SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2493672 - Down Payments Are Not Creating Journal Entries

Symptom

No journal entries created for down payment requests.

The example presented in this KBA is for down payments received (from customer) but the same logic applies to down payments made (to suppliers).

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Customer Invoicing work center.
  2. Under Common Tasks, click New Down Payment Request.
  3. Create and post a Down Payment Request.

The system does not generate any journal entry.

Cause

Down payment requests are only considered as statistical items.

Resolution

Down payment requests in SAP Business ByDesign do not post any journal entries. When the payment is done for the down payment requests, the journal entry is created and taxes are posted accordingly.

Keywords

down payment request; journal entry; no journal entry , KBA , nojournalentry , downpaymentrequest , journalentry , AP-CI , Customer Invoice Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions