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Business Partner Master Data: Accounting Tab,
General 
Use this tab to set accounting properties and tax definitions for the business partner.
To display the General sub-tab, from the Main Menu, chooseBusiness Partners ® Business Partner Master Data ® Accounting ® General.
General Tab Fields
Field |
Description/Activity |
Consolidating BP |
Select a generic business partner that can consolidate all transactions of this business partner. You can select between payments consolidation and delivery consolidation. Use when a business partner has several branches and you want to consolidate all transactions with the head office. |
Payments Consolidation |
Select to display invoices of those business partners linked to the same consolidating business partner in the Incoming or Outgoing Payments window. Use when the head office pays for all invoices sent for its branches. In a specific payment document, you can always select the branch business partner directly. |
Delivery Consolidation |
Select to display deliveries of those business partners linked to the same consolidating business partner in the Invoice window. Use when the head office is invoiced for all deliveries shipped to its branches. In a specific payment document, you can always select the branch business partner directly. |
Control Accounts |
Opens the Control Accounts window in which you set default control accounts for Assets and Open Debts. |
Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable |
Accounts Receivable – For customers, displays the control account to be recorded in all journal entries posted for the customer. Accounts Payable – For vendors, displays the control account to be recorded in all journal entries posted for the vendor. The default control account is defined in the G/L Account Determination window. |
Block Dunning Letters |
Blocks dunning letters for specific customers and invoices. |
Down Pmt Clearing Acct |
Choose a G/L account to be used as a clearing account when a down payment invoice is created for this customer. ● The default control account is defined in the G/L Account Determination window. ● G/L accounts defined as Control Account cannot be selected. Relevant for European localizations, for customers only. |
Block Dunning Letters |
Select if you do not want to issue dunning letters for this customer. Relevant for customers only. |
Dunning Level |
Displays the highest dunning level for this customer. If the customer is related to an Invoice for which level 2 and level 3 dunning letters were sent, the value 3 is displayed in this field. Relevant for customers only. See also Dunning Wizard. |
Dunning Date |
Displays the last date on which a dunning letter was issued. Relevant for customers only |
1099 Form |
Select a default 1099 Form to be recorded in all the documents related to this vendor. Relevant for vendors only |
1099 Box |
Select a default 1099 Box to be recorded in all the documents related to this vendor. Relevant for vendors only |
Country-Specific for Chile, Portugal, Italy, Spain, and France
Field |
Description/Activity |
Bill of Exchange Collection |
Select a G/L account for bill of exchange collection. |
Bill of Exchange Discounted |
Select a G/L account for bill of exchange discounted. |
Unpaid Bill of Exchange |
Select a G/L account for unpaid bill of exchange. |
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