Go to Purchase ➔ To be Processed ➔ Deferred cost and click Process.
The cost of a receipt, return, or fulfillment can be transferred to a different period or distributed over multiple periods.
A list of options will be displayed if you click at Deferred cost account. From the list, select an option and click Select.
Type or select the account to register the selected deferred cost. This account is used to debit the selected cost from the original date and transfer the cost to a new date or date(s).
Specify the number of periods over which you want to distribute the cost. If you type 1, the selected cost is transferred to the next period from the date specified at Date from. If you type 2 or other values, then the selected cost is deferred over the specified number of periods.
Note: The period(s) that the cost is deferred to depend(s) on the periods defined in the period-date table at Period-date calendar at System ➔ General ➔ Settings in General settings.
Specify the percentage of the cost that you want to defer. The percentage of the cost must be equal to or less than 100. If you type 100, the entire cost is transferred to the next period or to different periods.
Select the date of the first period over which the cost is to be deferred. If you defer the cost, it will be posted to this date in its entirety. If you choose to defer over two or more periods, the cost will be deferred to the selected period and the next period(s).
Note: The date selected is marked the first period over which the cost is to be deferred. The actual posting date will always use the start date of this period specified in the period-date table at Period-date calendar at System ➔ General ➔ Settings in General settings. For more information on how to customize period-date table, see Creating and maintaining period-date table.
Click this to begin the transferring process. The Deferred cost: Preview screen will be displayed.
Click Continue to execute the transfer. If you do not want to continue, click Close to terminate the process and return to the Deferred cost screen.
Click this to return to the Purchase ➔ To be processed ➔ Deferred cost screen.