The Estimated Additional Costs is optional and only for information purposes (it is never posted). The estimated costs are later on compared with the actual costs that are posted additionally.
Additional costs, such as freight costs, insurance costs and handling fees, can be recorded in Business Central as Item Charges.
Add Actual Costs to Purchase
Item Charges are entered on purchase invoice lines and posted to vendor accounts and the General Ledger.
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Note that the Purchase & Payable Setup must be configured as shown below so that Business Central will maintain posted receipt and shipment documents that item charges can be assigned against. |
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Purchase Invoice with Item Charges
Allocate Cost to Posted Receipt
This method will make the cost a part of the price of a product or in other words will make the cost an actual cost. A purchase invoice is recorded against a vendor - item charge recorded on the invoice line. To create a purchase invoice search for Purchase Invoices in the search window in click the option in the list.
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Now the purchase invoice is ready for posting. Click Posting > Post.
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Allocate Cost to Posted Transfer Receipt
When cost is recorded on a purchase invoice line and allocated against a posted Receipt document, then the value is recorded as an addition to the Cost Amount (Actual) field in the value entries taggle. NB: It is only possible to select the Receipt part of the posted transfer order, not the Shipment part.
Sales Invoice with Item Charges
Allocate Cost to Posted Receipt
This is not an option in Business Central. In sales invoices it is only possible to assign item charges to posted shipments (Delivery Agreements).
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