Enter and approval of supplier invoices

This manual handles registration and the approval procedure of incoming suppliers’ invoices in Martahon

General

Suppliers’ invoices shall be registered in Accounting: Suppliers’ invoices, tab preliminary entering, when you use the approval function in Marathon. The program consists of the tabs: Quotation queries, Purchase orders, Preliminary entering, Watch list, Booked invoices, errors/reminders and Queries.

Preliminary entering - scanning

Start with scanning or importing the invoice documents in Accounting: Suppliers’ invoices, tab Preliminary entering. Press Scanning. It you are using Marathon’s invoice interpretation service, the invoices are automatically entered with supplier, invoice number, invoice- and due dates and amount. If you are scanning the invoices, put them in the scanner and press Scan. If the scanner is not connected to Marathon you can use another unit for scanning them to your computer or- if they already exist digitally, press Import. A dialogue box opens, from which you can fetch a pdf file with one or several invoices. You can also use drag and drop to get a pdf into Marathon.

After the import, the pages are shown as miniatures to the left part of the screen. Check the quality of the scanned invoice by clicking on the miniature. Check the box and click Save. If the invoice has several pages, check one page at the time and then Save. If the invoice consists of several pages, check each page and save them together. Use Save separate if there are many invoices on only one page. Write AT number on the original invoice, from the field Next AT number. If you want to delete a scanned invoice, select it and click Delete. Select all Select all checks all scanned documents. Undo puts back scanned and saved – but not registered invoices.

Preliminary entering

Select New in the preliminary entering. The system automatically suggests next arrival number, but you can overwrite it. The arrival number is the number that the invoice got at the scanning and is connected to the scanned document. Compare original invoice with the scanned one in the tab Scanned document. Fill in information about supplier, invoice number, date and invoice amount including VAT. (The VAT amount can be calculated with or without decimals with a parameter setting in Base registers/Lev/Parameters, tab Invoices – Show decimals) Select one or several approvers and save, or proceed to Posting.

Posting

The invoice can already now be posted in the Posting tab.

Use the upper table for posting of project purchases. The account for project purchases is already set in the parameters. If you have been using purchase orders, enter PO number and the remaining contents will be automatically updated (client, project, purchase code, purchase price). Otherwise, fill in these fields, the purchase price will be fetched from the invoice registration. The mark-up for the purchase price comes from the purchase code in Base registers/Pro/Cost codes Purchases (and in some cases from the project). The sales price is automatically calculated. The system can be set such that the suggested mark-up cannot be changed. The setting is in Base registers/PRO/Parameters, tab Purchases and Other, field Change purchase mark-up. In the Adjustments tab there is more alternative in handling mark-ups and sales prices. It is called Special gross purchase as adjustment. When activated, it turns the difference between the suggested and the new sales price into an adjustment. Use the lower table for posting costs. Write the account number and possible cost centre and -object if the account allows/requires it in the chart of accounts. If the cost shall be allocated over a period (accrued), state cost account only and fill in the fields for periods. The balance sheet account for periodical allocations is fetched from the parameters. The posting for both project purchases and costs can also be made in the invoice currency. Use the field Amount invoice currency. This enables the sorting of foreign invoices on different projects or accounts. Use Import template if you want to import a posting template from Base registers/PL/Posting templates. Read more in Create posting template. When all scanned invoices are preliminary entered, they shall be sent to the approvers. Use the Send mail function in Accounting: Suppliers’ invoices tab Watch list. The email will be sent to all approvers on unapproved invoices. The invoice is marked with the approver in {{pth|Accounting:|Approval

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You can create Posting templates in Base registers/PL/Posting templates. Click on New and write a name for the template. Enter account and possible cost centre/cost objects if the account allows it. The amount can be stated either as percentage or as a monetary amount in your currency. If you choose percentage, you will get a question about the total amount at the time you use the template and calculates the share with help of the percentage.

Automatic posting

You can register a template for automatic posting in a voucher template in Base registers/GL/Voucher templates. A template makes an automatic posting when you book on a base account, e.g. 7410. However, the posting is not shown on the screen while entering the invoice, but you can see it in the bookkeeping.

Approval

The approver can open the invoices in Accounting: Approval for approving and posting.

You can see the invoice document with the function Show invoice. If you are authorised, you can also approve an invoice without opening it with {{btn|Direct approval. Select:

All	Shows all invoices, also those without approvers
Only not handled	Shows all unapproved invoices
Only own app. left	Shows only the invoices where you are the only remaining approver
Booked	Shows all booked invoices

Select an invoice and click Open.

If the invoice already is posted it is shown as one or several posting rows in the field at the bottom left side of the page. Type Pro means project purchase and Type Cost a cost invoice. The field in the middle shows a summary of the invoice with invoice amount, how much that has been posted and how much posting remains. Click on Invoice information to see other invoice details. You can also scroll in the scanned invoice in the upper part of the screen. Click on Show invoice. The function Notes shows all notes that has been made concerning the invoice. You can also make new notes there. If the invoice already is posted it is shown as one or several posting rows in the field at the bottom left side of the page. Type Pro means project purchase and Type Cost a cost invoice. The field in the middle shows a summary of the invoice with invoice amount, how much that has been posted and how much posting remains. Click on Invoice information to see other invoice details. You can also scroll in the scanned invoice in the upper part of the screen. Click on Show invoice. The function Notes shows all notes that has been made concerning the invoice. You can also make new notes there. To post a project purchase, select Insert row Project. If you have been using purchase orders and state the PO-number, the remaining contents will be filled in automatically (client, project, purchase code and purchase price). Otherwise, fill in these fields, the purchase price will be fetched from the invoice registration. The mark-up for the purchase price comes from the purchase code in Base registers: Pro/Cost codes Purchases (and in some cases from the project). The sales price is automatically calculated. You can also use the invoice currency, which makes dividing a foreign invoice in several projects easier. The system can be set such that the suggested mark-up cannot be changed. The setting is in Base registers/PA/Parameters, tab Purchases and Other, field Change purchase mark-up. In the Adjustments tab there is more alternative in handling mark-ups and sales prices. It is called Special gross purchase as adjustment. When activated, it turns the difference between the suggested and the new sales price into an adjustment. Use the lower table for posting costs. Write the account number and possible cost centre and -object if the account allows/requires it in the chart of accounts. If the cost shall be allocated over a period (accrued), state cost account only and fill in the fields for periods. The balance sheet account for periodical allocations is fetched from the parameters. For pre-approval, final approval, partial approval or to state that the invoice shall not be paid, press Approval and select type of approval. You can also write comments regarding the approval. Click on Save approval. You can add approvers to the invoice with the function New approver. Save the whole invoice with Save.

Watch list

The watch list module is only used by the accounting department. The list shows all preliminary entered, but not booked invoices. List selections:

All (1)	Shows all invoices regardless of approval status
Finished	Shows fully approved invoices
Not finished	Shows invoices with at least one remaining approver
All (2)	Shows all project- and cost invoices
Pro	Shows all project invoices
Cost	Shows all cost invoices
Rem. appr	You can select a specific approver's unapproved invoices

Reminder mail	Selected invoices will be sent as reminders to the approver
Book	Book one or several selected invoices that are fully posted and approved. Today's date is suggested as accounting date.
Show invoice	Shows the scanned invoice document
Scan	Possibility to add documents to the invoice
Invoice	Shows invoice information. You can also edit the information here
Posting	Shows posting. You can change posting here
Notes	Shows notes, possibility to add notes

Move the mouse pointer over the Posting pro/cost field to see more detailed information. Move the pointer over the employee code to see how much that has been approved and possible comments. If a final approval or a posting is red and in parenthesis it indicates that the whole amount is not approved or that the approver has written a comment. After booking project related purchases they need to be updates ti the project accounting in Project: Registration, corrections and updates, tab Purchases. That can also be done automatically; the parameter is in System: Base registers/Pro/Parameters, tab Purchase and Other. Note that possible existing purchases must be updated manually at the time you check the parameter box.

Booked invoices

The tab shows the booked invoices. It shows also time and approver and what type of approval it was in the columns Final approval and Pre-approval. Select an invoice and click Open. The same invoice picture and invoice information as in the approval will be shown. It is also possible to read notes here.

Reverse erroneous invoice

You can reverse an erroneous invoice. Select invoice and press Reverse. There are two options:

1. 1 Change approver. The suggestion is that the approvers are the same as on the selected invoice, but you can change them.
2. 2 Also create a new debit invoice.

If you choose to create a new debit invoice, the reversal will result in two new invoices; one credit invoice of the selected invoice and a new debit invoice that is identical with the reversed invoice.

The invoices created by the reversal will be seen in the Watch list. All invoice details and postings are copied from the original invoice (but with opposite signs on the reversed invoice). The invoices are now ready for booking or correction or approval before booking.