1528450 - Why Direct Debit or Automatic Debit is not Available as a Supplier Payment Method.

You want to set up a supplier payment method as direct debit or automatic debit however this option is not available for selection in the supplier payment methods list.

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1. Go to the Supplier Base work centre.
2. Go to the Suppliers view.
3. Select the supplier for which you want to change the payment method, select the Edit button and choose the Financial Data option.
4. On the Payment Data subview in the Payment Method area select the Add Row button.
5. At the new row, select the down arrow: among the option in payment methods list Direct Debit or Automatic Debit is not available.

The payment method table for supplier is only for self-initiated payments, that mean payments that you initiate.
If you pay your supplier by direct debit you are not the one who initiates the payment but your supplier is.

If you collect money from a supplier via direct debit, in other words if this supplier is also one of your customer, you should create a customer account via the Account Management work centre and add the payment method direct debit on the customer account.

If it is your supplier who collects money from you, in other words you pay your supplier via direct debit, then you don't have to enter the debit procedure in the supplier financial master data. Additionally to avoid problem with the payment run and this supplier you should block the supplier for payments. In this case the payment run doesn't try to process the open items for this supplier.

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