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From Accounts Receivable (G03), choose Customer & Invoice Entry
From Customer & Invoice Entry (G0311), choose Other Invoice Entry Methods Other Invoice & Receipts Entry Methods (G03111), choose an option under the Recurring Invoices heading
If you need to bill a customer for the same amount on a regular basis, such as monthly, quarterly, and so on, set up your Accounts Receivable system to create a recurring invoice.
You use standard invoice entry to specify the initial payment, the total number of payments, the recurring frequency, and the G/L distributions for the periodic invoice amounts.
On a periodic basis, you generate a "copy" of the original invoice. This copying process is called recycling. The recycled invoice has its own document number and batch separate from the original invoice.
When you recycle an invoice, you use a slightly modified version of the JD Edwards World three-tier processing steps:
Recycle the invoices you want to send to your customers. You can do this at any time, but usually you recycle on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis.
Review and approve the batches.
Post the batches to the general ledger.
Enter the following invoice into the system:
Invoice 4463 is the original invoice and is the first of four invoices. When you recycle this invoice, it is used as the "master" invoice to copy information to the next quarterly invoice. If you do not recycle invoice 4463, it will be the only invoice in the system.
The first time you run Recycle Recurring Invoices for "Quarterly" or "ALL" frequencies, the following occurs:
Figure 17-3 Original Invoice 4463 After Running Recycle Recurring Invoices
The system copies invoice 4463 to a new invoice, 5574. Invoice 4463 no longer contains a recurring frequency or number of payments.
Invoice 5574 has a quarterly recurring frequency, three remaining payments, and updated invoice and G/L dates.
To bill a customer on a periodic basis, enter a recurring invoice.
On Standard Invoice Entry
Figure 17-5 Standard Invoice Entry screen
Follow the steps for entering a standard invoice with basic information.
See Section 8.2, "Entering Standard Invoices" for more information.
Choose the Detail function.
Figure 17-6 Standard Invoice Entry (Detail) screen
Complete the following fields:
Remark (optional)
Recurring Frequency
Number of Payments
After you enter recurring invoices, you might want to verify them before recycling them. To do so, review them on the following:
Recurring Invoice Inquiry
Recurring Invoice Report
Normally, you review invoices online. However, if you have numerous invoices to review, the report is a more usable format. The report is a traditional invoice journal for proofing and balancing. It shows transactions from the A/R Ledger table (F0311) and related information from the Account Ledger table (F0911).
See Also:
Section 17.4, "Revising Recurring Invoices" for information about updating recurring invoices on Recurring Invoice Inquiry.
Before you recycle your recurring invoices, you might choose to revise them. You can:
Change selected fields. The system assigns a new document number each time it generates a recurring invoice. Therefore, no conflicts exist with information on the old recurring invoice.
Cancel the invoice.
Delete the invoice.
On Recurring Invoice Inquiry
Figure 17-7 Recurring Invoice Inquiry screen
Display all recurring invoices or complete any of the following fields to limit your search:
Company
G/L Offset
Net Due Date
Recurring Frequency
Choose the Invoice Entry option next to the invoice you want to revise.
Figure 17-8 Accounts Receivable Entry screen
On Accounts Receivable Entry, change the following fields if necessary:
Net Due Date
Gross Amount
Discount Available
Remark
Choose the Detail function (optional).
Figure 17-9 Accounts Receivable Entry (Detail) screen
Change the following fields, if necessary:
Number of Payments
Recurring Frequency
Invoice Date
Topic | Description |
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Revising paid invoices | If an invoice is paid, you can only update the recurring frequency and number of remaining payments on Recurring Invoice Inquiry. |
Canceling a recurring invoice | To cancel a recurring invoice, clear the Frequency and Number of Payments fields. After you recycle the invoice, these fields will be blank. |
Deleting a recurring invoice | You can delete a recurring invoice that has never been recycled. To do so, use standard invoice entry.
See Section 8.4, "Revising Unposted Invoices" for more information. |
After you enter, review, and revise recurring invoices, recycle them to create a new batch of invoices. Recycle Recurring Invoices generates invoices based on the number of payments and recurring frequency you specify when you enter the recurring invoice.
When you recycle an invoice, the system makes a copy of the previous invoice and updates the appropriate fields. It repeats this process every time you recycle the invoice until the number of payments equals zero. A customer does not have to pay an existing invoice in order to generate the next cycle of recurring invoices.
When you recycle recurring invoices, the system:
Clears the recurring frequency and number of payments on either the original invoice or the most recent copy.
Creates a new invoice and updates the following:
Invoice number with a new number
Batch number with a new number
Number of payments (decreases by one)
G/L Date and net due date, using the recurring frequency to calculate the next due date
Invoice date and number according to the processing options
Updates the A/R Ledger table for the new invoice.
Creates an error report, if errors exist. Errors include:
No accounting distribution records created. This occurs when no records are found in the Account Ledger table for the recurring invoice.
G/L date for the newly created invoice is for a prior fiscal year (PYEB).
G/L date is for a prior month (PBCO) and prior month dates have not been specified in the general accounting constants.
G/L date does not fall within a valid fiscal date pattern for the company.
When you recycle an invoice for the first time, the system:
Makes a copy of the original invoice
Clears the recurring frequency and number of payments on the original invoice
Duplicates the recurring frequency from the original to the copy
Subtracts one payment from the number of payments on the original invoice
Set up a separate version for each recurring frequency you use, for example, monthly, quarterly, or annually. Use data selection to select a specific frequency.
Set up a next number series for your recurring invoices (optional).
See Section 102.8, "Recycle Recurring Invoices (P038101)" for more information.