has anyone noticed that the new accrual postings included in V.15 are not working properly? We have been waiting for this feature for a long time and now it works at most 50% and leads to (dangerously) wrong results. So sad!

In detail:

A)      Also those Orders are shown, which are only ordered but neither delivered nor invoiced. You are not allowed to make an accrual for an order which is neither delivered nor invoiced.

B)      The functionality is focused on delivered orders, where the invoice is missing. That is only one part of two! The second part, already invoiced but not yet delivered is absolutely standard in many areas.

C)      If you take the standard report “orders to invoice”, it will always look at the status of TODAY. That is not feasible for an accounting posting, as such an accrual is usually done backwards for a closing date (similar to stock valuation report). You need to be able to see all orders based on a closing date! And the report needs to compare the delivery dates with the invoice/bill dates (an invoice/bill can be posted in period 2 but have the date of period 1, that needs to be considered!).

D)      The P&L-accounts used for the reports are derived from the product or product category. For all countries where it is standard to have accounts like “Revenue 19%” this is not feasible. If you would book it that way, the VAT-testing would be wrong.