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Accounts Payable: Billing

Distributor steps for entering and confirming a vendor bill on the Accounts Payable dashboard in Encompass, incl. 1099, prepaid and recurring options. Needs Encompass AP, CreateBills permission, v22.01+.

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Written by Bailey Naas-Thornton

Minimum Version Required: 22.01

Pre-Conditions

  • Encompass Financials Users, only
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  • Companies.EnableEncompassAP = True
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  • User or Role has CreateBills Permission

Steps

How to process a bill for vendor accounts payable

  1. Using Universal Search, navigate to the 'Accounts Payable' dashboard
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  2. In the Processes section, click 'Create Bills'
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  3. In the field proviced, search and select an AP Account to create a bill for, then click 'Apply filters'
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  4. Click the Lightning bolt icon to create the bill
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  5. Enter values to all required and applicable optional fields displayed in the new bill form
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    - PO Num (Optional, depending on status. Required for Confirmation)
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    - Invoice Num (Optional, depending on status. Required for Confirmation)
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    - Invoice Date (Optional, depending on status. Required for Confirmation)
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    - Recurring Trans: Used to set a Recurring Transaction schedule (Optional)
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    - Is 1099: Designate the bill as 1099 (Optional).
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    - Is Prepaid: Used to Designate the bill as Prepaid (Optional)
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    - Account: Use to Add Account(s) to the bill (repeat adding accounts until all postings are added)
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    - Amount: Enter the amount to be posted against the selected Account(s)
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    - Dimensions: Select Financial Dimension(s) for line item categorization (Optional)
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  6. Cick the ‘Save Changes’ or 'Confirm' button when complete

Fields And Definitions

  • Is Prepaid - mark a bill (Accounts Purchase) as IsPrepaid = True to enable amortization of a prepaid expense. See Prepaid Amortization Help Resource for more info.

Best Practices

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