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Last Updated: 2026-04-17
Create Cash Basis Accounting

Create Cash Basis Accounting

  • Set up cash basis accounting.
  • Have supplier invoices and customer invoices in
    Approved
    status and their payments accounting in
    Posted
    status.
You can:
  • Create cash basis accounting to recognize revenue and expenses for paid customer and supplier invoices.
  • Schedule cash basis accounting generation to occur at a specific frequency.
  1. (Optional) Access the
    Create Cash Basis Accounting
    task.
    Configure the
    Cash Basis Accounting Event
    business process and security policy in the Financial Accounting functional area.
  2. As you complete the task, consider:
    Option Description
    Period
    Select a period to determine which transactions to create cash basis accounting for.
    Workday posts the operational journal for the cash basis accounting to the last date of the period that you select.
    Do Not Display Cash Basis Accounting Preview
    Select to remove the preview grid that you can use to review the included documents for each supplier or customer.
  3. Access the
    Schedule Cash Basis Accounting
    task to determine how frequently Workday generates the cash basis accounting.
    Workday recommends using this task instead of the
    Create Cash Basis Accounting
    task for improved performance.
    Security: The
    Process: Cash Basis Accounting
    domain in the Financial Accounting functional area.
Workday:
  • Creates a cash basis accounting result, a grouping of cash basis transactions by supplier or customer.
  • Generates a cash basis journal in the cash basis book code for each grouping.
  • Posts the accounting for approved customer and supplier invoices and down-stream accounting to the accrual book code.
For the cash basis accounting result:
  • Drill into the transactions to see all the associated documents for the supplier or customer.
  • View the operational journal.
View all cash basis accounting results on the
Find Cash Basis Accounting Result
report.