Accounts receivable

Approving and posting receipts and adjustments

If your firm uses the approval process for receipts and adjustments, then each receipt and adjustment must be approved and posted by staff whose security privileges enable them to approve and post these items.
The approval and posting process helps to ensure accurate data. When used, the process excludes entries from firm balances until a staff member with privileges for approving and posting within DT Practice reviews and releases the entries by approving and posting them.

Approving/posting

Typically, one staff member enters the data, and another (usually a supervisor, manager, or partner) approves the data. The data is then posted, often by the same staff member who approved it.
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The option to use the approval process is set in the Preferences tab of the Firm setup screen. Choose Setup > Firm > Preferences tab and mark the
Required for Receipt & Adjustment Entry
 checkbox.
To approve and/or post receipts and adjustments, follow these steps.
  1. Choose Actions > Receipt & Adjustment Entry > Review tab.
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    The Review tab is available only if the approval and posting process is activated on the Preferences tab of the Firm setup screen.
  2. If necessary, filter the list by choosing an existing filter from the drop-down list in the
    Filter
     field, or select the More button and create a new filter.
  3. Narrow the list further, if necessary, by marking the
    Unapproved Only
     and/or
    Unposted Only
     checkboxes.
  4. In the selection grid, mark the checkbox next to each item that you want to approve and/or post.
  5. Select the
    Approve Selected
     button or
    Post Selected
     button to approve or post the selected items.
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You can right-click in the selection grid to access additional commands for this tab, including Unapprove Selected, Unpost Selected, Select All, Deselect all, and Print Grid.

Unapproving/unposting

If you need to unapprove/unpost a receipt for some reason (for example, it was applied to the wrong client), you can do so on the same screen.
  1. Choose Actions > Receipt & Adjustment Entry > Review tab.
  2. Unmark the
    Unapproved only
     and
    Unposted only
     checkboxes.
  3. Mark the checkbox for each receipt you want to unapprove/unpost.
  4. Right-click in the grid and choose
    Unapprove Selected
    . This will both unpost and unapprove the selected receipts.

This article applies to:

  • Product: DT Practice