For each detail you add, enter the amount of the detail in the Amount field, or edit the existing detail amount, if necessary.

The portion of the document total you distribute to details depends on whether tax is included in the price.

Accounts Payable lets you enter a comment with each detail on an invoice, credit note, or debit note. For example, you might include a comment indicating that the invoice discount does not apply to a particular detail.

Type a description for the distribution line.

The description from the distribution code record appears as the default description.

This field displays the tax class from the vendor record as the default.

You can change the tax class for a detail by first double-clicking in the field and then entering the new tax class, or you can use the Finder to select the new tax class.

You use this option to specify whether a selected detail is subject to the invoice discount. For example, if you do not give discounts on freight charges, you can exempt a freight detail from the invoice discount.

To indicate that a detail is not discountable, you simply clear the Discountable option for the detail on the Detail Accounts/Taxes screen, or select No for the option on the detail-entry table.

A distribution code appears if the vendor record is set up to distribute details by distribution code, or if you used the Create Dist. button to create distributions from a distribution set.

Accept or change the distribution code, as needed.

You can also enter a distribution code if none appears, or leave the field blank, and then enter the general ledger account number.

Enter, accept, or change the displayed general ledger account number, as needed.

For invoices that are not job‑related, Accounts Payable displays the account numbers for the distribution codes you specify. However, you can enter the general ledger account codes directly. You can also change the account number for a distribution line on the detail table on the Invoice Entry screen.

For recurring payables, you can change the account number on the Detail tab.

This field indicates whether optional fields are assigned to the document detail.

The program uses the retainage percentage to calculate the retainage amount for a detail on an original invoice, credit note, or debit note.

You can enter a different retainage percentage in the Retainage Percentage (%) field. When you enter a new percentage, the program recalculates the retainage amount for the detail.

The retainage amount is the amount you can withhold for an original document or document detail until the end of the retention period, when retainage is due.

This field works differently depending on whether or not the document is job‑related :

• For a document that is not job‑related :

  • To calculate the retainage amount, the program multiples the document amount (or the document total, if you include taxes in retainage) by the retainage percentage.
  • The retainage amount is subtracted from the document amount (or the document total) to calculate the amount due.

• For a document that is job‑related :

  • To calculate the retainage amount, the program multiples the extended detail amount (or the extended amount plus tax, if you include taxes in retainage) by the retainage percentage.
  • The retainage amount is subtracted from the detail amount to calculate the amount due.

You can enter a new retainage amount, if necessary. When you enter an amount to replace a calculated amount, the program recalculates the retainage percentage.

The program calculates the retainage due date (the date the outstanding retainage is due for invoicing) by adding the number of days in the retention period to the original document date. You can enter a different due date, if you want.

This field shows the tax on retainage calculated for a selected detail on an original invoice, credit note, or debit note.

This field appears on original documents to which retainage applies. It shows the amount (before included taxes) used to calculate tax on retainage, if the tax will be reported when you post the retainage document.

Two factors determine when tax on retainage is reported:

• Your choice for the Report Tax option for Accounts Payable (on the Retainage tab of the A/P Options screen):

  • At Time Of Original Document. If you select this option, Accounts Payable calculates and posts tax on retainage when you post the original document, regardless of the tax reporting options you select in Tax Services for the tax authority.
  • As Per Tax Authority. If you select this option, Accounts Payable respects the selection for the Report Tax On Retainage Document option for the tax authority.
• The setting for the Report Tax On Retainage Option for the tax authority, in Tax Services.

  The tax authority may specify that no tax on retainage will be calculated (No Reporting), or that tax will be calculated and posted either when you post the original document or when you post the retainage document.

Note: A retainage tax base does not apply if tax on retainage is reported when you post the original document.

The retention period is the number of days following the document date that retainage for the document detail will be due.

The program uses the retention period to calculate the due date for the retainage. When you change the retention period, the program recalculates the retainage due date, and vice versa.

If you selected Enter as the tax entry method, enter the amount of each tax that is listed on the invoice. If a tax does not appear on the tab, you likely selected the wrong tax group for the document.

If you selected Calculate as the entry method for the tax amount and Distribute or Enter for the tax base, the program uses the tax base you enter to calculate the tax amount automatically.

The tax group you specify on the Taxes tab of the Invoice Entry screen determines which tax authorities appear.

Tax authorities are the taxing bodies, such as federal, state, county, provincial, or municipal governments, that levy taxes in the areas where your company buys products.

If your business has a head office and branch offices, different taxes may apply in the different geographical locations.

This is the amount (before included taxes) used to calculate tax for the tax authority.

Note: On original documents to which retainage applies, if the tax on retainage will be reported when you post the retainage document, this is the amount before tax (or the cost, depending on the tax authority) less retainage.

If you select Calculate for the tax base, you cannot change the amount that appears in the Tax Base field.

If you select Enter or Distribute for the tax base, you can enter the amount on which tax is based for the document.

If you select Calculate for the tax amount and Distribute or Enter for the tax base, the program uses the tax base you enter to calculate the tax amounts automatically.

Select Yes if taxes charged by the authority are included in the prices on the invoice you are entering. The default setting comes from the vendor record.

This setting applies to the whole invoice. You can override this setting for single distribution lines on the Document tab.

This field appears only if the Taxes tab specifies a tax group that uses a different currency from the vendor's currency.

It shows the total amount of tax for the detail converted to the tax reporting currency.

If you selected Enter as the tax entry method, this field displays the sum of the tax amounts you entered for the selected detail.

If you selected Calculate or Distribute as the tax entry method and chose the Distribute Tax button, this field shows the tax amount calculated by Accounts Payable for the selected detail.