Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Part 16)

General Posting Setup

General Posting Setup

General Posting Setup is used to define which accounts receivable and cost of goods sold general ledger accounts to use when selling a given Item (with a given General Business Posting Group) to a given Customer (with a given General Product Posting Group).

General Posting Setup is used to define which accounts payable general ledger account to use when buying a given Item (with a given General Business Posting Group) from a given Vendor (with a given General Product Posting Group).

The General Posting Setup is maintained using the General Posting Setup page.

I used search to navigate to the General Posting Setup page.

If we sell a RETAIL item to a DOMESTIC customer the 40140 Resale of Goods account should be used to record the sale.

If we sell a RETAIL item to a DOMESTIC customer the 50110 Cost of Materials account should be used to record the cost of goods sold.

Example of ledger entries generated when we sell a RETAIL item to a DOMESTIC customer.

If we buy a RETAIL item from a DOMESTIC vendor the 14140 Goods for Resale account should be used to record the purchase

Example of ledger entries generated when we buy a RETAIL item from a DOMESTIC vendor.