Create a write-off journal for a customer
This task guide will show you how to set up the parameters for write-offs and then write off transactions from the Collections, Open customer invoices, and the Customer pages. This task uses the USMF demo company.
Set up the write off parameters
- Go to Credit and collections > Setup > Accounts receivable parameters.
- Click the Collections tab.
- Expand or collapse the Write-off section.
- The Write-off journal is the general journal that will hold the write-off transactions that you create.
- You can attach a reason code to every write-off. You can override this default at the time of the write-off.
- Set the Separate sales tax to Yes if you want to separate the sales tax from the original transaction in the write-off.
- Close the page.
- Go to Credit and collections > Setup > Customer posting profiles. The write-off account will be used as the expense account or reserve adjustment in the general journal.
- Close the page.
Write off a customer balance from the aged balances page
- Go to Credit and collections > Collections > Aged balances.
- Mark the row for the customer that you want to write off. For example, mark the line with Birch Company on it.
- On the Action Pane, click Collect.
- Click Write off.
- Click OK.
- Close the page.
- Go to General ledger > Journal entries > General journals.
- Select the journal batch number for the journal that contains your write-off. One line is created to reverse the customer balance. One or more lines are created to post the write-off to the write-off account.
- Close the page.
Write off transactions from the collections page
- Go to Credit and collections > Collections > Aged balances.
- Select the name of the customer that has the transactions that you want to write off. For example, select Cave Wholesales (US-004).
- Mark the row for the first transaction.
- Mark the row for the second transaction.
- Click Write off.
- In the Reason comment field, type 'Bad debts'.
- Click OK.
- Close the page.
- Close the page.
- Go to General ledger > Journal entries > General journals.
- Select the journal batch number for the journal that contains your write-off. One line is created to reverse the customer balance. One or more lines are created to post the write-off to the write-off account.
- Close the page.
Write off an invoice from the Open customers invoices page
- Go to Navigation pane > Modules > Accounts receivable > Invoices > Open customer invoices.
- Mark the line for an invoice. For example, mark the line for CIV-000667.
- On the Action Pane, click Invoice.
- Click Write off.
- Click OK.
- Close the page.
Write off a customer balance from the customer page
- Go to Accounts receivable > Customers > All customers.
- Select a customer account. For example, select US-001 (Contoso Retail San Diego).
- On the Action Pane, click Collect.
- Click Write off.
- Click OK.
- Close the page.