Debtor Maintenance

This is to maintain debtor account.

Go to A/R > Debtor Maintenance

Debtor listing will be displayed.

Click on Create a New Debtor,

Control Account: choose the control account for this debtor

Debtor Type: select a debtor type (for report filtering purpose). Debtor Type is maintained at General Maintenance > Debtor Type Maintenance

Company Name: key in the company name of this debtor

Registration No.: key in the company's registration number

Debtor Account: you may key in the account number for this debtor; OR click on '+' sign to auto generate debtor number; the format of debtor account number is set at Tools > Options > General > Account Code Format.

Active: means this debtor is allowed for transaction.

Group Company: if this is checked, it means this debtor account is the control account of a group company; this debtor account will be allowed to be chosen as control account (appear as one of control accounts in Control Account field of this screen) for other debtors. This account will not carry any transaction/entries (just like Debtor Control account), and it functions just like a parent account.

Example: 300/0000 Debtor Control Account

300/GABB General Trading Berhad (marked as Group Company, control account is 300/0000)

300/GAB1 General Marketing S/B (control account is 300/GABB)

300/GAB2 General Production S/B (control account is 300/GABB)

300/N00A Normal debtor account A (not marked as Group Company, control account is 300/0000)

300/N00B Normal debtor account B (not marked as Group Company, control account is 300/0000)

Invoices will be billed to sub-accounts respectively, you may view statement of separate sub-accounts and the Group account (look into More Options); the Group account will appear as parent account in Balance Sheet.

Group company is not the same as branch maintenance (which only shows different delivery addresses).

General tab

Billing Address: key in the address for billing purpose

Delivery Address: key in the address for delivery purpose

Area: assign the area (for report filtering purpose). Area Code is maintained at General Maintenance > Area Maintenance

Email Address: key in email address... will be used in Debtor Statement (send batch mail attach with PDF file)

Website: key in the website if this debtor (if any)

Attention: key in the name of the person to be addressed

Business Nature: key in the nature of business of this debtor

Agent: assign sales agent (for report filtering purpose). Sales agent is maintained at General Maintenance > Sales Agent Maintenance

Currency: assign currency (if Multi Currency module is enabled). Currency code is maintained at General Maintenance > Currency Maintenance

Statement Type: choose either Open Item (each of the outstanding transactions will be displayed on statement report), Balance Forward (only the brought forward lump sum will be displayed according to report date), or No Statement (no statement will be issued to this customer). If 'Open Item' is selected, you still may change to Balance Forward during billing transaction.

Aging on: determine for the aging report either the outstanding amount will be shown in the month of its invoice date OR its due date. E.g. Invoice date is 01 July and the credit term is 30 days, for Aging On Invoice Date, the outstanding amount will appear in July's aging; for Aging on Due Date, the outstanding amount will appear in August aging report (the month it was due)

Credit Term: assign credit term (for aging report purpose). Credit term is maintained at General Maintenance > Credit Term Maintenance

Credit Control: to set credit control policy whether to block, or suspend, or need password when credit term and limit is violated.

Credit Limit: key in a credit limit for control purpose.

Credit Term's Overdue Limit: key in the maximum amount of overdue (according to credit term) is allowed.

Credit Control: to choose either to apply the same control on All Documents or different control on different documents (Quotation, Sales Order, Delivery Order, Invoice/Debit Note, Cash Sales).

All Disabled: means there will be no credit control.

Controlled by Credit Term: to set control if this debtor exceeds credit limit or/and overdue limit:

No Block: allows to proceed/save (allowed to exceed limit)

Block: message will be prompted, do not allow transaction to be saved.

Need Password: message will be prompted, password of authorized user is needed.

Suspend: to suspense this debtor, any further issuance of transaction documents will be suspended. You may key in the reason of suspension.

For more related setting of credit limit control, refer to User Maintenance (Credit Control page)

(Note: A faster way to set credit control for several/all debtors is using Find Debtor (at Debtor Maintenance listing screen), search and mark the debtors, then click on Credit Control button.)

Contact tab

Click on '+' button to add new contact.

Include in contact info: to include these info into Contact Info, so that it can be attached onto report.

Generate Contact Info: to generate from Contact Info.

Branches tab

Click on '+' button to add new branch.

Key in the address, and other into...

You may choose the branch during transaction that involves branch delivery address (e.g. Delivery Order > More Header tab)

Others tab

Sales Tax Exemption No.: if this debtor is exempted from Sales Tax, key in the Exemption Number.

Expiry Date: the sales tax exemption expiry date

Rounding Method: to select the rounding method for the debtor

Discount Percent (Footer): key in the discount % for this debtor, this to be used with Footer Maintenance.

Calculate discount on unit price: to calculate discount based on unit price of the item

Detail Discount: to apply discount on each detail item for the debtor

Inclusive?: checked this if the debtor is be calculate as inclusive price.

GST: assign the tax type of this debtor. Tax type is maintained at General Maintenance > Tax Type Maintenance (only when GST is enabled at Tools > Options > General > Goods and Service Tax)

Tax Registration No: Key in the debtor tax registration number.

Price Category: assign the price category for this debtor. Price category is maintained at General Maintenance > Price Category Maintenance

GST Status Verified Date: key in the date of this debtor being GST register.

Has Bonus Point: checked this if the debtor has bonus point. And also key in the opening bonus point for the debtor.

Account Group: assign the account group for this debtor. Account group is maintained at General Maintenance > Posting Account Group Maintenance

Is Tax Registered: checked if the debtor is tax registered

Receipt Witholding Tax Code: to set the default withholding tax code for receipt voucher

Payment Witholding Tax Code: to set the default withholding tax code for payment voucher

Self-Billed Approval No:This is to key the Debtor Self Billed Approval Number for GST Purpose

Multi Pricing: assign the multi price for this debtor.

Allow to change Multi Pricing on Document: checked this if it is allows to edit the pricing on document.

External Link: click on '+' button to tag an external document related to this debtor.

Related topic: Calculate Discount On Unit Price

Note tab

Note keyed in here can be copied to transaction document that involves this debtor. (refer to Tools > Option > Invoicing > Document Transfer > Copy Debtor Note to Sales Document Note)