About AP Down Payment Request, AP Down payment invoice and AP reserve inv.

Question

Hi:
Which are the main differences? I need to pay in advance to my supplier 100% of the invoice, the purchase invoice would be received one month later. How can i link them? And what about the payment, how can i remember easily that invoices are missing when the account balance is = 0 because the payment is done.
Best regards,
Alberto.

Answer 1

Hi,
There is a business need for companies to issue/receive Invoices including tax (or
VAT) for Down Payments made or received. These Invoices can then be cleared with
partial or final Invoices. Companies can record a Down Payment received in SAP
Business One by creating a Payment not based on an Invoice. However, due to legal
requirements in certain countries the recording of a Down Payment requires an Invoice
or a billing document.
Down Payment Request and Down Payment Invoice documents have their own numbering series. The Down Payment Invoice
resembles a regular Invoice and the Down Payment Request resembles a Sales
Quotation. The user may define a different series under Invoices to be used in the
Down Payment document. Neither of these two documents affects the On Hand stock
or the stock valuation. They can be of Items or Service type.
The process for them are:
Down Payment Invoice>Payment of Down Payment Invoice >Regular Invoice> Payment of Regular Invoice.
Down Payment Request>Payment of Down Payment Request > Regular Invoice >Payment of Regular Invoice and Clearing of Down Payment.
For the invoice paid, you can find a Payment Means icon from Invoice window, click on it, there is payment information and a link for it.
Hope this helps,
maggie an