AP Pay Category Form
Use the AP Pay Category form to set up and define pay categories.
Pay categories allow you to define multiple combinations of pay types to represent different regions or divisions within a company. If each division (or location, region, branch, office, etc.) requires separate GL accounts, you can set up your pay types accordingly, then assign them to the appropriate pay categories here.
You only need to use this form if you implement multi-divisional accounting and have selected the Using Payable Category checkbox in the AP Company Parameters form.
For each category you set up, you can specify pay
types for expense, job, subcontract, and retainage payables. Pay type assignments are
not required; however, if you leave a pay type blank here and you do not allow overrides
to pay type (an option in the AP Company Parameters form), transaction lines referencing
the pay category defaults a null pay type and the posting program displays an error
during transaction entry. Therefore, you should make sure that all pay categories are
assigned their appropriate pay types.
Note: If you are
using the Restrict Pay Type to Pay Category feature (in the AP Payable Types form),
you can only assign pay types to a category that has been restricted to that
specific pay type. Unassigned pay types (those with the Restrict Pay Type to Pay
Category left blank) can be assigned to any pay category. For more information, see
AP Payable Types Form.
