How to set up and use Deferral in Business Central

 To recognize a revenue or an expense in a period other than the period in which the transaction was posted, standard Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central functionality can be used to automatically defer revenue and expenses over a specified schedule.

Let's take a look at one of business scenarios when Unearned Revenue is deferred over 12 months.

1. Create a new Deferral Card: navigate to Deferral Templates and select New+ from the toolbar.


2.  In the new Deferral Template, enter a Code and Description. Select the relevant Balance Sheet G/L Account under Deferral Account.  Enter the number of periods for the amount to be deferred across and add a Period Description. Note that placeholder codes can be included in this description to automate the insert:


%1 = The day number of the period posting date
%2 = The week number of the period posting date
%3 = The month number of the period posting date
%4 = The month name of the period posting date
%5 = The accounting period name of the period posting date
%6 = The fiscal year of the period posting date



3. On a newly created Sales Invoice, select a relevant Income Statement G/L Account and define Deferral Code. If Deferral Code column is not available on your interface, please use Personalize to bring it in.


4. Please go to More options - Line- Related Information- Deferral Schedule to view the deferred period amounts to be posted.



4. From here, you can change the Start Date and recalculate amounts accordingly by clicking Calculate Schedule.

IMPORTANT: If the deferral entries span past the current financial year, make sure the year(s) needed have been created in Accounting Periods, otherwise the entry will not be saved.


5. After posting Sales Invoice, you can find posted transaction by navigate to General Ledger Transactions.



The result:

* Sales Revenue (P/L account) is reallocated to the Unearned Revenue (BS account)

* 1/12 of the revenue is recorded in the current month and in each of next 11 months

* All entries will post at once when Sales Invoice is posted




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