In this chapter, the learning objectives are: Create and process a bridging account method of payment, set up and process electronic vendor payments, set up and process electronic customer payments, set up and process centralized payments, set up and process prepayments, set up and process bills of exchange, set up and apply ledger accruals. | Chapter 6: Advanced Payments CHAPTER 6: ADVANCED PAYMENTS Objectives The objectives are: • Create and process a bridging account method of payment. • Set up and process electronic vendor payments. • Set up and process electronic customer payments. • Set up and process centralized payments. • Set up and process prepayments. • Set up and process bills of exchange. • Set up and apply ledger accruals. Introduction This course describes the processing and setup of advanced customer and vendor payments in Microsoft Dynamics® AX. These advanced payments include the following: • Bridging accounts • Electronic payments • Centralized payments • Bills of exchange • Prepayments Also included are several of the options that available when you set up a method of payment, and how to use the ledger accrual functionality to defer costs or income throughout the year. Microsoft Official Training Materials for Microsoft Dynamics® Your use of this content is subject to your current services agreement 6-1 Financials II in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012 Bridging Accounts Post a vendor payment either: • Directly to the final bank account • Using a bridging account for a two-step posting In the first step of the two-step posting you should do the following: Post the payment to a temporary account or a bridging account. This means the payment is recorded on the vendor account as usual, but the offset account is the bridging account instead of the bank account. Posting to a temporary or bridging account makes the reconciliation of the bank account less time-consuming because the transactions recorded by the company but not yet recorded by the bank are not included in the reconciliation. Those transactions are temporarily posted to the bridging account. The second step of the two-step posting occurs when a company receives notification from the bank that indicates the payment is completed. In the second step, reverse the posting on the temporary account and post
