1. Localizations for the United Kingdom and Ireland Implementation Guide
  2. Overview of the SPC Module

Overview of the SPC Module

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne system provides an SPC module for the construction industry in the United Kingdom. The SPC module enables you to:

  • Add construction industry and CIS information to a subcontract purchase order.

  • Enter information about the application for payment that a subcontractor submits to you.

  • Print a certificate to give to the subcontractor that is an acknowledgement of payment made to the subcontractor.

  • Issue and track an authenticated receipt letter to the subcontractor.

    The subcontractor returns the authenticated receipt to you as an acknowledgement of payment.

  • Calculate commitment amounts for a contract at various stages of the contract.

  • Calculate and release retention (retainage) on a contract.

  • Process VAT on a cash basis.

The CIS (construction industry scheme) determines the legal requirements for payments made to subcontractors. Many of the subcontract purchase orders that you process using the SPC module are regulated by the CIS. When you process payments to subcontractors, you can elect to verify a subcontractor's status with the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) before creating the voucher entries. You must have the subcontractor set up in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne CIS module before the system can perform the subcontractor validations in the SPC module. Additionally, you must complete the setup for the CIS and supplemental CIS modules before you use the SPC module.

This graphic shows a high-level process flow for working with the SPC module:

Process flow for SPC module

Generally, you will either:

  • Set up your system to work with and approve applications, and then use the SPC cascade to complete the rest of the process.

  • Set up your system to bypass the application entry and approval steps, manually enter certificates, then manually run sections of the SPC cascade to complete the process.