Amounts Tab

Use the Amounts tab to set up or edit the transaction currency, expense and tax incurred, and exchange rate to be used for the expense that you want to add or update.

Tab Fields

Field Description
Transaction Currency

Click to select the currency that you wish to use as the transactional currency for this expense. All currencies set up in the system as "used" display as options. If a default currency code exists for this batch type, its description displays as the default.

The corresponding currency code for the selected currency displays in the field to the left of the Expense Incurred, Tax Incurred, and Exchange Rate amounts. If the currency value is changed after you enter amounts for these fields, they are set back to their default value.

Expense Incurred

Enter the incurred amount for the expense. It will be stored as the transactional incurred amount. The currency code selected in Transaction Currency displays left of amounts.

The default amount is zero with the number of decimal positions based on the selected transactional currency. The amount changes to zero if you change the Transaction Currency.

Tax Incurred

Enter the incurred amount for the taxes for the expense. It will be stored as the transactional incurred tax amount. The currency code selected in Transaction Currency displays left of the amount.

The default amount is zero with the number of decimal positions based on the selected transactional currency. The amount changes to zero if you change the Transaction Currency.

Exchange Rate to

If the selected transactional currency matches the default currency set up on the Configure General Settings screen, this field displays 1.0 and is disabled.

If the transactional currency does not match the default currency, enter the exchange rate here. The system uses it to calculate the expense amount. In this case, the rate is required and must be equal or greater than zero.

The currency code that appears to the left of the rate is based on the default currency code set up on the Configure General Settings screen.

Exchange Rate to

If the selected transactional currency matches the employee's pay currency, which is set up on the Defaults subtask of the Manage Resource Information screen, this field displays 1.0 and is disabled.

If the transactional currency does not match the employee's pay currency, enter the exchange rate here. The system uses this rate to calculate the expense amount. In this case, the rate is required and must be equal or greater than zero.

Units

Enter the number of units to be expensed. The default value is zero.