Changing Purchase Accounts on PO Receipts

If you want to change the purchases account on a PO receiving transaction but don’t want to go back to each line item to change the account, you can add additional distribution lines with the Type = OTHER. You would enter a credit to the default PURCH account(s) and then enter a debit to the new/correct account(s). This feature can also be used if additional accounting entries related to the transaction are needed (to record use tax, for example). As long as you use the OTHER distribution type and have the total debits = total credits for the additional entries, there won’t be any distribution error messages.