How to print the commercial invoice
A commercial invoice is a legal document between the supplier and the customer that clearly describes the sold goods, and the amount due from the customer. The commercial invoice is an extension of the shipment report and is one of the main documents used by customs in determining customs duties and other charges.
The commercial invoice differs from a regular invoice, because it does not add to the accounts receivable calculations. It will not show up as an amount owing by your customer. You will still have to create a regular invoice and send it to your customer for payment.
Step 1: Navigate to the commercial invoice report feature
In ParagonERP the commercial invoice is treated like any other report or output and can be printed from the reports menu. The reports menu can be accessed by clicking the more button and then reports:
Select the reports button.
Step 2: Select commercial invoice
Under the inventory reports card, scroll down and select commercial invoice.
The commercial invoice can also be accessed through the reports list, to the left of the screen.
Step 3: Printing the commercial invoice
After selecting the commercial invoice, the following screen will appear:
You can view and select filters for the commercial invoices available for your shipments. Your printouts can be filtered by shipment and account information.
Shipments are used for selection because customs personnel need to know what you are shipping, where it originated, what it's made of and how much it's worth. This information will appear on the commercial invoice.
Your selected filters for printing will be highlighted by a green box next to your selection. Multiple selections can be made by clicking and dragging.
The shipments that have been selected for printing will also be listed next to the blue print button.
Step 4: Commercial invoice output
Hit the blue print button to print the commercial invoice(s).
The commercial invoices for your shipments will be displayed. Extra information for customs purposes such as an HS code and item name will be included in the invoice as long as they have been added to your products as attributes.
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