Accounts Receivable Preferences
Form ID: (AR101000)
You use this form to configure the accounts receivable settings. Settings defined on this form include numbering sequences for AR documents, document and payment processing settings, and mailing settings. Some settings on this form cannot be changed once production use has begun, such as the numbering sequences assigned for invoices, debit and credit memos, and customer payments. Other settings can be changed at will.
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General Tab
The general settings for accounts receivable include the numbering sequences used for customer documents and for financial charges. Also, you can specify various document processing settings.
Element | Description |
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GL Batch Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for accounts receivable batches. |
Invoice Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for AR invoices. An AR invoice is created for each original customer document, invoice, memo, or financial charge. |
Payment Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for customer payments. |
Debit Memo Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for debit adjustments. |
Credit Memo Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for credit adjustments. |
Write-Off Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for write-off documents. |
Prepayment Numbering Sequence |
The numbering sequence used for prepayment invoices. This box is available if the VAT Recognition on Prepayments feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Overdue Charge Numbering Sequence |
The numbering sequence used for overdue charges. This box is available if the Overdue Charges feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Price Worksheet Numbering Sequence | The numbering sequence used for price worksheets. |
Dunning Fee Numbering Sequence |
The numbering sequence used for dunning fees. If you leave this box empty, when the system assigns numbers to dunning fees, it uses the numbering sequence specified in the Invoice Numbering Sequence box of the form. This box appears on the form only if the Dunning Letter Management feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Element | Description |
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Automatically Post on Release | A check box that indicates (if selected) that AR transactions 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 AR documents will be posted to the general ledger with summarized row amounts if particular criteria are met. That is, if multiple rows in an AR document specify the same account (and subaccount, if any) and branch (if the Multibranch Support feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form), these rows will be combined into one row with the summarized amount in the GL batch. If the Project Accounting feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form and the check box is selected, the system posts summarized amounts to the general ledger only for the AR documents that are not associated with projects (that is, the documents with the X non-project code specified). The summarized 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 settings in the Chart of Accounts topic. Note:
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 activates (if selected) migration mode. 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. Note:
If migration mode has been activated, auto-application of
payments to outstanding documents is not supported by the
system. |
Element | Description |
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Default Customer Class |
The customer class to be used as the default class. When you create a new class by using the Customer Classes (AR201000) form, the settings defined for the class specified here will be inserted. (You can change any of these settings.) For more information, see Customers: Customer Class Settings. |
Use Intercompany Sales Account From |
The source of the sales account the system inserts in the lines of an intercompany AR document of a customer 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 Sales Sub. From |
The subaccount mask that defines the rule of selecting segment values for the sales subaccount to be used on accounts receivable data entry forms. 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:
For AR invoices and memos, if the III mask is used but there is no non-stock item in the document line, the segment value is copied from the customer location (LLL). For a segment, the characters designating each option are repeated as many times there are characters in the segment. See the Combined Subaccounts: To Define a Subaccount Mask for AR Documents article for more information. |
Rounding Rule for Invoices |
The rule to be used for rounding the total amount of the invoice. One of the following options can be selected:
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 invoice amount rounding; this list is not available if the Use Currency Precision option is selected in the Rounding Rule box. Select one of the following options:
This box appears on the form only if the Invoice Rounding feature is enabled in your system. The option is read-only and cannot be changed if the Use Currency Precision option is selected in the Rounding Rule for Invoices box. For details, see To Set Up Document Amount Rounding. |
Hold Documents on Entry | A check box that means (if selected) that documents will be assigned the On Hold status by default when they're saved. |
Validate Document Totals on Entry | A check box that means (if selected) that totals of new documents will be validated on entry. |
Require Payment Reference on Entry |
A check box that means (if selected) that users must fill in the Payment Ref. box on data entry forms related to accounts receivable, cash management, and sales orders. Note:
This option is not applied to credit card payments. In a
credit card payment, the system adds in the Payment
Ref. box the transaction number assigned by the
processing center. If the payment reference number has been
specified by a user manually, it remains unchanged. For details,
see Card Payments. |
Hold Document on Failed Credit Check | A check box that indicates (if selected) that new invoices and memos are placed on hold and cannot be released for customers that failed the credit check. If the check box is not selected, new documents can be saved and processed regardless of the credit check result, although the system warns users about customers that failed their credit check. |
Require Invoice/Memo Printing Before Release |
A check box that configures the system (if selected) to require the AR invoices and memos to be printed before they can be released for those customers who prefer to receive printed copies of the documents. That is, if the Print Invoices check box is selected in a customer account, each invoice or memo is created with the Pending Print status. After you have printed the document, its status is Balanced, and you can release it. To print AR documents, use the Print Invoices and Memos (AR508000) form. |
Require Invoice/Memo Emailing Before Release |
A check box that configures the system (if selected) to require the AR invoices and memos to be emailed before they can be released for those customers who prefer to receive copies of the documents by email. That is, if the Send Invoices by Email check box is selected in a customer account, each invoice or memo is created with the Pending Email status. After you have emailed the invoice, its status is Balanced, and you can release it. To email AR documents, use the Print Invoices and Memos (AR508000) form. |
Use Credit Terms in Credit Memos |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that users can specify credit terms for credit memos created on the Invoices and Memos (AR301000) form. These credit memos may be subject to cash discounts. For details, see AR Invoice Correction: Support for Credit Terms in Credit Memos. |
Element | Description |
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Enable Integrated CC Processing |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that credit card processing steps are required for AR payments—that is, a credit card payment cannot be released until you capture the payment through the gateway, and the payment is automatically released in the system on capture. If the check box is cleared, you can release a credit card payment without processing it through the gateway. This check box appears on the form if the Integrated Card Processing feature has been enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Age Credits | A check box that means (if selected) that credit memos and open payments will be aged on customer statements and reports along with invoices and debit memos according to the aging periods defined on the Statement Cycles (AP202800) form. If the check box is cleared, credit memos and open payments will appear as the current documents. |
Set Default Overdue Charges by Statement Cycle |
A check box that means (if selected) that overdue charges specified for the statement cycle are applied to an overdue document. If the check box is not selected, overdue charges specified for the customer class are applied. This check box is available if the Overdue Charges feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Calculate on Overdue Charge Documents |
A check box that means (if selected) that overdue charges will be calculated on overdue charge documents as well as on invoices; thus, the amount of overdue charges compounds. This check box is available if the Overdue Charges feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Apply Payments to Overdue Charges First |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that payments will be applied to overdue charges first and only after that to outstanding invoices, starting with those having the earliest dates, if the Auto-Apply Payments check box is selected for a customer on the Customers (AR303000) form. This check box is available if the Overdue Charges feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Element | Description |
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Salesperson Commission By |
The way commissions for all salespersons are calculated. One of the following options can be selected:
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Commission Period Type | The way the commission is paid: Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly, or By Financial Period. |
Element | Description |
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Prepare Statements |
The way customer statements should be prepared. One of the following options can be selected:
This box appears on the form if the Multibranch Support, Multicompany Support, or both features have been enabled on the Enable/Disable Features(CS100000) form. |
Statement From |
The branch that will be specified in the consolidated statements. This box is available if Consolidated for All Companies option is selected in the Prepare Statements box. This box appears on the form if the Multiple Base Currencies feature has been disabled and the Multicompany Support feature has been enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Prepare Dunning Letters |
The way dunning letters should be consolidated. One of the following options can be selected:
This box appears on the form if the Dunning Letter Management feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form and either the Multibranch Support or Multicompany Support feature is enabled (or both features are enabled). |
Dunning Letter from Branch |
The branch to appear on the consolidated dunning letters. The box is available if the Consolidated for All Companies option is selected in the Prepare Dunning Letters box. This box appears on the form if the Dunning Letter Management feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form and either the Multibranch Support or Multicompany Support feature is enabled (or both features are enabled). This box is hidden if the Multiple Base Currencies feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Element | Description |
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Balance Write-Off Reason Code | The reason code that is used by default when you perform a balance write-off operation. |
Credit Write-Off Reason Code | The reason code that is used by default when you perform a credit write-off operation. |
Element | Description |
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Automatically Release Tax Adjustments | A check box that indicates (if selected) that VAT tax adjustments (credit memos and debit memos) generated for the invoices that are fully paid within the cash discount period will be released automatically when you process them on the Generate AR Tax Adjustments (AR504500) form. For details, see VAT for Early Payments: General Information |
Tax Adjustment Description | The description to be used for the tax adjustment, which is generated for a document that was paid early and that adjusts the tax and taxable amounts. For details, see VAT for Early Payments: General Information. |
Element | Description |
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Retain Taxes | A check box that indicates (if selected) that taxes calculated on the retainage amount will be retained on the Retainage Tax Payable account. |
Automatically Release Retainage Documents | A check box that indicates (if selected) that retainage documents created on the Release AR Retainage (AR510000) form will be released automatically. |
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 Sales Prices: General Information. For more information on discounts, see Configuring and Applying Customer Discounts.
Element | Description |
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Default Rate Type | The default rate type to be used for calculation of prices in foreign currencies. The box provides a rate type to be used by default when you work with sales prices and shop for rates of carriers. |
Always Calculate Price from Base Currency Price |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that if a document uses a non-base currency, then the item price (sales or default) is converted to a price in the currency of the document, based on the item price expressed in the base currency. Thus, when you add an inventory item to a document (an order or invoice) that uses a non-base currency, the system suggests the price of the item based the value of this check box:
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Load Sales Prices by Alternate ID |
A check box that (if selected) makes it possible to specify prices in sales price worksheets by the alternate IDs of items, so that the system will find and populate the corresponding inventory IDs automatically. For more information, see Uploading Prices with Alternate IDs and Creating Alternate IDs from Price Worksheets. This check box is available if the Inventory and Order Management group of features is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. |
Element | Description |
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Retention Type |
The way the history of prices, which is defined by using the Sales Price Worksheets (AR202010) form, will be retained. Select one of the following options:
Note:
By default, Retention Type is set to
Fixed Number of Months and Number of
Months is set to 0, which means that the
history of prices will be kept forever. |
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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Line Discount Basis | The way the line discount will be applied. Select one of the following options:
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Apply Quantity Discounts To |
The way the system applies the discounts defined by quantity. Select one of the following options:
For more information, see Customer Discounts: Calculation of Discounts for Multiple UOMs. |
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 outgoing accounts receivable documents.
In the table, you specify the approval map or maps to be used to assign outgoing accounts receivable 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 a map specified in the Approval Map column for processing the approval. |
Type |
The type of outgoing accounts receivable document that is subject to approval. Select one of the following options: Invoice, Prepmt. Invoice, Debit Memo, Credit Memo, Cash Return, or Refund. 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 Return option, then only maps configured for the cash sale entity will be available for selection in the Approval Map column. |
Approval Map |
The approval map to be used for processing the approval of outgoing accounts receivable documents. The map specifies the employees responsible for approving AR 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 outgoing accounts receivable 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. |
Dunning Tab
By using this tab, you can define how the system prepares dunning letters: by grouping overdue documents by customer account; or by grouping overdue documents by customer and by the dunning level of a document. For details, see Dunning Process Setup: General Information.
This tab is available only if the Dunning Letter Management feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
Element | Description |
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Dunning Process |
The way the system groups overdue documents when it prepares dunning letters. Select one of the following options:
Note:
We recommend that you select the way of setting a level from
the very beginning and keep that setting. You can switch from
By Customer to By Document, but switching from
By Document to By Customer is not recommended.
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Automatically Release Dunning Letters | A check box that indicates (if selected) that dunning letters are automatically released after preparation. The box is available for editing if By Document is selected in the Dunning Process box. |
Element | Description |
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Dunning Fee Item | The non-stock item that provides the tax category and the account and subaccount (if applicable) to register the collected fee. |
Terms |
The payment terms for dunning fee invoices that are generated by the system when you run the process of creating dunning letters. For each dunning fee invoice, these terms are inserted in the Terms box in the Summary area on the Invoices and Memos (AR301000) form. If this box is empty, the system inserts into the dunning fee invoice the payment terms specified for the customer in the Terms box in the Financial Settings section on the Financial tab of the Customers (AR303000) form. |
Automatically Release Dunning Fee Documents | A check box that indicates (if selected) that an invoice for the dunning fee is automatically released when the corresponding dunning letter is released. If this check box is cleared, you need to release the invoice manually by using the Invoices and Memos (AR301000) form. |
Element | Description |
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Add Coming-Due Invoices |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that the system includes in dunning letters the unpaid invoices that are not due yet. This check box is selected by default. The state of this check box is used as the default state of the Add Coming-Due Invoices check box on the Prepare Dunning Letters (AR521000) form, which you can change any time you prepare dunning letters. |
Add Open Payments and Credit Memos |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that the system includes in dunning letters payments and credit memos with the Open status. This check box is cleared by default. The state of this check box is used as the default state of the Add Open Payments and Credit Memos check box on the Prepare Dunning Letters (AR521000) form, which you can change any time you prepare dunning letters. |
Column | Description |
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Dunning Letter Level | An integer that indicates the order in which a letter of this level should be sent, with 1 indicating the letter sent first, 2 indicating the letter sent next, and so on. |
Days Past Due | The number of days that should pass after the due date for at least one document of a particular customer before a dunning letter of this level can be generated. |
Days to Settle | The number of days that are added to the letter date to calculate the deadline for the payment. The payment deadline date is included in the Dunning Letter (AR661000) report. |
Description | Any comment that is relevant to a dunning letter of this level. |
Dunning Fee | The amount of the dunning letter fee, if your company charges one, for this level. Only a positive amount can be specified in this box. |
Mailing & Printing Tab
This tab contains the list of the predefined mailings for customers. Mailings are used to send electronic versions of documents (by email) to customers and company employees overseeing operations with customers. The reporting settings specified here will be used as the default values for mailing and printing settings of customer classes, which in turn will provide the default values for setting up mailing and printing for particular customers. Emails for active mailings will be sent to customer contacts and company employees when an employee (a user) performs specific processing. Such emails can contain customer statements, invoices, or dunning letters. Also, customers can be notified about credit card expiration. For details on setting up mailings, see the Managing Mailings.
The tab includes the Default Sources table, with the list of mailings, and the Default Recipients table, with the list of recipients.
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. The following mailings are available on this form:
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Branch | The ID of the branch for which the documents are printed using the default printer. If the branch is not 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 accounts receivable report that, by default, will be used to structure the information available in the document. The document will be sent as an attachment. A notification template, if selected, is used to form the email body; otherwise, the email body is taken from the report settings. |
Notification Template |
The email template to be used by default to generate personalized emails for this mailing, if a template is selected for this mailing. Note:
You need to specify either a notification template
or a report for a mailing at least. If a notification template
is not specified, text for email body is taken from the report
settings. The system inserts this template by default in the Notification Template column on the Mailing Settings tab on the Customer Classes (AR201000) form when you add a mailing in the Mailings table. |
Format | The format in which the document (if a report is used) will be sent by default if no other preferences are specified on the Customers (AR303000) form for the particular customer 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 or contact type is active. Only active recipients receive the emails for the mailing. |
Contact Type |
The type of contact to receive mailings. You can select one of the following options:
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Contact ID | The identifier of the mailing recipient. A particular recipient can be selected only if you have selected Employee as the contact type. This employee, if one is selected, will receive emails about changes in the documents of all customers. |
Format | The format in which the report (if applicable) will be sent by default. 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. |