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CM accounting entries

This document details the accounting entries for a sales order (SO) line uploaded to Zuora Revenue, including initial entries, adjustments, and reclassifications.

In this example, the initial SO line of $100 is uploaded to Zuora Revenue. The release event is Upon Booking. The impact and balance of the accounting entries will be as follows:

Impact

Balance

Account type

Dr

Cr

Account type

Dr

Cr

Contract Liability

100

Contract Liability

100

Revenue

100

Revenue

100

Later, the SO line with the same SO line ID is uploaded to increase the SO value to $180. The impact and balance of the accounting entries will be as follows:

Impact

Balance

Account type

Dr

Cr

Account type

Dr

Cr

Contract Liability

80

Contract Liability

180

Revenue

80

Revenue

180

Then, an invoice line of $180 is collected, which is associated with the original SO line. A one-sided initial entry is created for $180 in Zuora Revenue.

Impact

Balance

Account type

Dr

Cr

Account type

Dr

Cr

Initial Entry Flag

Contract Liability

180

Contract Liability

180

Y

The reclass entries are created by Zuora Revenue as follows. The first two lines are to reverse the journal entries created for the SO line. The other two lines are to recognize the invoice amount.

Balance

Account type

Dr

Cr

Note

Contract Liability

180

SO reverse

Revenue

180

SO reverse

Contract Liability

180

Invoice recognized

Revenue

180

Invoice recognized

Then, another CM line of (-$30) is collected, which is associated with the original SO line ID. The initial entry for this invoice is created.

Impact

Balance

Account type

Dr

Cr

Account type

Dr

Cr

Initial Entry Flag

Contract Liability

30

Contract Liability

150

Y

The impact and balance of the accounting entries will be as follows:

Impact

Balance

Account type

Dr

Cr

Account type

Dr

Cr

Contract Liability

30

Contract Liability

150

Revenue

30

Revenue

150