In some cases, you must use corrective credit notes and invoices to clarify VAT information and correct various types of errors. In Microsoft Dynamics AX, you can create documents that correct invoices and credit notes for customers. To properly reflect the corrected documents in the sales book at the corrected invoice and factures stage, you must specify references for corrected invoices, factures, and VAT reporting periods.

1. Click Accounts receivable> Setup> parametersto open the Accounts receivable parametersform.

2. Click the Number sequencestab.

3. In the Number sequence codefield, select the number sequence code for Corrective free text invoice, Corrective free text credit note, Corrective free text invoice voucher, Corrective free text credit note voucher, Corrective facture, Corrective invoice (M-15) (syst. ID), Corrective invoice (M-15), and Corrective bill of ladingin the Referencefield.

4. Press CTRL+S or close the form.

5. Click Accounts receivable> Common Forms> Free Text Invoice Detailsto open the Free text invoiceform.

6. Press CTRL+N to create a free text invoice, and enter the required details.

   Note
   For more information, see "Create a free text invoice" and "Free text invoice (form)" in the Applications and Business Processes Help.

7. Click the Invoicetab, and select the Corrective documentcheck box to create a corrective free text invoice.

8. In the Invoicefield, select the invoice to be corrected.

9. In the Invoice datefield, select the date to be displayed in the corrected invoice.

   Note
   If the corrected document is created using Functions> Create credit note, then the number of the corrected document is updated automatically. For more information, see "Creating and using credit notes" and in the Applications and Business Processes Help.

10. Click Posting> Free text invoiceto open the Post free text invoiceform.

11. Click OKto post the free text invoice.

12. Click Accounts receivable> Inquiries> Journals> Invoiceto open the Invoice Journaland view the posted invoice details.

    Note
    The Corrective documentcheck box is activated for the corrected invoice.

13. Select the corrected free text invoice, and then click Update factureto open the Update factureform.

14. Under the Correctionfield group, in the Facturefield, select the facture number of the corrected facture.

15. In the Facture datefield, select the date of the corrected facture.

16. In the Corrected periodfield, select the date of the corrected period.

17. On the Invoicetab in the lower section of the form, select the To facturecheck box to specify the corrected invoice that the facture is being created for.

    Note
    If you do not want to create a facture for a particular corrected invoice line, click the Invoice linestab and clear the To facturecheck box.

18. Click Posting> Updateto update the corrected facture.

Note
The corrected facture is displayed in the Facture journalform. After you update the sales book lines, the corrected facture information is displayed in the Correctionfield group, in the Sales book linesform.