What Happens when the Invoice is Paid? 
What Happens when the Invoice is Paid?
In this section a payment is executed using the payment program. The purpose is to show what happens when an invoice is paid in a foreign currency. Therefore, the procedure described below steps you through a manual payment process.
The payment uses exchange rate type M.
1. Select
SAP R/3 System screen Accounting ® Financial accounting ® Accounts payable.2. On the
Accounts Payable screen select Document entry ® Outgoing payment ® Post.3. On the
Post Outgoing Payments: Header Data screen, enter the following data:
Field |
Europe |
North America (Method I) |
North America (Method II) |
Document Date |
7th day in period 2 |
7th day in period 2 |
7th day in period 2 |
Posting Date |
7th day in period 2 |
7th day in period 2 |
7th day in period 2 |
Company code |
1000 |
3000 |
3000 |
Currency |
GBP |
CAD |
CAD |
Account |
113101 |
113101 |
113101 |
Amount |
1500 |
1000 |
1000 |
Value date |
7th day in period 2 |
7th day in period 2 |
7th day in period 2 |
Account (Vendor) |
1098 |
4910 |
4940 |
5. Select Enter.
Confirm the warning the document date is in the future with Enter.
6. On the
Post Outgoing Payments: Process open items screen, you see the amount that you just entered on the previous screen.In the top portion of the screen, all vendor open items that match the payment amount are listed.
In case the line items are not activated, place your cursor on the Gross field of the line you want to pay and double click. The amount in the Gross field should now be transferred to the field called Assigned and the amount in the field called Not Assigned should be zero.
7. Select Post.
If you use method I, the only revaluation gain or loss that will be recognized is the difference between the last revaluation and the payment date.