Edit an unpaid AP supplier invoice

An unpaid AP supplier invoice is a transaction that reflects an amount that you owe a supplier and against which you have never applied payment or selected to include in a payment request.

The fields you can edit in an unpaid AP supplier invoice depend on:

  • The application where the AP supplier invoice originated

  • The AP supplier invoice's workflow state

  • Whether the AP supplier invoice's GL posting date occurs in an open or closed reporting period

If you want to remove the AP supplier invoice or start over, see Delete an AP supplier invoice or Reverse an AP supplier invoice.

Where you can edit unpaid AP supplier invoices

When you can edit unpaid AP supplier invoices

When you can edit unpaid AP supplier invoices depends on two factors:

  • The AP supplier invoice's workflow state
  • The AP supplier invoice's GL posting date

The AP supplier invoice's workflow state

State Edit?

Declined

Draft

Posted

You can edit AP supplier invoices with these states, except in the scenarios outlined below. What you can edit depends on whether the reporting period is opened or closed.

Exceptions:

  • If the Posted AP supplier invoice was created as a result of a credit card charge payoff, you can't edit the AP supplier invoice, even though it's unpaid. In this scenario, reverse the charge payoff and create a new one.
  • If the Posted AP supplier invoice had a payment made against it and then the payment was voided. After you apply a payment to an AP supplier invoice, Intacct prevents most fields from being updated even if you cancel the payment. In this scenario, you can either reclassify the AP supplier invoice or start over.
  • If the Posted AP supplier invoice contains a negative line item (inline credit) and Accounts Payable has Enable inline credits to be automatically applied to AP supplier invoices set to true, the AP supplier invoice is considered to be partially paid because the system applied the inline credit when the AP supplier invoice was posted. In this scenario, you can only edit non-posting fields for the AP supplier invoice. See Edit a paid AP supplier invoice.

Submitted

You can edit an AP supplier invoice that you submitted for approval after you recall the AP supplier invoice. This removes the AP supplier invoice from the approval queue and changes the state to draft. At this point, the Edit link is available.

If the AP supplier invoice is Partially approved, you cannot recall it from the approval queue.

Partially approved

You can't edit Partially approved AP supplier invoices. The Edit link doesn't appear next to these AP supplier invoices in the AP supplier invoices list or purchasing transaction list. In this scenario, do one of the following:

  • Delete the AP supplier invoice or purchasing transaction and create a new one with the desired modifications.
  • Wait for the AP supplier invoice or purchasing transaction to be approved or declined and then edit the AP supplier invoice or purchasing transaction.

If your company uses AP supplier invoice approvals, Business users with the appropriate permissions can edit some AP supplier invoice details during approval.

Paid

Partially paid

Selected

To edit a Paid, Partially paid, or a Selected AP supplier invoice, see Edit a paid AP supplier invoice.

Reversal

Reversed

You can only edit non-posting fields for Reversal and Reversed AP supplier invoices. These fields are listed in the table in the What you can edit in a closed period section.

The AP supplier invoice's GL posting date

Depending on your company's Accounts Payable configuration, your AP supplier invoices might display separate fields for the AP supplier invoice date and the GL posting date. If you only see one Date field, then the AP supplier invoice date is also the GL posting date.

Reporting period status Edit?

The AP supplier invoice's GL posting date is in an open reporting period

You can edit the AP supplier invoice as applicable. See What you can edit in an open period for details.

The AP supplier invoice's GL posting date is in a closed reporting period

You can only edit fields that don't require the associated journal entries to be re-posted. As most changes made to purchasing transactions require the system to post to Accounts Payable, you won't be able to edit the purchasing transaction in a closed period. You can edit some fields in Accounts Payable for both AP supplier invoices and AP supplier invoices that originated in Purchasing. See What you can edit in a closed period for details.

When the reporting period is closed and you need to edit a field that requires journal entries to be re-posted, do one of the following:

  • Edit the unpaid AP supplier invoice and change the GL posting date to a date in an open period.
  • If it's your company's policy, open the reporting period, edit the unpaid AP supplier invoice, and then close the reporting period.

What you can edit in unpaid AP supplier invoices

What you can edit depends on whether the GL posting date falls in an open or closed reporting period.

Edit an unpaid AP supplier invoice

Before attempting to edit the unpaid AP supplier invoice, do the following:

Edit an unpaid AP supplier invoice in Accounts Payable

  1. Go to Accounts Payable > All > AP supplier invoices.

  2. Find the AP supplier invoice that you want to edit.
  3. Select More actionsEdit at the end of the row.
  4. Make your changes.
  5. Select Post or Submit.
  1. Go to Accounts Payable > All > AP supplier invoices.

  2. Select Edit next to the desired AP supplier invoice.
  3. Make your changes.
  4. Select Post or Submit.

Edit an unpaid AP supplier invoice in Purchasing

For AP supplier invoices originating in Purchasing, there might be additional configuration options on the transaction definition that further restrict whether you can edit the purchasing transaction. See Edit a purchasing transaction for details.

What to do when the reporting period is closed

If the reporting period is closed, do one of the following: