Special Product Codes

When you enter product invoices, product credit notes (or if you are using Financial Controller, sales and purchase orders), you can use special product codes to add miscellaneous items to your invoices, credits notes or orders without having to set up product records for them.

The special codes are:

$image\bullet.gif$ M

Message line(s). This can be used to add additional lines of description to the product purchased or any comments you want to add. This message line will not contain any price or quantity.

$image\bullet.gif$ S1and S2

Add miscellaneous items to your invoices, credits and orders without having to set up product records for them. S1 can be used for non-product items that use the standard VAT code (Tax code T1). S2 can be used for non-product items that are zero-rated for VAT (Tax Code T0).

$image\bullet.gif$ S3 (Financial Controller users only)

Enables you to create invoices and orders that show both products and services. These are referred to as mix and match invoices and orders. For further information about using this code, see Mix and Match Invoicing.

When you enter a product invoice, product credit note or orders, the codes are available from the Product Code list. The codes are always shown at the top of the list, even if a sort is applied, and are shown in blue. If these codes do not appear in the list, open the Settings menu, choose Invoice and Order Defaults and select the Show special product codes in Invoicing/SOP/POP check box.

Note: The special product codes are not displayed in the main Products window and are therefore unavailable in the following Products options:

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