Expense Codes Accounting Tab of the Expense Codes Form

If you use accounts payable expense codes and your firm uses multiple companies, you need to associate expense codes with each of your companies on the Expense Codes Accounting tab.

Contents

Field Description
Expense Code From the drop-down list, select an expense code. (You set up the expense codes on the Expense Codes tab.)
Company From the drop-down list, select a company.
Reimbursable Account Click in this field and use the Account lookup to select the reimbursable general ledger account to associate with this expense code. Only accounts in the range of reimbursable accounts as defined on the Accounts settings form in Settings > General Ledger > Chart of Accounts are included in the lookup list.

This account is required if you do not select the Account Editable check box in this grid.

The reimbursable account from a vendor's default expense code prefills for an AP voucher or AP disbursement when the project entered for the voucher or disbursement has the following setup on the Accounting tab in the Projects hub:

  • The Charge Type is Regular.
  • The AP Bill by Default setting is Yes.
Direct Account Click in this field and use the Account lookup to select the direct general ledger account to associate with this expense code. Only accounts in the range of direct accounts as defined on the Accounts settings form are included in the lookup list.

This account is required if you do not select the Account Editable check box in this grid.

The direct account from a vendor's default expense code prefills for an AP voucher or AP disbursement when the project entered for the voucher or disbursement has the following setup on the Accounting tab in the Projects hub.

  • The Charge Type is Regular.
  • The AP Bill by Default setting is No.
Overhead Account Click in this field and use the Account lookup to select the overhead general ledger account to associate with this expense code. This account is required if you do not select the Account Editable check box in this grid.

The overhead account from a vendor's default expense code prefills for an AP voucher or AP disbursement when the project for the voucher or disbursement has an overhead charge type.

Promotional Account Click in this field and use the Account lookup to select the promotional general ledger account to associate with this expense code. This account is required if you do not select the Account Editable check box in this grid. The promotional account from a vendor's default expense code prefills for an AP voucher or AP disbursement when the project for the voucher or disbursement has a promotional charge type.
Bill by Default When a project has a regular charge type, the bill by default setting determines whether the reimbursable or direct expense account from a vendor's default expense code is used for AP voucher and AP disbursement entry.

The Bill by Default field for the expense code is intended to be used when you first turn on the accounts payable expense code feature. It enables you to start using the feature before you enter the bill by default settings for each project in the Projects hub.

By default, the Bill by Default check box for expense codes is selected, meaning the expense code is reimbursable (billable to the client). When unselected, the expense code is direct (not billable to the client).

Because there are two types of expense codes, consultants and other, there are Consultants and Other Expenses fields in the Bill by Default section on the Accounting tab of the Projects hub. The default setting for both of these is Expense Code. This means that Vantagepoint looks at the bill by default setting on the expense code instead of the project for consultant type and other type expense codes. Thus, you can use expense codes quickly after setting up expense codes, without setting up the bill by default setting for each project.

If you plan to use the Expense Code feature before setting up the bill by default settings for each project, select the bill by default setting for the expense code that is typical for projects.

If you plan to enter the bill by default setting for each project before using the expense code feature, you can ignore this field, and select Yes or No for the Consultants and Other Expenses fields in the Bill by Default section of the Projects hub for each project.

Account Editable Select this check box to allow users to change the expense account that prefills for a vendor's default expense code for AP voucher or AP disbursement entry. If you do not want users to edit the prefilled expense account, leave this check box cleared.