Accounts Payable Concepts

About Accounts Payable


The accounts payable (A/P) application allows you to maintain an accurate listing of monetary

transactions for all your vendors. An accounts payable account represents the amount you owe a

vendor for purchase orders or services. Through the accounts payable application, you can build and maintain a complete history of your accounts payable activity.

 

The A/P application includes:

    Posting, including posting invoices, auto-pay invoices, invoices from purchase order information, and credit memos

    Adjusting and correcting, including viewing invoice information, and adding or deleting explanatory messages

    Paying A/P invoices with either system-generated or hand-written checks, or posting partial payments

    Marking, viewing and printing invoices

    Printing and releasing A/P checks

    Maintaining the check file

    Performing period-ending procedures

    Releasing, purging, and aging A/P

    Using the accounts payable reports.

 

A/P features:

System-Generated or Hand-Written Checks

Voucher and Net Dates

Check Register

Batch Numbers

Viewing Accounts Payable Posting Information

Going Live on Accounts Payable

 

See also:

Understanding Accounts Payable Batches

About Releasing Accounts Payable Batches

Understanding A/P Voucher and Net Dates

About Viewing A/P Information in the President's Screens

Chart 1 - Following the Flow of Accounts Payable

Chart 2 - Paying Accounts Payable Invoices