JDE system provides the facility to reverse a receipt if it's recorded incorrectly. When you receive the goods through item receipt, the quantity on hand will be updated. You can reverse a receipt as long as you have not yet created a voucher for the receipt. After reversing the receipt, the system will also adjust the on hand quantity. If you have created the voucher after matching system, it is necessary to first reverse the voucher in order to be able to reverse the receipt.
You should set up the Processing Options for the Purchase Receipts Inquiry (P43214) program in order to reverse the receipt.
When you reverse the receipt, system will update the On Hand quantity. The system will also create a journal entry that updates the general ledger. You might need to do this if you recorded a receipt by mistake, or if you recorded the wrong receipt. If the order has been vouchered, the voucher must be reversed first, in order to reverse the receipt. Items that have receipt routing activated should move back to previous operations, and then you can reverse the receipt.
When you enter a formal receipt, the system creates journal entries that: