How To: Setup Intrastat ICN Codes
There are two steps to setting up Intrastat ICN Codes before they can be used for reporting on your ICN Imports and Exports:
- Setting up the ICN Code;
- Linking the ICN Code to the stock item and adding the quantity.
ICN Codes can also be linked to Level 2 stock types if the stock items all belong to the same ICN code (Optional).
Setting up Intrastat ICN Codes
The system does not come pre-loaded with any valid Intrastat codes since there are tens of thousands of valid codes, you will have to determine which codes apply to the goods you sell.
- Open a System Data screen .
- Open
[ International | Intrastat ICN ]
. - Press Alt+E or click
to enter edit mode.
- Press F3 or click
to add a new item.
- Enter the ICN Code into the first column.
- Enter the ICN Description into the second column.
- Focus in the Sup. Unit column and press F4 to access the dropdown list of all ICN supplement unit options and choose the correct option.
- Click Ok to apply it.
- Press Ctrl+S or click
to save.
Linking the Intrastat ICN Code to a Stock Item
- Open a Stock screen .
- Open the stock item and go to their
[ Detail | Accounting ]
screen. - Press Alt+E or click
to enter edit mode.
- Update the following options:
- ICN select the ICN Code from the drop down list.
- Sup Unit Value enter the quantity for the stock item.
Note: when the report is run the system takes the quantity in the Supp Unit Value field as set against the stock code and multiplies it by the quantity purchase / sold.
- Press Ctrl+S or click
to save.
Note: ICN codes can also be entered against groups of items using Update Selected Stock Items from the context menu in the [ Stock | List ]
screen; an efficient method to mark groups of items with the same ICN.
Linking the Intrastat ICN Code to a Stock Type
Linking ICN Codes to level 2 stock types is optional.
- Open a System Data screen .
- Open the
[ International | Intrastat ICN - Stock Types ]
screen. - Press Alt+E or click
to enter edit mode.
- Press F3 or click
to add a new item.
- Focus in the Stock Type column and press F4 to access the dropdown list and define the required stock type (level 2 only).
- Focus in the ICN column and press F4 to access the dropdown list and choose the ICN that this stock type can use.
- Press Ctrl+S or click
to save.