In the stressful everyday work routine, small mistakes often waste valuable time –also in case of manual data entry in Dynamics 365 Business Central. A new feature now helps to avoid these manual entry errors while creating purchase invoices.
A new function in Dynamics 365 Business Central ensures that all line items in purchase documents are entered correctly and match the total amount of the external invoice. The corresponding function, “Check Doc. Total Amounts,” can be activated in the Purchases & Payables Setup, thereby reducing manual errors in accounts payable.
Previously, this feature was only part of the function for checking purchase amounts in other localizations. With the current version of Business Central, the function is now also available globally and to everyone – including Germany.
When this feature is enabled, the fields “Doc. Amount Incl. VAT” and “Doc. Amount VAT” are displayed on the Purchase Invoice and Purchase Credit Memo pages. These fields must be filled in before the documents can be posted.
When you attempt to post the document, Business Central checks whether the amount including VAT and the VAT amount on the purchase document match the total amount of the purchase lines. This prevents cancelling and recreating the document if errors are discovered later.