The To, CC, and BCC options, which are available in this column, determine the element in which the recipient will be included in the generated email. |
Canadian Tax Reporting
This tab contains the settings related to Canadian T5018 reporting. The tab appears on the form if the Canadian Localization feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
Element | Description |
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Threshold Amount | The total amount that should be exceeded by payments for mixed goods and services and for services only to be included in the T5018 report. The amount specified in this box will be copied to the Threshold Amount box on the Create T5018 E-File (AP507600) form. |