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  1. Update 21C
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
  3. Common Technology and User Experience
    1. Common Financials Features
        1. Employee Vacation and Delegation Rules Report
        2. ERP Data Access Assignment Report
        3. Service Excellence Continuing Investments
    2. Intercompany
        1. Credit Memo for Negative Intercompany Transactions
    3. Web Services
      1. Cash Management
        1. Bank Transfers Using a REST API
      2. General Ledger
        1. Account Combination Shorthand Aliases Retrieval Using a REST API
        2. Chart of Accounts Filter Creation Using a REST API
      3. Receivables
        1. Additional Attributes to Identify Receipts for Reversal Using the Receivables Standard Receipt SOAP Service
        2. AutoInvoice Interface Lines Review and Update Using a REST API
        3. Current Direct Debit Authorization Update on Existing Invoices Using a SOAP Service
        4. Customer Modification to Standard Receipts Using a REST API
        5. On-Account Credit Memo Creation Using a REST API
        6. Receipt Methods Retrieval Using a REST API
      4. Tax
        1. Tax Reporting Code Association Using a REST API
      5. Financials for EMEA
        1. Netting Agreement Update Using a REST API
  4. Financials
    1. Advanced Collections
        1. Collections Data Point for Account Total Amount Past Due
    2. Assets
        1. Asset Inquiry Page Enhancements
        2. Invoice Rules Tab in the Create Book and Edit Book Pages
    3. Budgetary Control
        1. Budget Entry Classification for Initial or Adjustment Budget Balance Using Spreadsheet and Budget Transfer
        2. Budgetary Control Budget Balance Synchronization to Different Period Names and Non Budgeted Segments
        3. Journal Sources Cost Accounting and Receipt Accounting Added As Budgetary Control Exceptions
    4. Cash Management
        1. Bank Transfers Using a REST API
    5. Expenses
        1. Dual Currency Corporate Card Support
        2. Single Click Audit Activation with Preconfigured Rules
    6. Federal Financials
        1. U.S. Federal Accounting Based on Funding Derivation Type
        2. U.S. Federal Budget Execution Configuration
        3. U.S. Federal Invoice Attributes for Direct Invoices
        4. U.S. Federal PAM Input System
    7. General Ledger
        1. Account Combination Shorthand Aliases Retrieval Using a REST API
        2. Chart of Accounts Filter Creation Using a REST API
    8. Joint Venture Management
        1. Joint Venture Overhead
        2. Performance Improvements in Creating Joint Venture Definitions and Processing Transactions and Distributions
        3. Usability and Navigation Improvements for Joint Ventures
    9. Lease Accounting
        1. End of Lease Processing
        2. Lease Disclosure Reports: Liability Analysis
        3. Rapid Implementation for Lease Accounting
    10. Payables
        1. Prevention of Split in Invoice Accounting When Funds Are Not Reserved
        2. Recognition Rate Report for Image Invoices
        3. Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC for Tax Year 2021
        4. Electronic Filing of Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC for Tax Year 2021
    11. Receivables
        1. Additional Attributes to Identify Receipts for Reversal Using the Receivables Standard Receipt SOAP Service
        2. AutoInvoice Interface Lines Review and Update Using a REST API
        3. Country-Specific Inbound Acknowledgment and Status Processing for Receivables Invoices Delivered in Universal Business Language 2.1 XML Format
        4. Credit Case Folder Business Events
        5. Current Direct Debit Authorization Update on Existing Invoices Using a SOAP Service
        6. Customer Modification to Standard Receipts Using a REST API
        7. Funds Transfer Error Code Bulk Removal on Failed Invoices
        8. Non-Invoice Related Channel Revenue Management Deduction Claim Creation for Lockbox with Remittance References
        9. On-Account Credit Memo Creation Using a REST API
        10. Receipt Methods Retrieval Using a REST API
    12. Revenue Management
        1. Revenue Allocation When Using Standalone Selling Price Ranges
    13. Tax
        1. First Party Tax Registration Number Default on Payables Invoices Created Manually
        2. Tax Reporting Code Association Using a REST API
        3. Touchless Resubmission of Partner Transaction Data Extract
  5. Regional and Country-Specific Features
    1. Financials for the Americas
      1. Brazil
        1. Consolidated Discount and Price Adjustment Information in Fiscal Document Lines for Brazil
      2. Colombia
        1. Transaction Number End Value Validation for Colombia
    2. Financials for Asia/Pacific
      1. India
        1. Receivables Transaction Number as Tax Invoice Number in the Electronic Invoice Flow for India
    3. Financials for EMEA
      1. Common Country Features
        1. Netting Settlements Scheduling
        2. Netting Agreement Update Using a REST API
      2. Germany
        1. Asset Cost and Reserve Report for Germany
      3. Portugal
        1. Invoice QR Code for Portugal

Update 21C

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
01 DEC 2021 Payables

Electronic Filing of Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC for Tax Year 2021

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 21C.
24 AUG 2021 Payables Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC for Tax Year 2021 Updated document. Delivered feature in update 21C.
04 JUN 2021     Created initial document.

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update.

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Common Technology and User Experience

Common Financials Features

Employee Vacation and Delegation Rules Report

Use the Employee Vacation and Delegation Rules report to view the vacation and delegation rules set by your employees in Oracle Business Process Management (BPM). Workflow administrators can use this report to review details of the rules defined by employees to delegate or reassign their workflow tasks.

ERP Data Access Assignment Report

The ERP Data Access Assignment Report provides a listing of all active data access assignments managed by the Manage Data Access for Users module.

Service Excellence Continuing Investments

In this update, our ongoing investment in service excellence includes improvements in performance, usability, and messaging. Refer to the What's New for more information.

Intercompany

Credit Memo for Negative Intercompany Transactions

Create credit memos in Receivables and Payables for negative intercompany transactions. Transactions with a credit receivable and a debit payable are also created as credit memos.

Web Services

Cash Management

Bank Transfers Using a REST API

View, create, and update bank transfers using the Bank Transfers REST API. This helps external systems to integrate with Cash Management for initiating and settling fund transfers between bank accounts.

General Ledger

Account Combination Shorthand Aliases Retrieval Using a REST API

Retrieve shorthand aliases for account combinations using the Account Combinations Shorthand Aliases List of Values REST API. Shorthand aliases help you search for an account combination with ease.

Chart of Accounts Filter Creation Using a REST API

Use the Chart of Accounts Filter REST API to create an identifier for a chart of accounts filter with one or more segments.This can reduce errors and improve efficiencies when submitting processes with account filter parameters.

Receivables

Additional Attributes to Identify Receipts for Reversal Using the Receivables Standard Receipt SOAP Service

Specify additional attributes to Identify receipts for reversal using the processReverseReceipt operation in the Receivables Standard Receipt SOAP Service. This enables unique identification of receipts for automated receipt reversal and helps reduce errors when there are duplicate receipt numbers.

AutoInvoice Interface Lines Review and Update Using a REST API

Review and update AutoInvoice interface line attributes using the Receivables Transaction Interface Lines REST API.

Current Direct Debit Authorization Update on Existing Invoices Using a SOAP Service

Update the direct debit authorization on existing invoices where the debit authorization start date is later than the invoice creation date using the createUpdateCCToken operation on the Receivables Invoice SOAP Service.

Customer Modification to Standard Receipts Using a REST API

Add or update customers on standard receipts using the Receivables Standard Receipts REST API.

On-Account Credit Memo Creation Using a REST API

Create on-account credit memos without specifying an invoice or invoice line using the Receivables On-Account Credit Memo REST API.

Receipt Methods Retrieval Using a REST API

Retrieve receipt methods using the Get Receivables Receipt Method REST API. This feature helps you avoid duplication of efforts to retrieve receipt methods for external systems.

Tax

Tax Reporting Code Association Using a REST API

Create tax reporting code associations for suppliers, supplier sites, customers, and customer sites using the Create Tax Reporting Code Association REST API.

Financials for EMEA

Netting Agreement Update Using a REST API

Update the netting agreement using the Netting Agreement REST API. This helps handling large volume of agreements.

Financials

Advanced Collections

Collections Data Point for Account Total Amount Past Due

Provide the data point Account Total Amount Past Due for Sites. This helps determine the collectability of open balances belonging to each customer site.

Assets

Asset Inquiry Page Enhancements

The Export to Excel icon in the Asset Inquiry page:

  • Immediately downloads the spreadsheet file when the asset volume is less than 201.
  • Delivers the spreadsheet file through a notification when the asset volume is more than 200.

Invoice Rules Tab in the Create Book and Edit Book Pages

Access the options related to invoice transfer from Payables using the Invoice Rules tab in the Create and Edit Book pages. Previously these options were located in the header region of these pages.

Budgetary Control

Budget Entry Classification for Initial or Adjustment Budget Balance Using Spreadsheet and Budget Transfer

In 21B users specify the budget entry classification as initial budget or budget revisions for file-based budget data import and budget spreadsheets to impact either initial or adjustment budget balances.

In this release, budget transfers from Review Budgetary Control Balances are classified as budget revisions and update budget adjustments balance regardless of the budget period status.

Budgetary Control Budget Balance Synchronization to Different Period Names and Non Budgeted Segments

Map the Budgetary Control budget segments and calendar to the General Ledger calendar and chart of accounts to enable automatic synchronization of the Budgetary Control and General Ledger budget balances.

Journal Sources Cost Accounting and Receipt Accounting Added As Budgetary Control Exceptions

Journals created from Cost Accounting and Receipt Accounting will be excluded by default when budgetary control is enabled for new ledgers.

Cash Management

Bank Transfers Using a REST API

View, create, and update bank transfers using the Bank Transfers REST API. This helps external systems to integrate with Cash Management for initiating and settling fund transfers between bank accounts.

Expenses

Dual Currency Corporate Card Support

Upload corporate card transactions for dual currency corporate cards. Enable employees to submit them in expense reports and create payment requests for these transactions in the payment currency accepted by the card issuer.

Single Click Audit Activation with Preconfigured Rules

Allow companies to audit anomalous expenses, such as duplicate expenses, expenses with public sector attendees, and expenses with violations, using preconfigured models and rules. Enable this intelligent audit for the company by the click of a button.

Federal Financials

U.S. Federal Accounting Based on Funding Derivation Type

Create Federal invoice and payment accounting based on funding derivation type to comply with the U.S Standard General Ledger requirements.

U.S. Federal Budget Execution Configuration

Configure Federal Groups, Federal Ledger Options, and Budget Transaction Types for the Federal budget execution process.

U.S. Federal Invoice Attributes for Direct Invoices

Capture federal attributes on direct invoice transactions (not matched to purchase orders or receipts) to support GTAS and CTA interfaces as well as PAM and SPS payments file formats.

U.S. Federal PAM Input System

Populate input system on the PAM payment file from Federal Options at the business unit level.

General Ledger

Account Combination Shorthand Aliases Retrieval Using a REST API

Retrieve shorthand aliases for account combinations using the Account Combinations Shorthand Aliases List of Values REST API. Shorthand aliases help you search for an account combination with ease.

Chart of Accounts Filter Creation Using a REST API

Use the Chart of Accounts Filter REST API to create an identifier for a chart of accounts filter with one or more segments.This can reduce errors and improve efficiencies when submitting processes with account filter parameters.

Joint Venture Management

Joint Venture Overhead

Create user-defined rules to calculate overhead charges or management fees for managing partners of a joint venture to recover costs associated with managing the joint venture.

In this initial release, Joint Venture Management enables you to calculate overhead based on a percentage of the costs to be billed to joint venture partners, with the flexibility to process the calculated overhead as a cost recovery or as a revenue to the joint venture.

Performance Improvements in Creating Joint Venture Definitions and Processing Transactions and Distributions

Performance improvements in key automated processes across the joint venture life cycle including creating joint venture definitions from a rapid implementation spreadsheet, identifying joint venture transactions, creating joint venture distributions, and generating joint venture receivables invoices.

Usability and Navigation Improvements for Joint Ventures

Usability improvements in Joint Venture Management applications provide increased productivity through reduction of clicks, minimized scrolling, and simplified navigation.

Enhancements include:

  • Incorporation of intuitive and simplified application designs in the Joint Venture Distributions work area that focuses on an engaging user experience.
  • Replacement of task name with task number in the Joint Venture Definitions work area.

Lease Accounting

End of Lease Processing

Lease Accounting provides tools that support the end of lease processing activities of managing options and terminating leases. As leases move through their life and come to the end of the term, lessees need to make decisions related to these activities, and each one may increase or decrease the lease term. For example, exercising a renewal option extends a lease, but exercising a termination option shortens the lease. Lessees can also opt to do nothing and let the lease end naturally. Each choice has an impact on the lease dates, liability balance, and right-of-use balance.

Lease Disclosure Reports: Liability Analysis

Lease Accounting provides lease liability analysis reports to help lessees create the disclosures according to IFRS16 and ASC842 standards. These reports include discounted and non-discounted liability projections at the portfolio and lease level. The information is categorized by short-term liability, one to five year liability, and liability longer than five years.

Rapid Implementation for Lease Accounting

Complete setups required for Lease Accounting from a Rapid Implementation spreadsheet. Setups include Lease System Options, Lease Payment Templates, and Index Rates.

Payables

Prevention of Split in Invoice Accounting When Funds Are Not Reserved

Prevent invoice accounting splits when the invoice contains both expense and non-expense distributions, and the non-expense distributions should not be reserved in Payables and General Ledger. This removes the need to configure subledger accounting rules to block the split of accounting journals during import into General Ledger.

Recognition Rate Report for Image Invoices

Generate and review a report that indicates the recognition rate of invoice attributes created from imaging. Use the report to update setup data, such as supplier information, and to determine whether to implement adaptive learning on the invoices.

Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC for Tax Year 2021

Generate Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC for Tax Year 2021 according to the new layout published by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Use Box 11 in the 1099-MISC form to report on cash payments of $600 or more made by individuals or corporations purchasing fish for resale. Invoices for such purchases should use an income tax type of MISC11. Additionally, Form 1099-NEC is resized to accommodate 3 forms on a page, in accordance with the new IRS regulations of 2021.

Electronic Filing of Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC for Tax Year 2021

Generate electronic files for the Form 1099-MISC and the Form 1099-NEC according to the new specifications for tax year 2021 published by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Use the 1099-MISC electronic file to report cash payments of USD 600 or more made by individuals or corporations purchasing fish for resale. Use the income tax type MISC11 for reporting such purchases. Form 1099-NEC now includes K records for reporting state totals when combined filing is enabled.

Receivables

Additional Attributes to Identify Receipts for Reversal Using the Receivables Standard Receipt SOAP Service

Specify additional attributes to Identify receipts for reversal using the processReverseReceipt operation in the Receivables Standard Receipt SOAP Service. This enables unique identification of receipts for automated receipt reversal and helps reduce errors when there are duplicate receipt numbers.

AutoInvoice Interface Lines Review and Update Using a REST API

Review and update AutoInvoice interface line attributes using the Receivables Transaction Interface Lines REST API.

Country-Specific Inbound Acknowledgment and Status Processing for Receivables Invoices Delivered in Universal Business Language 2.1 XML Format

Provide inbound acknowledgment and status processing for Receivables invoices delivered in Universal Business Language 2.1 XML format for Australia and France, in accordance with country-specific legal requirements.

Credit Case Folder Business Events

Raise a business event when a credit case folder is created or needs a data refresh from external data sources.

Current Direct Debit Authorization Update on Existing Invoices Using a SOAP Service

Update the direct debit authorization on existing invoices where the debit authorization start date is later than the invoice creation date using the createUpdateCCToken operation on the Receivables Invoice SOAP Service.

Customer Modification to Standard Receipts Using a REST API

Add or update customers on standard receipts using the Receivables Standard Receipts REST API.

Funds Transfer Error Code Bulk Removal on Failed Invoices

Remove Funds Transfer Error codes on failed transactions to reattempt automatic receipt processing of these transactions.

Non-Invoice Related Channel Revenue Management Deduction Claim Creation for Lockbox with Remittance References

Provide automatic creation of non-invoice related Channel Revenue Management deduction claims for Lockbox receipts with remittance references provided. Accelerate claim processing to quickly settle underpayments and overpayments, including processing all settlement-related financial transactions.

On-Account Credit Memo Creation Using a REST API

Create on-account credit memos without specifying an invoice or invoice line using the Receivables On-Account Credit Memo REST API.

Receipt Methods Retrieval Using a REST API

Retrieve receipt methods using the Get Receivables Receipt Method REST API. This feature helps you avoid duplication of efforts to retrieve receipt methods for external systems.

Revenue Management

Revenue Allocation When Using Standalone Selling Price Ranges

Automatically determine whether the stated selling price for goods and services sold falls within or outside the Standalone Selling Price range, and assign the Standalone Selling Price value for the purpose of revenue allocation, according to company accounting policy.

Tax

First Party Tax Registration Number Default on Payables Invoices Created Manually

Assign the first party tax registration number by default to Payables invoices during either invoice creation or import for organizations with advanced legal structures. Advanced legal structures include, for example, a legal entity with multiple legal reporting units or an organization with different tax registration numbers defined for each legal reporting unit. An incorrect first party tax registration number can lead to incorrect tax calculation and reporting.

Tax Reporting Code Association Using a REST API

Create tax reporting code associations for suppliers, supplier sites, customers, and customer sites using the Create Tax Reporting Code Association REST API.

Touchless Resubmission of Partner Transaction Data Extract

Automatically resubmit the data extract of Payables invoices and Receivables transactions to tax service providers for tax calculation when the first submission times out without a response. The automatic resubmission helps you to ensure proper tax calculation and prevents incomplete Receivables transactions and non-validated Payables invoices.

Regional and Country-Specific Features

Financials for the Americas

Brazil

Consolidated Discount and Price Adjustment Information in Fiscal Document Lines for Brazil

Use the enhanced Fiscal Document Extract for Brazil to consolidate discounts and price adjustments applied to sales orders in the corresponding line information in the fiscal document extract.

Colombia

Transaction Number End Value Validation for Colombia

Incorporate and validate end values for Receivables transaction numbers in Colombia, as provided by the Colombian tax authority.

Financials for Asia/Pacific

India

Receivables Transaction Number as Tax Invoice Number in the Electronic Invoice Flow for India

Provide the capability to use the Receivables transaction number as the India tax invoice number during electronic invoice processing. This simplifies the electronic invoice implementation for companies that do not require tax invoice number generation before shipment.

Financials for EMEA

Common Country Features

Netting Settlements Scheduling

Schedule netting settlements according to organization business requirements to improve overall netting processing.

Netting Agreement Update Using a REST API

Update the netting agreement using the Netting Agreement REST API. This helps handling large volume of agreements.

Germany

Asset Cost and Reserve Report for Germany

The Asset Cost and Reserve Report lists the asset cost and depreciation reserve balances at the asset, cost center, or statutory subcategory level. The report provides sorting and totals by asset category, asset type, cost account, cost center, statutory category, and statutory subcategory.

Portugal

Invoice QR Code for Portugal

Generate and assign a QR code to customer invoices in accordance with Portuguese legal requirements.