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title: PURCHASE ORDERS - Post Vendor Invoice to Accounts Payable
description: Post your Vendor's Invoice from your Purchase Order into AP for items received and create a link from AP to the original PO
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# PURCHASE ORDERS - Post Vendor Invoice to Accounts Payable

## Post your Vendor's Invoice from your Purchase Order into AP for items received and create a link from AP to the original PO

**![](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-26-2023-07-55-09-2269-PM.png?width=50&height=44&name=image-png-Apr-26-2023-07-55-09-2269-PM.png)**

- activate in Edit \> Company Settings \> Purchase Orders

![CompanySettingsPurchaseOrdersPosttoAP](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CompanySettingsPurchaseOrdersPosttoAP.png?width=361&height=231&name=CompanySettingsPurchaseOrdersPosttoAP.png) 

- in the PO click on **![](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-26-2023-07-55-09-2269-PM.png?width=24&height=21&name=image-png-Apr-26-2023-07-55-09-2269-PM.png)** Invoice

![PurchaseOrderHeaderCropped](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PurchaseOrderHeaderCropped.png?width=688&height=110&name=PurchaseOrderHeaderCropped.png)

- note the value of goods received (since the last Vendor Invoice was posted on this Purchase Order), represented by the **Expected vendor invoice amount**

**![](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-26-2023-08-19-04-5252-PM.png?width=318&height=372&name=image-png-Apr-26-2023-08-19-04-5252-PM.png)**

- - accept or change the **Actual vendor invoice amount**  
          - if there is a difference between the Expected vendor invoice amount (value of received / not invoiced to date) and the Actual vendor invoice amount, Spire will post the difference to the GL Account established for Inventory Variance in Edit \> Company Settings \> General ledger \> Special Accounts tab \> Inventory section: ![](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-26-2023-08-21-57-7077-PM.png?width=592&height=203&name=image-png-Apr-26-2023-08-21-57-7077-PM.png)
    - enter **Vendor freight amount** that is included on this invoice
    - accept or change taxes (if applicable)
    - accept or change the **Terms** that load from Vendor Details
    - enter the Vendor’s **Invoice date**
    - accept or change **Due date** (used in [AP Reports](https://cs.geminilogic.com/en/manual/accounts-payable-reports?hsLang=en) / AP [Batch Payments](https://cs.geminilogic.com/en/manual/%20accounts-payable-new-payment?hsLang=en#%20APBatchSelect))
    - **select** from ![](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hubfs/image-png-Apr-26-2023-09-43-01-6928-PM.png) **Post** / **Post and Review GL** (or Alt+s) 
          - User Settings for this selection - Edit \> User Settings \> Purchases 
                  - **![CheckBoxCheckedBlue](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CheckBoxCheckedBlue.png?width=16&height=16&name=CheckBoxCheckedBlue.png) Modify GL Transaction **will add the **Post and Review GL** option
                  - **![CheckBoxCheckedBlue](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CheckBoxCheckedBlue.png?width=16&height=16&name=CheckBoxCheckedBlue.png) Modify Transactions by Default **(on) presents the Post button like this:

                                  ![](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-26-2023-08-39-41-0623-PM.png?width=190&height=90&name=image-png-Apr-26-2023-08-39-41-0623-PM.png)

- - - - ** ![CheckBoxUnchecked-1](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CheckBoxUnchecked-1.png?width=16&height=16&name=CheckBoxUnchecked-1.png) Modify Transactions by Default** (off) presents the Post button like this:

                                 ![](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-26-2023-09-36-22-0318-PM.png?width=201&height=86&name=image-png-Apr-26-2023-09-36-22-0318-PM.png)

- - - **Post and Review GL** presents the GL Transaction before it posts to the General Ledger  with option to edit, except for the 'Accrued Payables' account / amount

                        ![](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-26-2023-09-58-43-8497-PM.png?width=460&height=271&name=image-png-Apr-26-2023-09-58-43-8497-PM.png)

- click **OK**
- accumulated invoiced amounts will show in Purchase Order List in the column **Invoiced Amount ![PurchasesModuleListInvoicedAmount](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PurchasesModuleListInvoicedAmount.png?width=688&height=205&name=PurchasesModuleListInvoicedAmount.png)**
- once the items on the Purchase Order have been received and Vendor invoice(s) posted, you will be prompted to **Close** the Purchase Order...otherwise, you can continue to enter Vendor Invoices in this same way until all Vendor Invoices for product received on this Purchase Order have been posted

- access the Invoice from Accounts Payable, with access to the original Purchase Order: ![](https://cs.geminilogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-26-2023-10-13-07-7173-PM.png?width=361&height=375&name=image-png-Apr-26-2023-10-13-07-7173-PM.png)

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