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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Business partner balances</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Balances</Level1>
			<Level2>by business partner</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>You can register and display invoice-to and invoice-from business partner balances within different <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#LogistCompan.tc" role="glossary">Logistic companies</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>When you display the balances by using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4513m000" role="session">Invoice-to Business Partner Balances (tccom4513m000)</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4523m000" role="session">Invoice-from Business Partner Balances (tccom4523m000)</GUIRef> sessions, SSA ERP displays the following amounts:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#OrderBalanc.tc" role="glossary">Order balance</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ci/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">Billing requests</Link> amount</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#InvoicBalanc.tc" role="glossary">Invoice balance</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#Turnover.td" role="glossary">Turnover</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>The order balances are recorded in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls" role="module">Sales Control</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur" role="module">Purchase Control</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts" role="package">Service</GUIRef>, and so on. The order balance increases when you create and approve an order. The purchase order balance decreases when you match a purchase invoice with the order in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef>. The sales order balance decreases when you finally print the sales invoice in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Central Invoicing</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The purchase invoice balance increases when you register a purchase invoice and decreases when you match the purchase invoice with the payment in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The open sales invoice balance increases when you post the sales invoices and decreased when you apply the cash to the invoices.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If you select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0000s000#tccom999.itib" role="formfield">Include Tax in Order Balance</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0000s000" role="session">COM Parameters (tccom0000s000)</GUIRef> session, SSA ERP includes the calculated tax amounts in the order balance.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Currencies</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>SSA ERP registers the balances in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000017" role="glossary">reference currency</Link> that you defined for the logistic company.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>SSA ERP registers the turnover amounts in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000064" role="glossary">home currencies</Link> that you defined for the logistic company.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Rounding effects</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>SSA ERP raises and lowers the balance by the amounts on the order lines and invoice lines. This can cause an accumulation of rounding-differences. You can recalculate the amounts at regular intervals to correct them.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>You can also use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4213m000" role="session">Rebuild Invoice-to Business Partner Order Balances (tccom4213m000)</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4223m000" role="session">Rebuild Invoice-from Business Partner Order Balances (tccom4223m000)</GUIRef> sessions to rebuild the balances. You can do this, for example, after a system failure.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Actual status</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#OrderBalanc.tc" role="glossary">order balance</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#InvoicBalanc.tc" role="glossary">Invoice balance</Link> displayed show the data of the most recent time orders and/or invoices were processed.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>The <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#Turnover.td" role="glossary">turnover</Link> of the current year field displays the data generated when you last updated the Sales statistics or Purchase statistics.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000059" role="manual">To recalculate the business partner balances</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000082" role="manual">Business partners</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
