Deposit on sales order can't include tax??

Question

I recently posted a thread on prepaid invoices and thought I had my problem resolved.  However after a little more testing I realized that B1 is not allowing me to enter a deposit amount for the full invoice amount (Total Before Discount and Tax amount).  For example if the invoice is for one item at $300 plus $20 tax then B1 is allowing a maximum deposit of $300.  I was hoping I could enter a deposit for the full amount.  Is that not possible?
Below is the link to my initial posting should it provide helpul background info.
How to automatically 'draw' a down payment invoice into an invoice?

Answer 1

Hi Robert,
I suppose that you issued down payment without tax, right? I think the scenario created by system is as following:
When issuing down payment:
Down Payment: $300
Tax: $20
When issuing invoice:
Invoice: $300
Tax: $0
So when you create the invoice, the down payment drawn should be $300 and no tax is generated because it was already generated before. The tax must be posted at the time of the down payment.
I faced the same problem too so I decided to post the full invoice and then use the reconciliation to offset the invoice with the down payment. Because the tax must be posted based on invoice, not based on down payment. You can consider this option too
Hopefully SAP B1 will manage this situation in the later version.
Cheers,
Marini