Avalara GL journals

Avalara GL journals can be manually created and an excel report generated for checking before posting the journals to General Ledger. General  Ledger accounts for Avalara tax postings must be setup in BNADS/AV-GL and default journal type and number can be maintained in control BNADS/AV-JNLT. The excel template (BNO010.xlsx) for the report must reside on the network folder as setup in the server path defined in XAM160 Data Exchange and control file ********/DE-SVR.

  1. In the menu expand, Other Modules > Other Regions > US Options > US and Canada Taxation and then double-click Avalara GL Journal Generation. BNO010  Avalara GL Journal Generation panel appears.
  2. Enter the following information.
Field Description
Period  Period will default to the current GL period. The system will accept current or next GL period only.
Option  The following options are available:

  • Create Avalara Journal – create the G/L journals
  • Create Excel & Avalara Journal –  create the journals and generate an excel  report for checking before posting
  • Post VAT Journal to G/L – to post the already generated journals
Location This is the location of the excel file on your network. The location must be setup in the server path defined in XAM160 Data Exchange and control file ********/DE-SVR. The system will default the defined location.
Filename File name of the download file. The total length of file name including the extension of .xlsx has to be less than or equal to 50.
Company code  Enter a single company code or a range to generate journals for multiple companies within the same region.
Item level 1 Enter a specific Item level 1 or leave blank to select all.
  1. Select the required option and click OK.