PROCESS

MAPPING

& SOLUTION DOCUMENT

Department: Finance
Units: Payables Letter of Credit
Author:

Ejaz Hussain

Creation Date:

June 4, 2009

Last Updated:

June 6, 2009

Version

1.0

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Contents
CONTENTS.....................................................................................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................................................................................3
PURPOSE.......................................................................................................................................................................................................3
TYPE OF LETTER OF CREDIT.............................................................................................................................................................................4
SIGHT LETTER OF CREDIT................................................................................................................................................................................5
USANCE LETTER OF CREDIT.............................................................................................................................................................................7
LC TRACKING DFF ENABLED..........................................................................................................................................................................8
LC DETAIL ..................................................................................................................................................................................................9
GLOSSARY OF COMMONLY USED TERMS............................................................................................................................................................13
OPEN AND CLOSED ISSUES FOR THIS DELIVERABLE............................................................................................................................................14
Open Issues..........................................................................................................................................................................................14
Closed Issues........................................................................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
This paper will provide a practical guide to letters of credit and as there is no functionality as of now
to use Letter of Credit as a means of payment which is increasingly being used, as a workaround in
Oracle Payables to handle payments through Letters of Credit.

Purpose
The requirement is in Abdullah AM AL-Khodari Sons; after they Open LC(Letter of Credit) with bank
against a Supplier, they want to track it in the system.
This document will serve as a basic tool in understanding letters of credit solution within
Payable module.

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Type of Letter of Credit

There are two type of Letter of Credit

1. Sight letter of credit

Sight letter of credit can permit the beneficiary to be paid immediately upon
presentation of specified documents.

2.

Usance letter of credit:

Term/Usance Letters of credit can permit the beneficiary to be paid at a
future date as established in the sales contract.

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Sight Letter of Credit

1. Sight letter of credit:
Sight letter of credit can permit the beneficiary to be paid immediately upon
presentation of specified documents.

Steps:
1.1 Raise a Purchase Order
Raise a Purchase Order in Oracle Purchasing stating the description of goods,
quantity, unit price, and terms of delivery. Purchase order would be issued
after beneficiary examined that all the terms and conditions of letter of credit
are/can be complied with.

1.2 Record a Prepayment Invoice against Vendor

In case of confirmed sight letter of credit the confirming bank is obliged to
honour the drawing without recourse to the beneficiary. Beneficiary (Seller)
should present following documents to Advising / Confirming Bank:
Invoice with description of goods shown exactly in LC
Bill of lading and/or other transport documents
Draft (Bill of exchange)
Other documents as required by letter of credit
The advising/confirming/negotiating bank will claim reimbursement from the
issuing bank and issuing bank in turn from buyer by debiting his account. On
receipt of the debit advice from Bank enter a Prepayment Invoice in Oracle
Payables against Vendor:
The following transactions will happen.
In cases where seller bears the
risk (Trade term is
DAF/DES/DDU/ DDP)

Debit

DR. Advance to Supplier

CR. Supplier Liability

XXXX

1.3

Credit

XXXX

In cases where title of

goods are deemed to be
transferred to Buyer (Trade
term is EXW/ FOB/CFR/CIF)
Dr. Goods in Transit
Cr. Supplier - Liability

Debit

Credit

xxxx
xxxx

For Payment of the above Prepayment Invoice

LC payment Payment methond has been created; use this paymet method
to pay above invoice. It will Dr. Supplier liability, knock of Supplier account
and Cr. Liability a/c BillPayables.

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Account
Dr. Supplier Liability
Cr. LC Billpayables A/c

Debit
XXXX

Credit
XXXX

There is one Program that has been schedule to Run every end of day;
it is Update Matured Bills Payable Status
It will Dr. Billpayables a/c and Cr. Bank a/c which you had selected while
making above payment.
Account
Dr. LC Billpayables A/c
Cr. Bank A/c

1.4

Debit
XXXX

XXXX

Receipt of Goods
On receipt of goods record a receipt transaction in Inventory
Account
Dr. Material Account

Debit
XXXX

Cr. AP Accrual Account

1.5

Credit

Credit
XXXX

On receipt of Invoice from Vendor

Enter an Invoice in Oracle Payables & match it with receipt/Purchase
order:
Account
Dr. AP Accrual Account
Cr. Liability Account

Debit
XXXX

Credit
XXXX

1.6 Apply the prepayment against above Invoice

Account
Dr. Liability Account
Cr. Advance to Supplier / Goods in
transit

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Debit
XXXX

Credit
XXXX

Usance Letter of Credit

2. Usance letter of credit:
Term/Usance Letters of credit can permit the beneficiary to be paid at a
future date as established in the sales contract.
2.1

Raise a Purchase Order

Raise a Purchase Order in Oracle Purchasing stating the description of
goods, quantity, unit price, and terms of delivery. Purchase order would
be issued after beneficiary examined that all the terms and conditions of
letter of credit are/can be complied with.

2.2

Receipt of Goods.
On receipt of goods record a receipt transaction in Inventory
Account
Dr. Material Account
Cr. AP Accrual Account

2.3

Debit
XXXX

Credit
XXXX

On receipt of Invoice from Vendor

Enter an Invoice in Oracle Payables & match it with receipt:
Account
Dr. AP Accrual Account
Cr. Supplier Liability

Debit
XXXX

Credit
XXXX

2.4 For Payment

LC payment Payment methond has been created; use this paymet
method to pay LC above invoice. It will Dr. Supplier liability, knock of
Supplier account and Cr. Liability a/c BillPayables.
Account
Dr. Supplier Liability
Cr. LC Billpayables A/c

Debit
XXXX

Credit
XXXX

There is one Program that has been schedule to Run every end of day;
it is Update Matured Bills Payable Status
It will Dr. Billpayables a/c and Cr. Bank a/c which you had selected while
making above payment.
Account
Dr. LC Billpayables A/c
Cr. Bank A/c

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Debit
XXXX

Credit
XXXX

LC Tracking DFF enabled

The Following setups were done to achieve the above Functionality

Defined an Independent Value set for LC Tracking.

Enabled Context Sensitive DFF at LC Tracking Value Set values

definition, this includes:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)

Supplier
Currency
Issuer Bank
Foreign Currency Amount
Functional Currency Amount
Date of Issue
Date of Expiry

Defined DFF at Invoice Entry Header Level with one segment LC

Number with the table validated value set attached. This value set
is created with the validations of Supplier and Invoice Currency Code
and user can select the LC Numbers available against the Supplier
and the currency while entering Prepayment/Standard invoice

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LC Detail
When LC opened with bank record the LC details:

Step-1: Entered LC Details in Flexfield Segment Values

Navigation> Payables> Setup> Flexfields>Descriptive>Values

Click Here

Click on Values and then Type LC Tracking in name field:

Click

(a)he
re

TYPE LC TRACKING Here

Press find button

when above two
task done

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It will shows the values of exisitng LC numbers;

Enter New LC number and its Drescription

Then Press Tab button to enter its details

After pressing the Tab button the following Screen will comes

Enters LC details at here i.e.:

Supplier Name:
Currency:
Issuer Bank:
Foreign Currency Amount:
Functional Currency Amount:
Date of issue:
Date of Expiry:
Save your work and now its ready to choose LC numbers while entering
Prepayment/Standard Invoice in Invoice workbench

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Invoice Workbench
While entering Prepayment/Standard Invoice go to Invoice header level DFF
and after entering Project and Department code, click on Invoice Reference
and select LC Detail from Drop down LIST:

Once you select LC details: The LC number fields appears

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Select LC numbers from Drop down List:

It will only shows the LC numbers of supplier you had selected in Invoice
Workbench

Press Ok button to go back to invoice workbench and complete your Invoice

as ususal.

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Glossary of commonly used terms

Issuing bank: The bank which issues the letter of credit on the instructions of the importer
(usually, but not necessarily, the importer's own bank).
Beneficiary: The party in whose favour the letter of credit is issued.
Advising bank: The bank, usually but not necessarily in the beneficiary's country, through
which advice of the letter of credit is sent by the issuing bank.
Confirming bank: A bank usually in the country of the beneficiary which, at the request of
the issuing bank, joins that bank in undertaking to honour drawings made by the beneficiary,
provided the terms and conditions of the letter of credit have been complied with.
Negotiating bank: The bank specifically nominated in the letter of credit to purchase the bill
of exchange (draft) drawn by the beneficiary on a drawee other than the negotiating bank. (If
a letter of credit is freely negotiable, any bank willing to do so can be the negotiating bank).
EXW Ex works: "Ex Works" is the minimum/lowest obligation of a seller. The seller agrees
to make the goods available to the buyer at the seller's premises (named place). The seller
under EXW is not even responsible for bearing the cost of loading the goods onto the vehicle
provided by the buyer, unless otherwise agreed in advance. The buyer bears the full cost and
risks involved in bringing the goods from the EXW location to the ultimate destination.
FOB Free on board: Goods shipped under FOB terms are placed on board the ship by the
seller at the specific port of shipment named in the sales agreement/purchase order/contract.
All costs and risks from the point where the cargo "crosses the ship's rail" (i.e. is lifted from
the quay/pier onto the vessel) passes to the buyer.
CFR Cost & freight: Under CFR, the title and risks change at the ship's rail, just as in FOB
terms, but the cost allocation is different. For goods shipped under CFR, the seller pays all
costs to deliver the goods up to the named port of destination (while under FOB, above, the
buyer is responsible for those costs).
CIF Cost, insurance & freight: In its simplest form, CIF is CFR + Insurance. The seller
must procure transport insurance against the risk of loss or damage to the goods (to the
extent that is mutually agreed upon in the sales agreement). Seller contracts with insurance
carrier or agent and pays the premium but issues insurance in a form/format that allows the
buyer to later make claim directly to the insurance carrier or said carrier's agent. (Since
Title/Risk has changed hands at FOB point, the seller is no longer entitled to make claim,
unless specifically on behalf of the buyer, who, in fact, owns the goods.)
DAF Delivered at frontier: DAF means that the seller is obliged to move the goods to the
named place at the frontier (border crossing). This is primarily a rail/truck term. The seller
bears all costs/risks up to this point, but is not responsible for customs clearance, duty, or
taxes
DES Delivered ex ship: Using DES requires the seller to make the goods available to the
buyer "on board the ship at the place named in the sales contract". Unlike CFR and CIF
terms, the seller has agreed to bear not just cost, but also Risk and Title up to the arrival of
the vessel at the named port. Costs for unloading the goods and any duties, taxes, etc are
for the Buyer.
DDU Delivered duty unpaid: DDU terms require that the seller delivers the goods to the
buyer, UNCLEARED FOR IMPORT, at the point or place named in the sales agreement. The
seller bears all costs and risks up to this point/place.
DDP Delivered duty paid: Just as EXW represented the seller's minimum obligation in an
international transaction, DDP would represent the seller's MAXI MUM obligation. Under DDP,
the seller agrees to all costs and risks, including customs clearance fees and payment of
import duties, up to the named place/point.

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Open and Closed Issues for this Deliverable

Open Issues

ID

Issue

Resolution

LC_RPT

Custom reports can be

designed to see the LC
status

Responsibility

Target
Date

Impact
Date

Responsibility

Target
Date

Impact
Date

Closed Issues

ID

Issue

Resolution

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