At a glance
Invoices received in Circula (via email or by saving a manual upload) appear as drafts in the Incoming tab.
Optional control steps include adding cost centers/projects and splitting the invoice.
Overview
After an invoice has been received in Circula (via email or by saving a manual upload), it appears as a draft in the Incoming tab. From there, the accountant can verify the extracted data, assign key fields (supplier, category, etc.), and decide whether and how the invoice should be processed further.
How It Works
Navigate to the "Incoming" tab under "Invoices" and click on the invoice you want to control.
The OCR automatically extracts the most important invoice details (e.g., date, amount, invoice number). Extracted details include: invoice date, due date, service date (to be verified), IBAN, VAT rates and amounts, and invoice number. However, accountants should review the information and make corrections if necessary.
Before you can submit the invoice for approval, you must assign a supplier. To do so, select the relevant supplier from the drop-down menu in the Supplier field.
Selecting a category is also mandatory. As with suppliers, you must choose an existing category from the drop-down menu.
For more information about categories, see here.
If required, you can also fill in the "Cost Unit", "Cost Center", and "Purpose" fields. In addition, invoices can be split into multiple line items during processing.
For each split, you can assign a category (mandatory), cost centers, projects, and amounts (mandatory: net amount, VAT %, VAT amount, and gross amount).
The payment status of all invoices is preselected as "Payment Required". You can change this if the payment has already been made.
In the final step, you can either submit the invoice for approval or save your changes to continue working on it at a later time.
If you submit the invoice for approval, it will be forwarded to the approver and will be visible to you under the "Pending Approval" tab.
If you save the invoice, it will remain in the "Incoming" tab.
You also have the option to delete the invoice.
Important!
The "All" tab provides a complete overview of all invoices in the system. This view ensures full transparency across the entire invoice lifecycle. By default, invoices are sorted by invoice date, but the sorting can also be changed to due date.
FAQ's
What happens to deleted invoices?
Deleted invoices are permanently removed from Circula.
What happens to rejected invoices?
Rejected invoices remain visible as read-only records in the "All" tab.
Can I revert a status change?
Invoices that have not yet been exported can be moved back to "To-Dos" by an accountant from the "All" tab.
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