Applying a Vendor Pre-Payment or Purchase Debit

Applying a prepayment or a purchase debit can be used to reduce the balance of a vendor account or used to match/clear entries of equal value. For example, if you have Purchase and Purchase Debit of the same value (one positive, one negative) you would want to clear the entries my making an application.

A payment application transaction is typically used in the following situations:

1. A Purchase Debit has been entered to record a credit from a vendor and it needs to be applied to the next payment.
2. A vendor Pre-Payment transaction needs to be applied to an outstanding Purchase.
3. A Purchase has been entered and posted in error. A correction via a Purchase Debit has been entered and both are now showing as outstanding on the vendor activity ledger with a net balance of zero.

 

To create a payment application entry:

TIP: To apply a Purchased Debit or a vendor Pre-Payment, the total amount of negatives (sum of Purchase Debits and Pre-Payments) should be less than or equal to the sum of the positives (Purchases) it is being applied against.

1. Select Payments from the A/P menu or select Purchases from the CONNECTED Desktop window.

2. Click Add.

3. From the following Choices window select Normal Payment then click “Proceed with Add New” button or just press TAB.

4. Enter the vendor code in the Payee field or press TAB to select from the vendor list.  Once the vendor has been selected, the name of the vendor appears and all of the outstanding bills for that vendor are listed below on.  

5, Enter the “Date” of the application, this date should be on the date of the latest transaction being selected to be applied or later.

 

NOTE: It is strongly recommended that the date of the application payment be no earlier than the most current transactions being applied. 

 

6, Verify the Bank Code which defaults from the Vendors window. If the payment is a straight application, the total will be zero and the Bank or G/L accounts will not be affected.

7. Enter a Description.

8. Select the Pre-Payment or Purchase Debit transactions to be applied by pressing TAB through the line, until you see a green check mark appear on the right side of the entry, as shown in the following screen.

9. Press TAB to move through the Amount Paid field to use the debit or prepayment. The debit or prepayment will now have a check mark next to it in the list. The check total is now a negative amount of the purchase debits or prepayments selected.