Define AutoAccounting to specify how you want Receivables to determine the default general ledger accounts for transactions that you enter manually or import using AutoInvoice. Receivables creates default accounts for revenue, receivable, freight, tax, unearned revenue, unbilled receivable, late charges, bills receivables accounts, and AutoInvoice clearing (suspense) accounts using this information.
The default accounting that AutoAccounting creates is considered interim accounting only. Receivables integrates with Oracle Subledger Accounting, the E-Business Suite's centralized accounting engine, which accepts the default accounts that AutoAccounting derives without change. However, you can modify the accounting rules in Subledger Accounting to create accounting that meets your business requirements. See: Accounting in Receivables.
You can control the value that AutoAccounting assigns to each segment of your Accounting Flexfield, such as Company, Division, or Account.
You must define AutoAccounting before you can enter transactions in Receivables. When you enter transactions in Receivables, you can override the default general ledger accounts that AutoAccounting creates.
Suggestion: If you use the multiple organization support feature, you can set up AutoAccounting to derive the Product segment of your Revenue account based on inventory items. To do this, define the Product segment of your Revenue account to use Standard Lines and specify a Warehouse ID when entering transactions.
Navigate to the AutoAccounting window.
Select an operating unit.
Enter the Type of account to define. Choose from the following:
AutoInvoice Clearing: The clearing account for your imported transactions. Receivables uses the clearing account to hold any difference between the specified revenue amount and the selling price times the quantity for imported invoice lines. Receivables only uses the clearing account if you have enabled this feature for the invoice batch source of your imported transactions. See: Invoices Posted to Suspense report.
Bills Receivable: The bills receivable account for your transaction. Receivables uses this account when you exchange transactions for bills receivable.
Factored Bills Receivable: The factored bills receivable account for your bills receivable transactions.
Freight: The freight account for your transaction.
Receivable: The receivable account for your transaction.
Remitted Bills Receivable: The remitted bills receivable account for your bills receivable transactions.
Revenue: The revenue and late charges account for your transaction.
Tax: The tax account for your transaction.
Unbilled Receivable: The unbilled receivable account for your transaction. Receivables uses this account when you use the Bill In Arrears invoicing rule. If your accounting rule recognizes revenue before your invoicing rule bills it, Receivables uses this account.
Unearned Revenue: The unearned revenue account for your transaction. Receivables uses this account when you use the Bill In Advance invoicing rule. If your accounting rule recognizes revenue after your invoicing rule bills it, Receivables uses this account.
Unpaid Bills Receivable: The unpaid bills receivable account for your bills receivable transactions.
For each segment, enter either the table name or constant value that you want Receivables to use to get information. When you enter an account Type, Receivables displays all of the segment names in your Accounting Flexfield Structure. Segments include such information as Company, Product, Department, Account, and Sub-Account. Receivables lets you use different table names for different accounts. Choose one of the following table names:
Bill To Site: Use the bill-to site of the transaction to determine this segment of your revenue, freight, receivable, AutoInvoice clearing, tax, unbilled receivable, and unearned revenue account.
Drawee Site: Use the drawee site table to determine this segment of your bills receivable, factored bills receivable, remitted bills receivable, and unpaid bills receivable account.
Remittance Banks: Use the remittance banks table to determine this segment of your factored bills receivable and remitted bills receivable account.
Salesreps: Use the salesperson's table to determine this segment of your revenue, freight, receivable, AutoInvoice clearing, tax, unbilled receivable, and unearned revenue account. If you choose this option for your AutoInvoice clearing, tax, or unearned revenue accounts, Receivables uses the revenue account associated with this salesperson. If you choose this option for your unbilled receivable account, Receivables uses the receivable account associated with this salesperson. If the transaction has a line type of "LINE" with an inventory item of freight ("FRT"), AutoAccounting uses the accounting rules for the freight type account rather than the revenue type account.
Standard Lines: Use the standard memo line or inventory item on the transaction to determine this segment of your revenue, AutoInvoice clearing, freight, tax, unbilled receivable, and unearned revenue account. If you choose this option for your AutoInvoice clearing, freight, tax, unbilled receivable or unearned revenue accounts, Receivables uses the revenue account associated to this standard memo line item or inventory item. If the transaction has a line type of "LINE" with an inventory item of freight ("FRT"), AutoAccounting uses the accounting rules for the freight type account rather than the revenue type account.
Taxes: Enter this option to use tax codes when determining your tax account.
Transaction Types: Use the transaction types table to determine this segment of your revenue, freight, receivable, AutoInvoice clearing, tax, unbilled receivable, and unearned revenue account, and of your bills receivable, factored bills receivable, remitted bills receivable, and unpaid bills receivable account. If the transaction has a line type of "LINE" with an inventory item of freight ("FRT"), AutoAccounting uses the accounting rules for the freight type account rather than the revenue type account.
If you did not enter a Table Name, enter a Constant value for this segment, or select one from the list of values.
Attention: If you modify the Oracle Subledger Accounting setup to define custom accounting, then select a constant value for all Accounting Flexfield segments.
Enter a Constant value if you want AutoAccounting to always use the same value for this Accounting Flexfield segment. Be sure to enter information that is valid for this segment. For example, if you defined your Company flexfield segment as a two-character segment with valid values ranging from 00 to 10, you must enter a two-character value within this range.