{"id":21603,"date":"2021-08-20T17:50:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T16:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=21603"},"modified":"2022-11-14T13:15:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T13:15:14","password":"","slug":"options","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/en\/documents\/options\/","title":{"rendered":"Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23771 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-7.png 329w, https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-7-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Company Options<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23773\" src=\"http:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-8.png 512w, https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-8-300x98.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit Note\/Journal Ageing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Treat as invoices will age your Credit Notes and Journals according to the period, they are entered in.<br \/>\nTreat as payments will age your Credit Notes and Journals by reducing the oldest balance on the account.<br \/>\nThis is only of relevance if \u201cReceipts\/Payments\u201d manual allocation is set to null below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Receipts\/Payments Manual Allocation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alternating between allocations On\/Off can cause inconsistencies in your allocations pacifically discounts.<br \/>\nOnce allocations has been switched on and allocations are performed, it is not impossible to switch allocations off again.<br \/>\nWhere dormant customer suppliers exist, it is possible switch allocations on.<br \/>\nYou should be sure that you need to change this setting before changing it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nominal Ledger?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select NO if you do not wish to operate the nominal Ledger. It will operate in the background, unseen by the user, using a default set of Nominal Accounts.<br \/>\nSelect YES if you wish to operate the Nominal Ledger, which will enable you to customize your Nominal Accounts and to run Nominal Reports such as trading Profit &amp; Loss, Trial Balance and Balance Sheet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Autogenerate Nominal Codes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select YES if you want Nominal Accounts to be created automatically without customization.<br \/>\nSelect NO if you wish to customize your own Nominal Accounts.<br \/>\nImportant Note: it is always important that you have your accountant review your Nominal Accountants.<\/p>\n<h3>VAT Options:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23774 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-9.png 512w, https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-9-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enable VAT on Cash Receipts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select NO if you calculate VAT on invoiced sales.<br \/>\nSelect YES if you calculate your VAT on basis of receipts from customers during a VAT period rather than an invoiced sales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Margin VAT Scheme?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assist with calculating VAT based on the difference between the sale price and the purchase price of goods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit Input for Reverse Charge VAT<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Purchases entered as \u2018Reverse Charge VAT\u2019 are automatically included in the T1, VAT on Sales, section of the Standard VAT report. Ticking this will also include them in T2, VAT on Purchase.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other EU VAT Analysis Defaults:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A default other EU VAT analysis can be selected for sales and purchases. This is the other EU VAT analysis that applies to the majority of other EU Sales and other EU Purchases and will be presented to you by default throughout your use of the application.<\/p>\n<h3>Transaction Options<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23775\" src=\"http:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-10.png 512w, https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-10-300x55.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Allow entry of Gross Price in Sales Invoicing?:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select this if you require a Gross Price field on invoice line items, allowing you to enter price inclusive of VAT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VAT Discrepancy allowed in purchase entries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enter the VAT calculation discrepancy that is acceptable, when entering purchase transactions.<\/p>\n<h3>Reporting and Display Options:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23776\" src=\"http:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-11.png 512w, https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-11-300x55.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Print O\/S items only (statements)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select this if receipts payments manual Allocation is set to YES above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use Thousands Separator for numeric fields?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select this to input a separator for numeric fields.<\/p>\n<h3>Form Design Template Defaults:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23777\" src=\"http:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-12.png 512w, https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/unnamed-12-300x96.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Invoice 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The selected version will be used as the Default Template for type 1 Invoices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Invoice 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The selected version will be used as the Default Template for type 2 Invoices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit Note<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The selected version will be used as the Default Template for Credit Notes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The selected version will be used as the Default Template for Statements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The selected version will be used as the Default Template for type 1 Quotes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The selected version will be used as the Default Template for type 2 Quotes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company Options Credit Note\/Journal Ageing Treat as invoices will age your Credit Notes and Journals according to the period, they&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[205],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21603","1":"docs","2":"type-docs","3":"status-publish","5":"doc_category-setup"},"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":549,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"apathak","author_nicename":"apathak","author_url":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/en\/author\/apathak\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Setup","term_url":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/en\/docs-category\/setup\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Options - Big Red Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Company Options Credit Note\/Journal Ageing Treat as invoices will age your Credit Notes and Journals according to the period, they are entered in. 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