Field descriptions: Pay AP purchase invoices
The following is a description of the options and fields on the Pay AP purchase invoices page.
Buttons
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Add to outbox |
Select to add selected AP purchase invoices to the outbox as draft payment requests. You can add more AP purchase invoices to a draft payment request in the outbox, and even merge AP purchase invoices into an existing draft payment request. |
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Pay now |
Select to generate a payment request for selected AP purchase invoices. The AP purchase invoice is moved along to the next step in the workflow. This can mean that the payment request needs to be approved if you are using payment approvals, or a cheque needs to be printed and confirmed. |
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Outbox payments |
Select to view draft payment requests in your outbox. |
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Pay by entity |
You can hold off on paying AP purchase invoices for specific entities that do not have the resources yet to pay in full. To process AP purchase invoices for only those entities that can pay the entire AP purchase invoice, select Pay by entity. Then, select Select entities with ability to pay all AP purchase invoices in full and select Apply filter. |
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More actions |
You can find the following actions in the More actions menu: Edit this page, Object definition, and Table size. To decrease the time it takes for AP purchase invoices to load, set the number of rows you can view before you page to 20-50 using the Table size option. Alternatively, you can set the number of table rows for all pages across your company in your preferences.
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Apply credits |
Select to apply credits automatically across the selected AP purchase invoices. Sage Intacct uses the Waterfall method to apply the available credit from the oldest to the newest AP purchase invoices in the payment request until the credit is consumed. Optionally, you can manually apply credits. To make sure you're successful, we gathered this information into one topic where you can learn how to apply credits manually or automatically to an AP purchase invoice.
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Clear credits |
After you select a transaction, you can select Clear credits to clear the Credits to apply field. |
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Clear payment amount |
After you select a transaction, you can select Clear payment amount to clear the Amount to pay. |
Basic filters
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Filter by |
To view AP purchase invoices, select an existing filter from the dropdown list and select Apply filter, or select Add a filter set to define a new one using Advanced filter options. Filters must result in less than 1000 AP purchase invoices. After you learn the basics about how to use filters to load AP purchase invoices to pay, check out these tips and tricks for creating advanced filters. |
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Due date range |
The due date time period for the resulting set of AP purchase invoices:
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Supplier range |
The supplier ID or range of IDs for the resulting set of AP purchase invoices. Select the opening ID and closing IDs. If auto-numbering is on, supplier names might not appear alphabetically. |
Payment details
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Payment provider |
This field only applies to companies subscribed to Supplier Payments powered by CSI. Select a payment provider to process the payment. If you select CSI as the payment provider, the only Payment method option becomes Selected by Provider.
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Payment method |
Select the Payment method. For example, you can pay suppliers by cheque, standard ACH, bank files, or cash. In some cases, such as credit cards and record transfer, you do not actually make payments. You simply record them here. This field is not a filter. You can select a joint check payment method as long as the functionality has been enabled when you configure Accounts Payable. Construction subscription is needed. To enable a Construction subscription, contact your Sage Intacct account manager. Regional support for Construction is limited to the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
If you select joint check as the Payment method, the following information appears:
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AP purchase invoice currency |
In a multi-currency company, the currency to be filtered by for a resulting set of AP purchase invoices that use that currency. |
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The method you want to use to aggregate AP purchase invoices in payment requests. |
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Bank |
The bank against which you want Intacct to draw payments. |
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Use base currency banks to pay |
Allows Intacct to use a bank that uses your base currency to pay an AP purchase invoice where the AP purchase invoice currency is other than your company base currency. |
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Exchange rate type |
The Intacct daily rate or your company predefined rate type. |
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Set payment date to |
The date the payment is to be made and the date that appears on any subsequent payments like cheques and bank files. This is also the date that the payment posts to the General Ledger. |
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Send payment notifications from |
You can have Intacct automatically send payment notification emails to selected suppliers, informing them that they've been paid. Whenever you process payments to suppliers, we check whether any of the suppliers have payment notifications enabled. Those suppliers will automatically be sent payment notifications. For complete setup instructions, see Notify suppliers that they've been paid. Payment notification emails are sent from a designated contact. When you select AP purchase invoices to be paid, you have the option to override the default contact for payment notification emails and choose a different Intacct user. Make sure that contacts have valid email addresses. |
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Payment description |
Appears if you select ACH or bank file as the payment method. Any description you enter here appears in the Payment description column on the Approve payments page. |
Bank details
When you pay AP purchase invoices at the entity level, bank details display when the bank you select is associated with the entity.
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Bank balance |
The total amount available in the account as it appears in the Bank register for the current date. |
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Adjusted bank balance |
The book balance amount minus the total amount to pay of any selected AP purchase invoices on the Pay AP purchase invoices page. |
AP purchase invoices available for payment
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Supplier name |
The supplier who is the source of the AP purchase invoice. |
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AP purchase invoice number |
The record number assigned to the AP purchase invoice by the supplier. This number prints on the remittance stub, but not on the cheque itself. |
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AP purchase invoice date |
The transaction date. |
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Due date |
Intacct calculates the due date based on the AP purchase invoice date and any selected term. |
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Currency |
The currency you selected for filtering AP purchase invoices. |
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Amount due |
The amount due for this AP purchase invoice. |
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Payment date |
Today's date. If a discount is available for the AP purchase invoice and you want to update the Payment date to the Discount date, select the value in the Discounts column and then select Save.
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Preferred payment method |
The Preferred payment method set on the Payment information tab of the supplier information record. This field is empty if no value was selected in the supplier record. |
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Credits available |
The number of credit available including advances and adjustments. Select this value to drill down into credits. |
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Credits to apply |
The amount of available credit you want to apply to the AP purchase invoice. |
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Discounts |
The total discount available for the AP purchase invoice, if any. Selecting this value opens the Discounts popup window. Partial payments do not support discounts. To process AP purchase invoices with discounts, make sure to pay the AP purchase invoice in full. To set the Payment date to the discount date for this AP purchase invoice only, open the Discounts popup and then select Save.
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Amount to pay |
One of the following for any selected AP purchase invoice:
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Line details |
Select line details at the end of a specific AP purchase invoice to view the line-by-line information for that AP purchase invoice. From there, you can apply credits manually. |
Advanced filters
The following is a table of the fields on the Advanced filters page (on the Pay AP purchase invoices page, in the Filter by dropdown, select Add a filter set). Here, you can create and save a filter set.
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Filter name |
The unique name of the filter. |
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Default filter |
When selected, this filter is applied by default when you load the Pay AP purchase invoices page. |
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AP purchase invoice currency |
In a multi-currency company, the currency to be used when paying AP purchase invoices. |
Drill down filters
Create a formula based an object (for example, a supplier or an AP purchase invoice) and its attributes.
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Object |
The Intacct object whose attributes you want to filter by. For example, supplier, AP purchase invoice, or AP purchase invoice item (line item) attributes. |
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Attribute |
The attribute of the object you selected, that you want to filter by. The dropdown lists attributes available for filtering on the selected object. For example, if you selected supplier as the object, Term is available as an attribute. |
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Operator |
Select operators such as equals, less than, and more to create a formula for granular filtering on AP purchase invoices. |
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Value |
The value that completes the filtering formula, for example: Supplier name less than M, where "M" is the value. |
Sort by filters
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Attribute |
Select the object attribute that you want to sort by. For example, if you selected the object Supplier in the drill-down section, you could sort by the attribute Supplier name. |
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Order |
Select Ascending or Descending to select the sort order for displaying the filter result. |