Demurrage and Despatch Invoices

Demurrage invoices are raised when a sales or purchase contract has demurrage/despatch charges specified, whereby the charges are incorporated in an invoice to the buyer in a sales contract, or to the seller a purchase contract, respectively.

The demurrage/despatch can be included as part of the sales invoice, or it can be created in a separate invoice called the demurrage invoice.

To create a demurrage invoice, ensure the despatch order is configured to not include the demurrage/despatch calculation as part of the sales invoice, by leaving Include Dem/Des in Sales (or Purchase) Invoice unchecked when creating the despatch order.

Demurrage invoices generate account journals based on the rules for the chart of accounts, like any other invoice, with the document type in the chart of accounts set to demurrage invoice or despatch invoice, accordingly.