Use this function to create and manage bad debt terms to calculate those values. Terms are not tied to a specific management rule: Doubtful debts, Impairment or Write-offs. You can apply the same to term to multiple bad debts.

To create a term, you must have at least one line defined in the grid.

Prerequisites

See also Refer to documentation Implementation

Screen management

Entry screen

Block number 1

Bad debt terms (field BDT)

Enter a unique code that you will use in Bad debt management.
Legislation (field LEG)

Enter or select the legislation for the code. When applying the term in bad debts, the legislation for the code and the company must be the same.

To apply the same terms to multiple legislations, you need to create a term for each legislation.
Description (field DESAXX)

Enter a description for the code.

Short description (field SHOAXX)

Enter a short description for the code.

Grid

No. days late (field DEPDAY)

Enter the number of days between the open item accounting due date and the actual date.

This value cannot be zero and each successive line must have a greater number.

You cannot have two lines with the same value.
Percentage (field DEPRAT)

Enter a value between 1 and 100.

You cannot have two lines with the same value.
Description (field DEPRATDES)

You can enter a description for this line.

Error messages

The only error messages are the generic ones.

Tables used

See also Refer to documentation Implementation