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Object documentationBusiness Partner Master Data: Payment Terms Tab

 

Use this tab to specify the business partner payment terms, which determine the due date of invoices related to the business partner.

To access the tab, choose Start of the navigation path Business Partners Next navigation step Business Partner Master Data Next navigation step Payment Terms End of the navigation path.

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This topic documents fields and other elements in this window that either are not self-explanatory or require additional information.

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Payment Terms Fields
Payment Terms

Select the preferred payment terms, or define new ones.

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If you change the payment terms displayed here, the following message appears:

Overwrite the BP's existing payment terms

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  • To update existing fields according to the new selected payment terms, choose Yes.

  • To leave the data in the existing field although new payment terms were specified, choose No.

Interest on Arrears %

For information purposes, specify the interest rate for delayed customer payments.

Price List

Price list linked to the selected payment terms. If required, select a different price list.

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Item prices in sales and purchasing documents are automatically taken from the price list selected in this field. Therefore, when you link a certain price list to a business partner, make sure that the item prices are defined in this price list. Otherwise, no price is displayed for the item in documents related to the business partner.

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Total Discount %

Total discount linked to the selected payment terms. If required, you can enter a different value.

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The discount is automatically calculated as a general discount in all sales or purchasing documents for this business partner.

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Credit Limit

Credit limit linked to the selected payment terms. If required, you can enter a different value.

Commitment Limit

Commitment limit linked to the selected payment terms. If required, you can enter a different value.

Dunning Term

Select a predefined dunning term or add a new term in the Dunning Terms - Setup window.

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Relevant for customers only.

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Automatic Posting

This field only appears if you selected dunning terms for the business partner. The value is taken from the Dunning Terms – Setup window.

Specify whether to automatically post interest and fee, interest only, or fee only when creating a dunning letter for a customer. If you choose to automatically post interest and/or fee, a service invoice is created in the dunning run that posts the interest and/or fee. To enable this, accounts for posting interest and fee must be specified. The default accounts are taken from the dunning terms. However, you can change this setting by choosing the Browse (Browse) icon and specifying different accounts.

You can also choose not to post any interest or fee automatically.

Effective Discount

Select one of the options for the discount calculation whenever there is more than one discount defined for the business partner in the Discount Groups window.

Select one of the following:

  • Lowest Discount - The lowest available discount is taken (default).

  • Highest Discount - The highest available discount is taken.

  • Average - The average of all available discounts is taken.

  • Total - The sum of all available discounts is taken.

  • Discount Multiples - The multiple of all available discounts is taken.

By default, when an effective discount is selected in the business partner group, it is displayed in this field. You can always change the value in this field.

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This field is available only when the Do Not Apply Discount Groups checkbox is not selected.

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Business Partner Bank

Click Choose from List (Choose from List) and specify the business partner bank account in the Business Partner Bank Accounts – Setup window.

The bank account you specify:

  • Will be used for payments created by the payment wizard

  • Will be the default bank account for checks in incoming payments

Credit Card Type

Select the appropriate credit card type.

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Relevant for customers only.

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ID Number

Specify the identification number of the credit card holder.

Average Delay

Specify the average delay in days for payments from customers or to vendors. The specified value is taken into account in the cash flow analysis and the expected payments are corrected accordingly in the analysis.

Priority

Specify the business partner priority in sales orders.

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Priorities can be used as selection criteria in the Pick and Pack process.

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Default IBAN

Specify the International Bank Account Number for domestic and foreign payment transactions.

If the default IBAN is specified, that value will be taken during bank file generation. If the default IBAN is not specified, the IBAN of the selected business partner bank account on this tab will be taken during bank file generation.

Holidays

Select a predefined holiday schedule.

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The schedule indicates dates when the business partner does not trade, thus affecting the due date of related sales or purchasing documents.

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Payment Dates

Opens the Payment Dates window in which you define the dates when the business partner receives (vendor) or makes (customer) payments.

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The dates affect the due date of the invoice and payment documents.

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Allow Partial Delivery of Sales Order

Allows partial copying of rows from a sales order to a target document:

  • When selected, every new sales order you process for this business partner is automatically marked as Allow Partial Delivery.

    Example Example

    If a sales order contains five item rows, you can copy only three of the rows to a delivery document.

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  • When deselected, you must copy the complete sales order to a target document.

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Not relevant for vendors.

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Allow Partial Delivery per Row

Allows partial copying of quantity from a sales order to a target document.

Example Example

If a sales order contains a quantity of five in a certain item row, you can copy three of the items to a delivery document.

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When deselected, you must copy all items in a row from a sales order to a target document.

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The field is only displayed for customers and leads, and when Allow Partial Delivery of Sales Order is selected.

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Do Not Apply Discount Groups

Defines whether the business partner is submitted to discounts definitions.

If you select the checkbox, the discount groups defined for this business partner are considered in his document, by default.

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  • The discount in the document's header is not affected by the selection in this field.

  • When this checkbox is not selected, you can still define discounts manually in the document's rows and header.

  • When copying a document to a target document, the discounts from the base document are copied to the target document regardless of what is defined in the Do Not Apply Discount Groups checkbox.

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Endorsable Checks from This BP

Select this checkbox to indicate that checks from this business partner can be endorsed. When this checkbox is selected, in the payments created for this business partner, on the Check tab of the Payment Means window, the Endors. column is set to Yes by default. This allows you to endorse this check using manual journal entries or directly in outgoing payments. However, you can always change the Endors. status on the Check tab of the Payment Means window before adding the payment.

This checkbox is selected by default.

For more information about endorsing checks using manual journal entries, see Endorsing Checks Using Manual Journal Entry.

For more information about endorsing checks in outgoing payments, see Endorsing Checks in Outgoing Payments.

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This checkbox is available for most of the localizations. For additional information see the country-specific online help file under: Start of the navigation path Help Next navigation step Documentation Next navigation step Country-Specific Info End of the navigation path.

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This BP Accepts Endorsed Checks

Select this checkbox to enable using endorsable checks in outgoing payments to this business partner. When this checkbox is selected, in the outgoing payments created for this business partner, on the Check tab of the Payment Means window, the Endorse checkbox is available. Selecting the Endorse checkbox enables the Endorsable Check No. column, thus you can select endorsable checks as a payment means.

This checkbox is deselected by default.

For more information about endorsing checks in outgoing payments, see Endorsing Checks in Outgoing Payments.

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This checkbox is available for most of the localizations. For additional information see the country-specific online help file under: Start of the navigation path Help Next navigation step Documentation Next navigation step Country-Specific Info End of the navigation path.

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