To enter a miscellaneous credit memo, go to
. The following screen will appear:When entering a miscellaneous credit memo, you are presented with the following options:
Enter the vendor number of the vendor you want to enter a miscellaneous credit memo for.
Specify a date to associate with the miscellaneous credit memo.
Displays the due date for the miscellaneous credit memo.
Displays the document type, namely Credit Memo.
Displays the next available miscellaneous credit memo number. The value for the next available credit memo number can be configured at the system level.
Enter a purchase order number to associate with the credit memo. You may leave this field blank if you do not want to enter an associated purchase order number.
Displays the journal number if any amount has been applied.
If you select this option, the default prepaid account defined for the vendor type under the payables assignments will be used.
Specify an alternate account to use in place of the default prepaid account.
By default, the terms defined on the Vendor master for the specified vendor will be used here.
This field is not available since miscellaneous credit memos do not have statuses.
Specify the amount of the miscellaneous credit memo.
Displays the amount applied to date for the miscellaneous credit memo.
Displays the remaining amount still available to apply for the miscellaneous credit memo.
Displays the tax zone associated with the specified vendor.
Tax will be calculated automatically if the associated tax code is configured to calculate tax on memos. You can link a tax code to memos with a tax assignment that matches the tax code, the tax zone, and the system-defined adjustment tax type. To manually enter tax, select the blue
link which serves as the label for this field. If tax is entered manually, the amount will be charged to the general ledger account for the relevant tax code.This is a scrolling text field with word-wrapping for entering notes related to the miscellaneous credit memo.
Select if you want to print a copy of the credit memo after the
button is selected. Credit memos may also be reprinted from, among other places, the Vendor screen.If the vendor specified on the credit memo has an EDI profile attached, you may encounter an EDI processing interface when printing it.
To view applications, select the
tab at the bottom of the screen. The following screen will appear:Display lists the history of applications related to the miscellaneous credit memo, if any.