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Maintain: Financial entry: Debtor settlement journal

[Finance: Ledger, Journal entry, Entry procedure, Settlement journal, Debtors]

Year / Period

Indicate the financial year and period of the entry.

! If you want to retrieve an existing entry, enter the financial year, the period and the sequence number of the entry.

The period that you enter should comply with the period-date table created in [Finance: File, Company settings, Period/date table, Maintain period/date table].

Example

Period 1: 1 to 31 January

Period 2: 1 to 28 February

......

Period 12: 1 to 31 December

If a journal entry is made in period 1, the entry date should be between 1 and 31 January. If you have entered 15 February as the entry date, then it is not a valid entry date if period-date checking is used.

The period number must not be higher than the number of last entry period entered in [Finance: File, Company settings, Financial preferences] on 'General' tab, and must not have been closed in [Finance: File, Financial control, Close/open periods].

Journal number

Select the journal in which you want to make entries.

Sequence number

Each entry has a fixed sequence number. If you post all entries in one period, the sequence number will be reset to 1.

Entry number

The next available entry number will be suggested automatically. It can be changed, unless the 'Block entry number' setting is enabled in [Finance: Ledger, Master data, Maintenance, Journals] for the journal concerned. You can add a description on the box next to the entry number for future reference.

General tab

Date

Enter a date as an entry date for this entry.

Debtor

Select the debtor who you are entering an invoice for. When you close the entry, the debtor's subsidiary ledger is updated immediately.

Match: Entry type

Select the type of entry which you want to match with this entry.  There are 3 options available: {Collection}, {Normal} and {Prepayment}.

Match number

Select the entry number of the debtor's invoice which you want to match.

Matrix for data entry

Click the 'Add' button to add an entry line or 'Delete' button to delete the created entry line.

Description

Enter a description for this entry line, if necessary. For example, "Settled with match number 900504"

Amount: FC

Enter the amount which paid by the debtor. 

Documents tab

Matrix for data entry

You can click the 'Add' button to link documents to the entry or 'Delete' button to delete the documents.

Category code: External

Select an external category of the document to be linked to the entry. You can create external categories in [System: Setup, Documents, External categories, Maintenance].

Description

Enter a description of the linked document, if required.

Path: Complete

Enter the full path or URL of the document. The path in the 'Fixed location' field on the 'General' tab in [System: Setup, Documents, External categories, Maintenance] if defined, will be filled in by default. Then you will only need to enter the remaining path.

See also:

[Finance: Ledger, Journal entry, Entry report]


Finance Manual > Contents > Making entries > Creating entries in the settlement journal > [Finance: Ledger, Journal entry, Entry procedure, Settlement journal, Debtors]

     
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