If the miscellaneous charges for an invoice are different from the miscellaneous charges for the purchase orders, you can change the miscellaneous charges for the unposted invoice.

Miscellaneous charges are copied to an unposted invoice from the applicable purchase orders. Purchase order miscellaneous charge transactions that are copied to an invoice are not copied to subsequent invoices for the same purchase orders, except for any miscellaneous charge transactions that have the check box selected in the form.

You can add miscellaneous charges to the invoice header or the invoice lines. If you add miscellaneous charges to the invoice header, the charges can be allocated to invoice lines.

Note Note

Miscellaneous charge values for an invoice are not included in the price tolerance calculations for accounts payable invoice matching. However, you can view expected and actual values for type miscellaneous charge codes in the form. For more information, see Misc. charges totals details/Compare misc. charges values (form).


When an invoice is posted, the miscellaneous charge transactions from the invoice are posted. The corresponding miscellaneous charge transactions are removed from the purchase order, except for any miscellaneous charge transactions that have the check box selected in the form.

Note Note

If you are working with an invoice for an intercompany purchase order, you cannot change miscellaneous charges on the invoice. The miscellaneous charges for the intercompany purchase order must match the miscellaneous charges for the corresponding intercompany sales order, and any changes to miscellaneous charges for the invoice for the purchase order will cause posting to fail.


Enter or correct miscellaneous charge transactions for purchase order invoices

If the miscellaneous charges on an invoice differ from the expected miscellaneous charges on the corresponding purchase order, you can change the miscellaneous charge transaction for the invoice. For example, a miscellaneous charge transaction for a handling fee might be 10.00 on the purchase order, but when the invoice arrives, the handling fee could have increased to 20.00. For information about entering invoice information, see Record the receipt of vendor invoices and match against received quantitiesand Resolve invoice matching discrepancies.

  1. Click > Common Forms> .

  2. Select a purchase order and click > .

  3. Enter or select an invoice.

  4. Select which miscellaneous charge transactions to add, change, or delete:

    • To add, change, or delete miscellaneous charge transactions for the invoice header, click > on the tab.

    • To add, change, or delete miscellaneous charge transactions for an invoice line, click the tab, and then click .

    • To add, change, or delete miscellaneous charges for the invoice header for a summary invoice that is selected on the tab, click the tab, and then click > .

  5. In the form, enter the amount of the miscellaneous charges as listed on the invoice that you received from your vendor.

  6. If necessary, you can click and connect the selected miscellaneous charge transaction for an invoice header or line to the corresponding purchase order header or line. Close the form.

  7. Close the form.

  8. In the form, click .

  9. In the form, click the ellipsis button.

  10. In the form, you can compare information about type miscellaneous charges for the purchase order and invoice. The comparison includes only miscellaneous charge codes that have the check box selected in the form.

Allocate miscellaneous charges for purchase order invoices

If a miscellaneous charge transaction was allocated to purchase order lines and the miscellaneous charge amount is different on the invoice, you can enter a new miscellaneous charge transaction for the difference, and then allocate it to the invoice lines.

Note Note

If you are working with an invoice that has been summarized and you add a miscellaneous charge to the summary invoice header (on the tab in the form), allocation affects all invoice lines that are included in the summary invoice. If you add a miscellaneous charge to one of the individual invoice headers (on the tab), allocation affects only the invoice lines that are associated with the selected invoice header.


For example, assume that a miscellaneous charge for freight was expected to be 20.00 and was allocated equally to four purchase order lines. If the freight charge on the invoice is 30.00, you can enter an additional miscellaneous charge transaction for the invoice header and allocate it to the four invoice lines. The additional miscellaneous charge amount is allocated only to the invoice lines. The purchase order lines are not affected.

  1. Click > Common Forms> .

  2. Select a purchase order and click > .

  3. Enter or select an invoice.

  4. To add miscellaneous charge transactions to the invoice header, click > on the tab.

  5. In the form, enter the amount of the miscellaneous charges from the invoice that you received from your vendor. In this example, enter 10.00, because that is the difference between the purchase order miscellaneous charges and the invoice miscellaneous charges.

  6. Close the form.

  7. In the form, click > .

  8. Select how to allocate the miscellaneous charges to the lines. For this example, select to allocate the charges equally to all four lines on the invoice. For more information, see Allocate misc. charges (form).

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