Editing a Vendor Bill After the Vendor Prepayment Application

When you apply a vendor prepayment, the Bills subtab on the Vendor Prepayment Application page shows the bill amount at the time of application. However, a user or process can update the bill amount after the application, changing the amount that is effectively applied.

Consider the following scenario:

  1. Mark, who works in Purchasing, fully applies a vendor prepayment against a bill of €100.

  2. Later on Lisa, who works in Accounting, changes the bill value from the original €100 to €50.

  3. When Mark reviews the vendor prepayment transaction, he can see the status is Fully Applied. However, the applied amount is lower than the corresponding prepayment amount:

    Screenshot of a vendor prepayment in which the related bill value is edited which results in a lower applied vendor prepayment amount

In this example, NetSuite updates the vendor prepayment application considering the new value of the bill. After updating the bill value, the €50 that were initially applied are credited to the vendor. When you pay a bill to the same vendor, you can see the credited amount under the Apply subtab:

Screenshot of a bill payment with the credited amount of the prepayment in the Apply subtab

Related Topics

Applying Vendor Prepayments With Auto-Apply
Applying Vendor Prepayments Manually
Vendor Prepayment Application

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