Solution for viewing AR credit memo relevant to AP invoice

Question

In R12, we no longer have the functionality of applying miscellaneous receipts to credit memos. Using this functionality in 11i, we were able to make payments through AR.
In 11i, we were using API (AR_CM_APPLICATION_PUB.activity_application) for creating and applying Misc Receipts to Credit Memos. In this process, it would first create miscellaneous receipt using API (AR_Receipt_API_PUB.Create_Misc) and then apply it to corresponding credit memo. Then standard remittance process in AR would pick up the receipts and generate a remittance file which would be transmitted to the bank as a payment instruction. Hence, we were not using AP for payments.
However in R12, the above mentioned standard functionality has changed. Now the same API (AR_CM_APPLICATION_PUB.activity_application) creates a receivable activity (“Refund”) in AR and creates an AP Invoice in AP instead of Miscellaneous receipt in AR. This AP invoice can then be paid using Oracle Payments. However, this is making our solution more complex in R12 compared to 11i.
Technical Details from R12
1. In R12 API - AR_CM_APPLICATION_PUB.activity_application is calling API “ar_refunds_pvt.create_refund” instead of “AR_RECEIPT_API_PUB.create_misc”, which creates the AP Invoice.
2. Form - ARXTWMAI is calling one pll in one of the form trigger and in turn the procedure (ar_refunds_pvt.create_refund) is called, which creates AP Invoice.
Un-answered questions:
1. Is there anyway to view the refund in AR independently (Other than going to Credit Memo and see the activities)?
2. How aging and customer exposure in AR are impacted, if payment is not made for the refund AP invoice?
3. Is it possible to drill down to the original credit memos from AP Invoices?
4. Invoice fields like pay group, payment terms are defaulted from the Payables system setups. Is it possible to pass those in the API or can we use different values for these parameters other than payable system setup?

Answer 1

Hi Anil,
Thanks for the response. When an invoice has the exact same distribution accounting as a credit memo then your scenario is valid. I think that scenario occurs when you create an RMA for a particular sales order for example. The RMA would then reverse the exact accounting of the original sales invoice.
However a manual credit memo in AR can be applied to any valid invoice for that customer (from any point in time). At a point in time the auto accounting rules may have been different causing the generated account string to be different for the same customer. We regularly have cases where a credit memo for a customer applied to an older invoice for that same customer has different distribution accounts. The credit memo application journal actually adjusts this so that the accounting in GL will be correct.
ie
Invoice from 01-Jan-2008
DR Receivables Account 130000 -> $1000
CR Revenue Account 400000 -> $1000
Now if you create a manual credit for the item in full today, the entry of the Credit memo might look like this
DR Revenue Account 400000 -> $1000
CR Receivables Account 120000 -> $1000
Credit memo application to apply the credit memo to the original invoice:
CR account 130000 $1000
DR account 120000 $1000
Now this functionality was standard functionality in 11i because I guess the designers realised if there was no "correction" journal then your GL would be imbalanced at an account level.
Rgds
Shankar