Cash Sales and Cash Returns: Generated Transactions

As you process a cash sale, you create and process a document of the Cash Sales type. If you process a cash return, you create and process a document of the Cash Return type. To record the sale and the return, the system generates the GL transactions described in the following sections.

Transaction Generated for a Cash Sale

When you create and release a Cash Sale document, the system generates the following general ledger transaction:

Account Source of Account Debit Credit
Cash account An account specified for the payment method on the Allowed Cash Accounts tab of the Payment Methods (CA204000) form Amount 0.00
Sales Revenue account The sales account specified for the customer on the GL Accounts tab of the Customers (AR303000) form 0.00 Amount

You can view the reference number of the GL batch on the Financial tab of the Cash Sales (AR304000) form.

Transaction Generated for a Cash Return

When you create and release a Cash Return document, the system generates the following general ledger transaction:

Account Source of Account Debit Credit
Sales Revenue account The sales account specified for the customer on the GL Accounts tab of the Customers (AR303000) form Amount 0.00
Cash account An account specified for the payment method on the Allowed Cash Accounts tab of the Payment Methods (CA204000) form 0.00 Amount

You can view the reference number of the GL batch on the Financial tab of the Cash Sales (AR304000) form.