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Entering a Contact - Terms Card

Sales Pay. Terms
Paste Special    Payment Terms setting, Sales Ledger/Purchase Ledger
Used as default in    Sales Invoices
Purch. Pay. Terms
Paste Special    Payment Terms setting, Sales Ledger/Purchase Ledger
Used as default in    Purchase Invoices
If the Contact is a Customer, use the Sales Pay. Terms field to specify the Payment Terms that your company offers them. If the Contact is a Supplier, use the Purch. Pay. Terms field to specify the Payment Terms that they offer your company. These Terms will be copied to Sales and Purchase Invoices, where they will ensure that the Due Dates are calculated correctly.

Sales VAT Code
Paste Special    VAT Codes setting, Nominal Ledger
Purch. VAT Code
Paste Special    VAT Codes setting, Nominal Ledger
If the Contact is a Customer, the Sales VAT Code will determine the rate at which VAT will be charged in sales to the Contact and the Output VAT Account to be credited.

When you create Sales Invoices for the Customer, this Sales VAT Code will take precedence over the VAT Codes specified in the Item and in the Account Usage S/L setting in the Sales Ledger.

If the Contact is a Supplier, the Purch. VAT Code will determine the rate at which VAT will be charged to you by the Contact and the Input VAT Account to be debited.

When you enter Purchase Invoices for the Supplier directly to the Purchase Invoice register, this Purch. VAT Code will take precedence over the VAT Codes specified in the Account record and in the Account Usage P/L setting in the Purchase Ledger.

Price List
Paste Special    Price Lists setting, Sales Ledger
Used as default in    Invoices
If the Contact is a Customer and you wish to assign a particular Price List to them, you can do so here. This Price List will determine the default prices in Sales Invoices made out to the Customer.

Please refer to the Price Lists and Prices page for full details about how to use this feature.

On Account
Check this box if the Contact is a Customer from whom you want to be able to receive On Account Receipts (i.e. you want to allow them to pay before you have invoiced them) and/or the Contact is a Supplier to whom you want to be able to issue On Account Payments (i.e. to be able to pay them before you receive Invoices). On Account Receipts are described here and On Account Payments here.

Before you can enter On Account Receipts, you must specify an On Account A/C in the Account Usage S/L setting in the Sales Ledger. This Account will be credited with the value of these Receipts.

On the purchase side, before you can enter On Account Payments, you must specify an On Account A/C in the Account Usage P/L setting in the Purchase Ledger. This Account will be debited with the value of these Payments.

Closed
Check this box if the Contact is no longer to be used (if the Contact is a Customer or Supplier, you cannot delete it altogether if Sales or Purchase Invoices have been raised in their name). Closed Contacts will appear in the 'Contacts: Browse' window but not in the Contacts 'Paste Special' list. You will not be able to enter Sales or Purchase Invoices for closed Customers or Suppliers. You can re-open a closed Contact at any time.

If the Closed Contact is a Contact Person working for a Customer or Supplier company, they will still appear in the list of people working for that company at the bottom of the 'Contact' card, but a red line will be drawn through their name and details. They will not appear in the 'Paste Special' list of Contact Persons obtained from the Primary Contact and Attn. fields in various registers.
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