{"id":8462,"date":"2026-03-18T11:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sageintacct\/?p=8462"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:04:24","slug":"sage-intacct-2026-ap-advances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sageintacct\/2026\/03\/18\/sage-intacct-2026-ap-advances\/","title":{"rendered":"How Sage Intacct R1 2026 Streamlines AP Advances for Multi-Entity Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One small but very practical update in Sage Intacct R1 2026 is around Accounts Payable advances. Earlier, if your company was structured with multiple entities, you had to go inside each individual entity to create and post an AP advance. It wasn\u2019t complicated \u2014 but it was definitely repetitive and time-consuming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, you can create and post AP advances directly from the top level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And honestly, for multi-entity companies, this is a relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let\u2019s take a simple example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine a company with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 entities – 3 different base currencies – A centralized finance team handling vendor payment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, if the team needed to give an advance payment to a vendor under Entity A, they had to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Switch to Entity A -> Create the advance -> Post or submit it -> Then switch again if they needed to process something for another entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t sound like much, but when you\u2019re doing this daily, it adds friction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With R1 2026, the finance team can now stay at the top level and create the advance centrally. No constant switching. No unnecessary navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It simply makes the process smoother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s what this improvement really gives you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can process AP advances at the top level, even in multi-base currency setups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finance teams can work more centrally instead of jumping between entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It brings Accounts Payable closer in behaviour to Accounts Receivable, which already had similar flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, it reduces the small operational inefficiencies that add up over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not a flashy feature \u2014 but it\u2019s practical. And practical updates are often the most valuable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there are some conditions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re saving the advance as a draft, you still need to select a currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies using cash-basis accounting cannot use top-level AP advances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For cross-currency advances, the transaction currency must match the bank currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, while it\u2019s more flexible, standard currency controls are still in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process itself is simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to: Accounts Payable -> All -> Payments -> Click Add next to Advances<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there, you enter the details and choose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n