Purchase Receipt
Purchase Receipt is an inventory transaction that records the receipt stock from a supplier after a purchase has been made.
Purchase Receipts record inward movement of stock.
Creating a Purchase Receipt
There are two ways to create a Purchase Receipt.
From a Purchase Invoice
Since a receipt of stock follows a purchase, you can create a Purchase Receipt after submitting a Purchase Invoice.
To do this select Purchase Receipt from under the Create menu button.
Back Reference
This will create a Purchase Receipt with a reference to the Purchase Invoice and allows you to view all created Purchase Receipts from the Purchase Invoice.
From the List View
To do this first navigate to the Purchase Receipt page: Inventory > Purchase Receipt then click on the blue + button.
The creation method is shared with with other transactional entries, for more information check this link.
No Back Reference
This method doesn't create links to any Purchase Invoices and is an isolated entry.
Purchase Receipt Form
After selecting one of the above two methods of creating a Purchase Receipt, you will see the Purchase Receipt form.
If you created the Purchase Receipt from a Purchase Invoice, all the rows will be filled out for you. Else you will have to enter the Purchase Receipt details.
Once the Purchase Receipt details have been entered, click on Save and then Submit to make the Purchase Receipt entry.
View Ledger Entries
After a Purchase Receipt is submitted, both Stock Ledger and General Ledger entries are created.
To view these you can click on the View button and select the one you would like to see.
