Matching a bill to a purchase order means checking the invoice lines against what was ordered (and sometimes received) before you pay. What is purchase order?
Before you start
- Purchasing application
- Permission to configure Purchasing
The Sage Intacct way
Where to find it: Purchasing application > Configure Purchasing
- Turn on match tolerances on the Configure Purchasing page and pick the transaction definitions to validate.
- Convert the purchase order to a receipt and then to a PO purchase invoice.
- Intacct compares quantity and unit price at each step.
- The invoice posts to Accounts Payable when it is inside tolerance.
Limits in Sage Intacct
- Needs the Purchasing application.
- Matching is quantity and unit price. Other fields are not compared.
Good to know in Sage Intacct
- A price variance posts to the Match tolerance GL account or as set in the transaction definition.
The Pulsify way
- Sync your open POs from Sage Intacct to Pulsify.
- Forward the supplier's invoice. Pulsify links it to the right purchase order.
- Pulsify matches each line on quantity and unit price, to within 1 cent.
- Review flags for price differences, extra quantity and lines not on the PO.
- Approve. The bill is created in Sage Intacct against the purchase order.
Pulsify connects to Sage Intacct. We set up the connection for you.
What Pulsify does not do here
- Pulsify has no tolerance setting. It compares to the cent.
- Flags are warnings. Your approver decides.
Common mistakes
- Entering the bill in Accounts Payable instead of converting from the receipt, so no matching happens.
- Not choosing the transaction definitions to validate on the Configure Purchasing page.
More help
- How to match a purchase invoice to a purchase order in Business Central
- How to match a bill to a purchase order in MYOB Acumatica
- How to match a purchase invoice to a purchase order in Sage 200
- How to handle a partial delivery against a purchase order in Sage Intacct
- How to set a price tolerance on purchase order matching in Sage Intacct
- How to raise a purchase order and get it approved in Sage Intacct
- All Sage Intacct how-to guides
- Pulsify setup guides
Sources
Last checked 2026-10-19. Confidence: confirmed.
Common questions
Do I need Purchasing to match a bill to a PO?
Yes. Matching with tolerances needs the Purchasing application. Convert the PO to a receipt and then to a PO purchase invoice.
What does Intacct compare?
Quantity and unit price. Other fields are not compared. The invoice posts to Accounts Payable when it is inside tolerance.
Where does a price difference go?
A price variance posts to the Match tolerance GL account, or as set in the transaction definition.
What does Pulsify flag?
A unit price that differs from the PO, a quantity above the PO line and lines that are not on the PO.
Pulsify setup guides
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