Shipping Charges
Does Shipping Charge in Order -> Ship Order eventually hit the GL Accrued Shipping Liability account?
Yes, during the Order to Invoice step. It only charges this amount if you haven't entered a shipping quote with the order. If there is a shipping quote with the order, it will charge that amount to ship liability.
If so, how does this account get relieved and which account relieves the liability? a) if I pay the shipping charges b) the customer pays for the shipping charges?
It's relieved when you pay a bill to your shipping carrier. You need to select the ship liability account as the offsetting account.
After the Shipping Liability Account is relieved, it will always have a delta compared to the actual carrier billed. So how do I disposition it to have better idea of accumulated liabilities?
You can make manual journal entries to send the extra amount back to sales or some other account.
Yes, during the Order to Invoice step. It only charges this amount if you haven't entered a shipping quote with the order. If there is a shipping quote with the order, it will charge that amount to ship liability.
If so, how does this account get relieved and which account relieves the liability? a) if I pay the shipping charges b) the customer pays for the shipping charges?
It's relieved when you pay a bill to your shipping carrier. You need to select the ship liability account as the offsetting account.
After the Shipping Liability Account is relieved, it will always have a delta compared to the actual carrier billed. So how do I disposition it to have better idea of accumulated liabilities?
You can make manual journal entries to send the extra amount back to sales or some other account.