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Accounts Payable
BusinessWorks’
Accounts Payable module helps manage a company’s
expenditures. In addition to maintaining information for an unlimited
number of vendors, the Accounts Payable module stores, sorts and
organizes information concerning vendor business transactions.
General Features
- Provides current
and calculated balances for all A/P cash accounts
- Provides instant
inquiry of vendor information including invoices, debit memos, credit
memos and application of open credits while in any processing option
- Allows quick
location of vendors and general ledger accounts with a search feature
- Permits vendor
information to be imported from a text file
- Allows importing
of invoices and adjustments
- Accounts payable
information can be exported using over 30 different formats including
Lotus 1-2-3®, dBASE, Comma-Separated Variable, ASCII, Access,
Excel, Word, Word Perfect, Quattro Pro and many others
- Automatically
posts to general ledger
- Integrates with
BusinessWorks Job Cost and Inventory Control modules
Maintenance
Features
- Maintains
complete vendor information, including e-mail address, remit address
and purchase order address, month and year-to-date purchase totals, 12
month purchase history, year to date 1099 purchases and last payment
- G/L expense,
accounts payable and discount accounts can be defined on a
vendor-by-vendor basis
- New vendors and
general ledger accounts can be added "on the fly" during transaction
entry
- Allows global
changes to multiple vendor records at the same time to expedite data
entry
- Optionally
includes credit detail on accounts payable checks
- Optionally
prints one check for each invoice paid
- Supports
printing checks on a dot matrix or laser printer
- Allows flexible
payment terms, including number of days, day of month, end of month and
end of next month
- Payment terms
can be maintained and assigned to a vendor or determined during invoice
entry
Processing Features
- Provides full
bank reconciliation that includes the ability to clear a range of
checks
- Tracks credit
card purchase and purchase history when a credit card is used to pay a
vendor.
- Lets specific
vendors and/or invoices be placed on payment hold
- Allows automatic
distribution of invoices to multiple accounts via expense allocation
tables
- Tracks discount
dates, amounts and due dates
- Ability to set
up recurring accounts payable invoices
- Tracks vendor
credits as open credits or as negative invoices
- Prepaid invoices
can be entered with check information
- Allows invoices
to be automatically or manually selected for payment
Checks
- Allows partial
payment of invoices
- Allows entry of
handwritten checks
- Enter a manual
check as voided in one step
- Generates checks
with either detailed or summary payment stubs
- Allows check
printing for vendors and non-vendors without posting an invoice
- Tracks wasted
checks
- Allows checks to
be voided individually or as part of a range
- Non-vendor
checks may be reprinted
Reporting
Capabilities
- Prints 1099 MISC
forms
- Aging periods
are user-defined
- Aging and open
invoice reports can be produced "as of" any date
- Prints the aging
report by invoice date or due date
Reports
- Aging Report
- Cash Flow Report
- Cash
Requirements Report
- General Ledger
Reconciliation Report
- Vendor List
- Vendor Name List
- Vendor History
Report
- List of
Recurring Invoices
- Detail Report
- Open Invoice
Report
- Summary Aging
Report
- Discount
Analysis Report
- Payment
Selection Report
- Purchases
Journal
- Adjustments
Journal
- Check Register
- Handcheck
Register
- Reconciliation
Report
- Bank
Transactions Report
- Bank Deposit
Report
- General Ledger
Distribution Report
- Worksheet
- Flash Report
(summary of Accounts Payable activity)
- Graphical Report
- Aging
- Graphical Report
- Purchase History
- Graphical Report
- Vendor Purchase Highlight
- Graphical Report
- Vendor Balance Highlight
- Custom Reports
- Report Groups
Specifications
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Maximum
number of vendors:
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Unlimited
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Maximum
vendor balance:
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$99,999,999.99
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Number of
characters in vendor ID:
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12
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Maximum
number of current invoices per vendor:
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3000
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Maximum
number of recurring invoices per vendor:
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100
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Maximum
amount per invoice:
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$9,999,999.99
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Number of
characters in invoice number:
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12
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Number of
characters in invoice reference:
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12
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Maximum
number of transactions:
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Unlimited
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Maximum
number of months to keep history:
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60
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Maximum
distribution accounts per transaction:
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20
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Maximum
number of expense allocation tables:
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99
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Number of
payment terms:
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99
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Number of
cash accounts:
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9
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Number of
digits in check number:
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6
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Number of
distributions accounts on an Instant Check:
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20
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Maximum
number of invoices per check:
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Unlimited
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Maximum
amount per check:
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$9,999,999.99
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Maximum
number of months to post into the past:
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12
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Maximum
number of months to post into the future:
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1
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