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title: "Manage accruals and accrual payments"
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# Manage accruals and accrual payments

When the accrual processes are configured, you are ready to manage accruals and accrual payments.

Amounts are accrued according to how an accrual plan is configured. An accrual plan can be set up to accrue amounts based on sales or purchase activity, or according to a predetermined schedule. These accrued amounts are paid out to one or more accounts that may include customers, vendors, or G/L accounts. Define the accounts that receive these payments on the accrual plan.

Configure an accrual plan so that part or all of the accrual process is automated. If you do not want to automate the entire process, record accrual and accrual payment activity using journals. You can also record accrual payments through purchase documents.

The following table describes a sequence of activities, with links to the topics that describe them. These activities are listed in the order in which they are generally performed.

| To | See |
| --- | --- |
| Learn about the posting activities that take place when working with accruals, and how to use posting groups to link accrual plans to the general ledger. | [Accrual posting](/business-central/docs/bc-accrual-posting) |
| View information about accrual amounts calculated for sales or purchase document lines, such as the accrual plan or plans for which the amount is calculated and the intended payment accounts. | [View document accrual lines](/business-central/docs/bc-view-document-accrual-lines) |
| Post accruals and accrual payments to accrual plans. | [Post accrual journal batches](/business-central/docs/bc-post-accrual-journal-batches) |
| Post accrual payments from a purchase document. | [Link an accrual plan to a purchase document](/business-central/docs/bc-link-an-accrual-plan-to-a-purchase-document) |
| Create accrual payment documents. | [Create accrual payment documents](/business-central/docs/bc-create-accrual-payment-documents) |
| Set up and use payment schedules. | [Use payment schedules](/business-central/docs/bc-use-payment-schedules) |
| Suggest scheduled accruals in an accrual journal. | [Suggest scheduled accruals](/business-central/docs/bc-suggest-scheduled-accruals) |
| Suggest scheduled payments in an accrual journal. | [Suggest scheduled payments](/business-central/docs/bc-suggest-scheduled-payments) |
| Set up, maintain, and use accrual journals. | [Fill in and post accrual journals](/business-central/docs/bc-fill-in-and-post-accrual-journals) |
| View test reports before posting. | [View test reports before posting accrual journal lines](/business-central/docs/bc-view-test-reports-before-posting-accrual-journal-lines) |
| View and analyse posted accrual entries in the accrual ledger entry. | [View accrual ledger entries](/business-central/docs/bc-how-to-view-accrual-ledger-entries) |

## Related

- [Accrual posting](/bc-accrual-posting.md)
- [View document accrual lines](/bc-view-document-accrual-lines.md)
- [Post accrual journal batches](/bc-post-accrual-journal-batches.md)
- [Link an accrual plan to a purchase document](/bc-link-an-accrual-plan-to-a-purchase-document.md)
- [Create accrual payment documents](/bc-create-accrual-payment-documents.md)
- [Use payment schedules](/bc-use-payment-schedules.md)
- [Suggest scheduled accruals](/bc-suggest-scheduled-accruals.md)
- [Suggest scheduled payments](/bc-suggest-scheduled-payments.md)
- [Fill in and post accrual journals](/bc-fill-in-and-post-accrual-journals.md)
- [View test reports before posting accrual journal lines](/bc-view-test-reports-before-posting-accrual-journal-lines.md)
- [View accrual ledger entries](/bc-how-to-view-accrual-ledger-entries.md)
- [Rebates and commissions](/bc-rebates-and-commissions.md)