Visma.net ERP
Posting classes (IN206000)
This topic gives you information about the elements that you find in this window in Visma.net ERP, such as fields, field values, buttons, and check boxes.
You use this window to define posting classes for stock and non-stock items.
A posting
class is a group of settings that provide the default values for the purchase,
sales, and inventory transactions with the item and define how these transaction
will be posted to the general ledger.
By using this window, you can browse through the existing posting classes and modify their properties, add new posting classes, and delete obsolete classes from the system.
The top part
In this area, you can enter the identifier and description of a new posting class, or select an existing class to view or modify its details.
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Class ID | The unique alphanumeric identifier of the posting class. You can use up to 10 characters, both numbers and letters. |
| Description | A brief description of the posting class. |
The Posting settings tab
On this tab, you can specify which accounts and subaccounts will be used when inventory or other transactions related to items of the class are posted to the general ledger.
For most subaccounts on this tab, you can specify the rule of choosing segment values to be used when the item-related transactions are posted to the general ledger. To set up the rule for a specific subaccount, for each segment in the subaccount, press F3 and choose a source of the segment value, which is one of the following options:
- I
The subaccount associated with the stock item.
Subaccounts for stock items are specified on the General ledger accounts tab of the Stock items (IN202500) window and for non-stock items on the General ledger accounts tab of the Non-stock items (IN202000) window. - W
The subaccount associated with the warehouse.
Subaccounts for warehouses are specified using the Warehouses (IN204000) window.This field is only displayed if the Multiple warehouses functionality in the Enable/disable functionalities (CS100000) window is enabled. - P
The subaccount associated with the posting class.
Subaccounts for posting classes are specified on the General ledger accounts tab of this window.
For a segment, the character designating the option is repeated as many times as there are characters in the segment.
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Use inventory/accrual account from | The source of the inventory account (of the Asset type) for stock items or
expense accrual account for non-stock items or labour items (of the
Asset or Liability type) to be used for
transactions that involve items assigned to this posting class. You
can select one of the following options:
|
| Combine inventory/accrual sub. from | A subaccount mask used to define how the subaccount used with the inventory account (or expense accrual account for non-stock items or labour items) is composed for transactions that involve items of the posting class. |
| Use sales account from | The source of the sales account to be used for inventory transactions involving items
of the posting class. You can select one of the following options:
|
| Combine sales sub. from | A subaccount mask used to define how the subaccount used with the sales account is composed for inventory transactions that involve stock items of the posting class. |
| Use COGS/expense account from | The source of the COGS (for stock items) or expense (for non-stock items) account to
be used for inventory transactions that involve items of the posting
class. You can select one of the following options:
|
| Copy COGS sub. from sales | This check box indicates that the system will
copy the COGS or expense subaccount from the sales subaccount. When this option is selected, you cannot define the rule to combine COGS subaccount from the related subaccounts. |
| Combine COGS/expense sub. from |
A subaccount mask used to define how the subaccount used with the COGS (for stock items) or expense (for non-stock items) account is composed for transactions that involve items of the posting class. Combine COGS/expense sub. from is
only enabled if the Copy COGS sub. from
sales check box is not selected.
The sources of the segment values are Warehouse, Posting class, and Stock item. |
| Use default cost variance account from | The source of the standard cost variance account to be used for the inventory
transactions with items of the posting class. You can select one of
the following options:
|
| Combine default cost variance sub. from | A subaccount mask used to define how the subaccount used with the standard cost variance account is composed for the inventory transactions that involve stock items of the posting class. |
| Use default cost revaluation account from | The source of the standard cost revaluation account to be used for inventory
transactions involving items of the posting class. You can select
one of the following options:
|
| Combine default cost revaluation sub. from | A subaccount mask used to define how the subaccount used with the standard cost revaluation account is composed for the inventory transactions that involve stock items of the posting class. |
| Use purchase order accrual account from | The source of the purchase order accrual account to be used for the purchase receipts and
inventory transactions with items of the posting class. You can
select one of the following options:
|
| Combine purchase order accrual sub. from | A subaccount mask used to define how the subaccount used with the Purchase order accrual account is composed for purchase receipts and inventory transactions that involve stock items of the posting class. |
| Use purchase price variance account from | The source of purchase price variance account to be used for inventory transactions
that involve items of the posting class. You can select one of the
following options:
|
| Combine purchase price variance sub. from | A subaccount mask used to define how the subaccount used with the purchase price variance account is composed for the inventory transactions that involve stock items of the posting class. |
| Use landed cost variance account from | The source of landed cost variance account to be used for inventory transactions
involving items of the posting class. You can select one of the
following options:
|
| Combine landed cost variance sub. from | A subaccount mask used to define how the subaccount used with the landed cost variance account is composed for the inventory transactions that involve stock items of the posting class. |
| Stocktaking reason code | For stock items only. The reason code to be used by default for stocktaking involving items associated with this posting class. |
The General ledger accounts tab
On the General ledger accounts tab, you can specify general ledger accounts and subaccounts associated with the posting class itself to be used as one of the options for combining subaccounts and specifying accounts for the posting class.
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Inventory/accrual account | The asset account to be used as an inventory account associated with the posting class if this class will be used for stock items and an expense accrual account if this class will be used for non-stock items. |
| Inventory/accrual sub. | The subaccount to be used with the inventory account (expense accrual account) associated with the posting class. |
| Reason code sub. | The subaccount to be used with the reason code for items of the posting class. |
| Sales account | The income account to be used as the sales account associated with the posting class. |
| Sales - non-taxable account | The income account to be used as the sales account associated with the posting class, for non-taxable income. |
| Sales - EU account | The income account to be used as the sales account associated with the posting class, for income from the EU. |
| Sales - export account | The income account to be used as the sales account associated with the posting class, for income from export. |
| Sales sub. | The subaccount to be used with the sales account associated with the posting class. |
| Default cost variance account | The expense account to be used with the standard cost variance account associated with the posting class. |
| Default cost variance sub. | The subaccount to be used with standard cost variance account associated with the posting class. |
| Default cost revaluation account | The expense account to be used as the standard cost revaluation account associated with the posting class. |
| Default cost revaluation sub. | The subaccount to be used with standard cost revaluation account associated with the posting class. |
| Purchase accrual account | The liability account to be used as the purchase order accrual account associated with the posting class. |
| Purchase accrual sub. | The subaccount to be used with purchase order accrual account associated with the posting class. |
| Purchase price variance account | The expense account to be used as the purchase price variance account associated with the posting class. |
| Purchase price variance sub. | The purchase price variance subaccount to be used for the default posting class. |
| COGS/expense account | If this posting class will be used for stock items, this is the expense account to be used as the cost of goods sold (COGS) account associated with the posting class. If this class will be used for non-stock items or labour items, this is the expense account associated with the posting class. |
| Expense acct, non-taxable | The account to be used as the expense account associated with the posting class, for non-taxable expenses. |
| Expense EU account | The account to be used as the expense account associated with the posting class, for EU-related expenses. |
| Expense account, import | The account to be used as the expense account associated with the posting class, for import-related expenses. |
| Expense payroll taxable account |
The account to be used as the expense account associated with the posting class, for payroll taxable expenses. This field is visible only if Expense Integration is enabled. |
| COGS/expense sub. | The subaccount to be used with the COGS or expense account associated with the posting class. |
| Landed cost variance account | The expense account to be used as the landed cost variance account associated with the posting class. |
| Landed cost variance sub. | The subaccount to be used with the landed cost variance account as associated with the posting class. |
| Deferral account | The general ledger account to hold the deferred revenue (liability account) or expense (asset account) amount. |
| Deferral sub. | The subaccount (if applicable in your system), for proper tracking of deferral transactions. |
