How to: Post Preliminary Invoices by Using Inward Registration
Use an inward registration to post a preliminary purchase invoice, which you overwrite later when you post the invoice normally. For more information, see Inward Registration.
To post a preliminary invoice
In the Search box, enter Purchase Invoices, and then choose the related link.
Select an invoice, or create a new invoice.
On the Navigate tab, in the Invoice group, choose Inward Registration.
Choose New, enter a vendor invoice number on the header of the Inward Registration window, and then fill in the lines as described in the following table.
Field Description VAT Prod. Posting Group
Enter a VAT posting group. This code is used in conjunction with the VAT business posting group to retrieve the VAT percentage and the VAT calculation type.
Gen. Prod. Posting Group
Enter a general posting group.
Choose Post to post the preliminary invoice.
Choose Yes to confirm that you want to post the inward registration.
An inward registration is now created to represent the preliminary invoice posting until you overwrite it with the final invoice posting later. You can see the resulting positive entry in the Inward Reg. Entries window.
If you want to cancel the inward registration before the final invoice posting, then you must reverse the inward registration manually. For more information, see How to: Reverse Preliminary Invoices by Using Inward Registration
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How to: Reverse Preliminary Invoices by Using Inward Registration
Reference
Inward Registration
Inward Reg. Entries
Inward Reg. Line