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VIP Credit Card Verification

Contents
Overview
Find Credit Card Charge Document
Review and Verify the Charges
Change Cost Object or G/L Account Assignment
Park or Post the Credit Card Charge Document
 

Overview

When a credit card transaction is awaiting your review and approval, you will receive an email notification. Before you begin the verification process, be sure you have all the necessary "proof of purchase" documents, such as sales slips, receipts, and packing slips.

From the date of notification, you will have up to 21 calendar days to perform the verification process in SAP. If you do not verfy the charges within that time, the charges are automatically posted to your default cost object and G/L account. You will need to create a journal voucher to transfer the charges under a valid G/L account. (See the documentation for Journal Vouchers: Financial Operations: Journal Vouchers.)

For information about obtaining and using the VIP credit card, see the Procurement Office Guide for VIP Credit Cards.

Tip

File proof of purchase documents by credit card holder and process them all together for each card holder.

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Find Credit Card Charge Document

When you are required to verify VIP Credit Card charges against your cost objects, you will receive an email notification. The notification will give you the unique six-digit ID number of the cardholder and the first ten characters of the cardholder's last name.

screen capture of email message

Also, when you log onto SAP, if you have credit card charges awaiting verification, a dialog box message informs you of the items in your inbox.

1. Go to your Workflow Inbox:

Navigation Path:
(from the SAP
User Menu
screen)

- User Menu
- Role ZMIT
- Mailbox
- SAP Office Inbox

Transaction Code: /nso01

Workplace Button:

button

2. Click the Workflow button button to access your Workflow.

In the Workflow section of the screen, find the credit card charge document with the six-digit ID number from the email message.
screen capture of Workflow Inbox

Note

You can sort the items in your workflow inbox by column heading. For example, cick once on the "Title" column heading and the Workflow items will sort according to title (thereby grouping all VIPCard line items together). For more information about the Workflow Inbox, see Getting Started: Workflow Inbox.

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Review and Verify the Charges

To access and review a document, double-click on the Execute symbol execute symbol for that line item in the Workflow Inbox.

screen capture: Post Parked Document: Overview

Review and verify charges against the proof of purchase documentation supplied to you by the holder of the card:

  1. Line item 1 is a clearing account where the offsetting charge is posted. (You will not make changes to the first line item.)

  2. Line items 2 and onward reflect the charges/credits to your accounts. Due to delivery charges and discounts, the amount on the proof of purchase documents may vary slightly from the amount shown in SAP. If you find a large discrepancy, contact the vendor and investigate the difference.

  3. In line items 2 and onward, verify the cost object and G/L account information.
    -

    Cost Object
    Credit card charges are parked against the primary cost object specified in your credit card application. If the primary cost object is not available (for example, it may be blocked, expired or terminated), the charges and credits are parked against the secondary (default) cost object.

    - G/L Account
    If this is an expense not allowed by the Sponsor, you must use Unallowable Expense G/L Accounts.

    If you need to change the cost object or G/L account, see Change Cost Object or G/L Account Assignment below.


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Change Cost Object or G/L Account Assignment

In order to maintain the audit trail for government auditors, you may make changes only to the G/L account or the Cost Object.

1.

On the "Post Parked Document: Overview" screen, click the Fast entry button on the Function bar. The "Post Parked Documents: G/L Account Items" screen appears.

screen capture of Post Parked Document: G/L Account Items screen 

2.

Make the necessary changes to the G/L Account and/or Cost Object.

 

Important

Do not make changes to the first line item.

 

Tip

You can redistribute the charge to multiple cost objects by adding more line items. All other information for the additional line items must be exactly the same as original line item. Either type the information directly into the lines or Copy and Paste the text in each item.

3.

Click the Enter button button.

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Park or Post the Credit Card Charge Document

Park the Credit Card Charge Document

If you are not ready to complete the posting (for instance, you do not have complete proof of purchase documentation) you can park the document and finish it later.

  1. Follow the menu path Document>>Complete. You return to the Inbox. The symbol in the Status column changes from work item ready to work item in process, indicating that the item is in process.
  2. Note

    You may get a warning message that reads: W: Post Parked doc; Original post. date MM/DD/YYYY

    Click the Enter button button to continue.


  3. When you are ready to complete reviewing and posting, open the document from your workflow inbox and repeat the process starting from the section Review and Verify the Charges above.

 

Post the Credit Card Charge Document

When you are sure that all the information and charges are correct, you are ready to post the document.

  1. Follow the menu path Document>>Post. The screen that appears displays the nine-digit document number assigned to the posted document, and informs you that the document was posted in the company code CUR.

    Note

    You may get a warning message that reads: W: Post Parked doc; Original post. date MM/DD/YYYY

    Click the Enter button button to continue.


  2. Write down the document number on your proof of purchase documentation. You will need this number for reference.
  3. Click on the Back button button. You are returned to the "Workflow Inbox (Workflow)" screen.
  4. Click the Update button button to refresh your inbox.

 

 

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