Posting Sales Documents

Excise Duty Management  •  Article  •  4/29/2023  •  3 min

When posting a sales document, it must be possible to get the insight about the related excise data which is posted in terms of Excise Duty after finishing the sales transaction. The excise data is always recalculated while posting a sales document. The Posting Date of the sales document is the date where the recalculation is based on the Excise Data, Customs licenses, and Trading Information from the sales document are inherited on theexcise duty ledger entries once you post the sales document.


While posting, if the Status of the Item is Blocked or Blocked for Movement on the Item Beverage Data, it will give an error. Also, if there is no valid tariff group version selected for the excise item, you get an error message.

You can post a Sales Order using the following steps:

  1. Select the Search icon , enter Sales Orders, and then choose the related link.
    The Sales Orders page opens.
  2. Select the Sales Order that you want to post.
  3. On the action bar, go to Posting > Post.
    A dialog appears to select the required option.
  4. Select Ship and click OK.
    A dialog confirms that the Sales Order is posted and moved to the Posted Sales Invoice page.
  5. Click OK to open the posted invoice.
  6. On the Sales Order page, on the action bar, go to Order > Shipments.
    The Posted Sales Shipments page opens.
  7. Click the Shipment No.
    The Posted Sales Shipment page opens.
  8. On the action bar on the Lines FastTab, go to Line > Excise Duty > Excise Data.
    The Excise Duty Ledger Entries page opens, and all the data on the sales order are now posted to Excise Duty Ledger Entries.


    Negative signs in Excise Duty Ledger entries are for the Outgoing Transactions and lead to a reduction on the inventory. Positive signs are for the Incoming Transactions which leads to an increment on the inventory.

  9. On the action bar, go to Actions > Find Entries to navigate to all entries attached to the Sales Shipment.
    The Find Entries page opens.
  10. Click the respective fields to view the related entries for the Sales Shipment.


When posting a Sales Return Order, it is also possible to navigate to the Excise Duty Ledger Entries attached to the Posted Sales Return Receipt.