EXCHANGE RATES

Use this subtask to review or edit billing transactions that occur in a currency other than your company's functional currency. For more information on how exchange rates work for billing transactions, see Multicurrency Special Topic MU-4, "Billing and Cash Receipts in Multiple Currencies."

Depending on the billing and payment status of the selected invoice, this screen may appear slightly different, or certain fields may be non-editable.

Invoice

This non-editable field displays the invoice from the main screen.

Customer

This non-editable field displays the customer ID from the main screen. The field to the right displays the customer name from the main screen.

Project

This non-editable field displays the project ID from the main screen. The field to the right displays the project name from the main screen.

Billing Currency

Select the billing currency for this voucher. This is the currency you will use to print your invoice.

Changing the billing currency for a project that has previous billings results in incorrect cumulative billing figures.

Rate Group

Select the rate group for this transaction. Rate groups are assigned in the Maintain Exchange Rate Groups screen (Accounting » Multicurrency » Exchange Rates). For those transactions entered without a rate group (the billing and functional currency are the same), this field will populate with the Default Rate Group from the Multicurrency Settings screen (Accounting » Multicurrency » Controls).

Billing Currency to Functional Currency Exchange Rate Info

Use this group box to review and update billing exchange rate information.

Rate Date

If your currency exchange rates are tracked by date, the exchange rate used for this billing to functional exchange will be the date or range of dates in which this invoice date falls. Costpoint will first look to exchange rates by date, then to exchange rates by period. (Exchange rates by period will be included only if the Use period rate, if available check box has been selected in the Multicurrency Settings screen (Accounting » Multicurrency » Controls).)

If your currency exchange rates are tracked by period, the transaction rate used for this billing to functional exchange will be the period rates (period end rates for the last day of the period, and period average rates for all other dates) in which this rate date falls.

This box is editable and, if changes are made to this date, the Billing to Func or Func to Euro and Euro to Func fields will default to 0.

Rate

This field mimics the Billing to Func field rate when non-Euro currencies are used. When a Euro currency is used, this field will be the product of the Billing to Euro and Euro to Func fields. The fraction that is displayed to the right of the Billing to Euro field is the value of one divided by the Euro to transaction currency exchange rate.

Freeze Rate

Select this check box to hold the last rate saved in these fields. You can enter other rates into Costpoint, but they will not be applied to this invoice (for gain or loss calculation) unless this check box is cleared.

Many companies elect to calculate and post unrealized gains and losses related to foreign currency transactions.  The Update AR Exchange Rate process restates each outstanding receivable with the most current exchange rate.  The Compute/Post Unrealized Gain/Loss process is then run to recognize all unrealized gains and losses.  These processes are usually run at the end of the month.  If you do not wish for this invoice to be restated with the most current exchange rates during these processes, then you should select this check box.

Billing to Func or Billing to Euro

For those transactions that involve countries that participate with the Euro, this field will be titled Billing to Euro and will display the rate for the invoice to Euro currency. This field will appear as Billing to Func if non-Euro currencies are being exchanged.

N/A or Euro to Receipt

For those transactions that involve countries that participate with the Euro, this field will be titled Euro to Func and will display the rate for the Euro to functional currency. This field will appear as N/A if non-Euro currencies are being exchanged.

Change Rates

Click this button to refresh the rate fields with current exchange rate information.