Process item charges in a purchase order
For purchase and sales documents, you can assign an item charge in two ways:
On the document where the items that the item charge relates to are listed.
On a separate invoice by linking the item charge to a posted receipt or shipment where the items that the item charge relates to are listed.
When you create an item charge line in a purchase order, you need to enter quantity and direct unit cost. Next, by selecting the Line action, you can select Item Charge Assignment to assign the item charge to one or multiple items.
Business Central suggests a distribution of the item charge to the relevant document lines by using the Suggest Item Charge Assignment action, which offers the following distribution options:
Equally - The cost of the item charge is assigned equally to all lines in the Item Charge Assignment (Purch) window.
By Amount - The cost of the item charge is assigned according to the content of the Line Amount field in each original line.
By Weight - The cost of the item charge is assigned according to the sum of weight of the items (configured on an item card) in each original line.
By Volume - The cost of the item charge is assigned according to the sum of volume of the items (configured on an item card) in each original line.
The following video demonstrates how to process item charges on a purchase order.
Now that the item charges are assigned to the items, the purchase order is ready to post. If you should partially receive the purchase order, you can update the quantity to handle of the item charge to align with the items that are received. This is demonstrated in the following video.