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Is there a way to relate a purchase invoice (cost of transport) to a sales shipment in BC?

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A client of ours wants to relate purchase invoices from its vendors, which include the cost of transport for some sales shipments, to the sales shipments themselves. In order to monitor the cost of shipping. Is there a standard way to do this in business central? Or a best practice maybe?
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  • Vassilis Papadolias Profile Picture
    54 on at
    Thank you for your anwer. I am not sure the client wants to apply the cost of shipping to the item ledger entries. Just be able to see the relation, is the initial request. If the cost is applied to sales shipments, won't that interfere with cost calculation of outbound item ledger entries? 
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    Absolutely!  On the Purchase Invoice Line, select the "Charge (Item)" Type.  Then you can select from your predefined Item Charges.  Note, you may have to setup your own if this is your first time using it.
     
    When using Charge (Item) the line's cost need to be assigned to an Item, such as applying freight cost to a purchase Item.  Using the Lines menu, select Related Information > "Item Charge Assignment" to bring up the available worksheet to select how the cost will be allocated.
     
    You can either apply the cost on the Purchase Receipt Line(s) or on outgoing Sales Shipment Line(s).  You may have to apply two different Item Charges (typically two different invoices), one for the inbound freight cost and another for the outbound freight cost.
     
    Please note, the Charge (Item) line must be fully allocated before you can Post the line, so only use this functionality if you intend to increase the cost of an Item(s).
     
    Any Business Central partner should be able to assist you with this functionality.  There are likely resources available online as well.
     
    Best Regards,
    Ben Baxter
    Accent Software Inc

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