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This section will provide instructions on how to approve Vendor Invoices.

To approve invoices once the vendor uploads it to Komet:

  • Go to Account Payable (A/P) > PO Reconciliation.
  • In this article you will learn about invoice’s status and how to approve vendor invoices.

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    Roles enabled to perform this action: Admin, Accounts Payable, Procurement Manager, and Procurement User.

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    You must enable the Allow Invoice Approval on Reconciliation Screens setting to allow users to approve vendor invoices.

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    Invoice Status

    Invoices display their status in the system with two words. Here is every status and its description:

    • AP: Pending Approval by Procurement.

    • AA: Pending Approval by Accounting.

    • A: Approved.

    • ES: Sent to External System.

    • F: Failed.

    • S: Synchronized.

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    Approve Vendor Invoices

    Once a vendor uploads the invoice, you can review and approve it from the PO Reconciliation screen. To approve vendor invoices, do the following instructions:

    Step one: Procurement Approval

    When your company receives a vendor invoice, you will see these invoices with AP (Pending Approval by Procurement) status. To review and approve invoices, do the following instructions:

    1. Go to A/P and select PO Reconciliation.

    2. Search for the purchase order number to be reviewed and approved.

     The purchase order will have an invoice status as AP (Pending Approval by Procurement). The Procurement department will need to review the invoice and approve it as needed.
    Image RemovedOnce the procurement department approves it, the system will show a message confirming the update was successful and the
    1. Click on the invoice number.

    2. Review the invoice information.

    3. Click on the button in the Actions column and select Approve.

    The invoice status will be updated

    to

    to AA (Pending Approval

    for

    by Accounting.)

    . The Accounting department will have to

     

    When the invoice and order totals, or the quantity received and confirmed, don’t match, the system will highlight the fields with red to indicate a discrepancy.

    You can also see this discrepancy from the Purchase Order Details screen on this tab by going to "Actions" and clicking on the magnifying glass icon or Export a PO Reconciliation report to Excel.

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    Step two: Accounting Approval

    If needed, the accounting user must review the invoice and approve or return it to

    Procurement if needed

    procurement for review. The system will

    have

    give the accounting user three options in

    the Actions column:

    the Actions column of the Invoice Upload window: Approve Payment, Return

    to Procurement and Print.
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    to Procurement and Print.

    To approve an invoice, do the following instructions:

    1. Go to A/P and select PO Reconciliation.

    2. Search for the purchase order number to be reviewed and approved.

    3. Click on the invoice number.

    4. Review the invoice information.

    5. Click on the button in the Actions column and select Approve.

    Once the Accounting department approves the invoice, the system will change the status

    to

    to A

    (Approved)

    . This is the last step

    and it means

    , meaning the invoice's payment is ready to be

    paid

    processed.

    The Accounting department will

    have

    be given two last options

    in the Actions column

    : Cancel Payment

    and Print.  
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    from the invoice Upload screen, and Print, from the Actions column in the PO Reconciliation screen. Image B

    When the invoice and order totals, or the quantity received and confirmed, don’t match, the system will highlight the fields with red to indicate a discrepancy.

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    Send Approved Invoices to an External System

    When the invoice has

    a Payment Approved status, you will be able to send the invoice to External Accounting Integration, if you have integrated Quickbooks with Komet. Once

    an A (Approved) status, the user can send it to the External Accounting System or Quickbooks, if the company has integrated it with Komet (from the Actions gray button). Once the invoice is approved in Komet, the user can proceed to process the payment in their

    internal

    accounting system

    if needed

    .

    note

    Only invoices with an Approved status will be transferred to QuickBooks. Komet, on the Sent to External System On column within the PO Reconciliation tab, will display the information of the user who sent the invoice to Quickbooks in a tooltip.

    Invoice Status Column. On this screen, users can select the columns to view in the PO Reconciliation screen by clicking on the gear icon next to the "Search" button, as shown below.

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    Multi-Location Companies. Users of multilocation companies can filter by several locations at once. These filters are considered in the Export to Excel and Send to External System options and will be remembered when the user logs into the system.

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    FAQs

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    titleWhat happens when accounting cancels a payment?

    When accounting Cancels a payment, the invoice status reverts to AA (Pending Approval by Accounting) to be reviewed again.

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    titleThe synchronization process failed, what can I do?

    When a PO has a Synchronized (S), Sent to External System (ES), or Failed (F) status, and for any reason, it is necessary to return the PO to an Approved status (if something went wrong with the synchronization process, for example) the system allows to do that. Just click on the drop-down menu in the Actions column for that PO and click on Return to Approved.

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