--- title: "About suggested sales accounts" description: "In Visma Net, the automatically suggested sales account on a sales or customer invoice line and a sales order line can be retrieved from different fields and windows." lang: en languages: en: https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/sales/process-sales-orders/about-suggested-sales-accounts/index.md lastmod: 2026-02-19 --- > Documentation index: https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/sales/process-sales-orders/llms.txt # About suggested sales accounts Last modified February 19, 2026 > In Visma Net, the automatically suggested sales account on a sales or customer invoice line and a sales order line can be retrieved from different fields and windows. This topic gives an overview of how a suggested sales account is set. ## Sales account on sales order The sales account suggested on the order line in the [Sales orders (SO301000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/sales/sales-windows/sales-orders-so301000/index.md) window is determined by the selected option for the **Use sales account from** field in the [Order types (SO201000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/sales/sales-windows/order-types-so201000/index.md) window, according to the following table.
Use sales account from Sales account
Reason code According to the sales account set in the Reason codes (CS211000) window for the reason code set on the sales order line.
Posting class

According to the option selected for Use sales account from in the Posting classes (IN206000) window. This can be:

  • Item
  • Warehouse
  • Posting class

See below.

Item,

Warehouse, or

Customer location

 See below.
### Use sales account from Item, Warehouse, Customer location, and Posting class The table below gives an overview of how the sales account is set on the sales order line for **Item**, **Warehouse**, **Customer location** and **Posting class** (assuming **Posting class** is selected for **Use sales account from** in both the [Order types (SO201000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/sales/sales-windows/order-types-so201000/index.md) and [Posting classes (IN206000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/inventory/inventory-windows/posting-classes-in206000/index.md) window). The information applies when the line item has an item ID. #### Export type and General ledger account tab Note that the **Export type** value is first retrieved from the customer location, and if not set, from the customer class. If it is not set in the customer class either, the **Export type** is not set.
When Export type is Field in General ledger accounts tab
Domestic or not set, and line is taxable Sales account

Domestic or not set, and line is non-taxable,

or

Domestic exempt VAT

 Sales - non-taxable account
EU Sales - EU account
Export Sales - export account
The window from which the **General ledger accounts** tab is read, corresponds to the **Use sales account from** option in the following way:
Use sales account from Window
Item

Stock items (IN202500), or

Non-stock items (IN202000)
Warehouse Warehouses (IN204000)
Customer location Customer locations (CR303010)
Posting class Posting classes (IN206000)
#### Exceptions no item ID The above information applies for a sales order line with no item ID, except when the sales account is to be retrieved from the item or posting class of the item. In these cases, the sales account is retrieved according to the **Customer location** option. ## Sales account on customer invoices, sales invoices and cash sales The sales account suggested on lines with an item ID in the [Sales invoices (AR301000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/sales-invoices-ar301000/index.md) , [Cash sales (AR304000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/cash-sales-ar304000/index.md) , and [Customer invoices (SO303000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/sales/sales-windows/customer-invoices-so303000/index.md) windows is determined by the selected option for the **Use sales account from** field in the [Posting classes (IN206000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/inventory/inventory-windows/posting-classes-in206000/index.md) window. This can be: + **Item** + **Posting class** ### Export type and General ledger account tab The table below gives an overview of how the sales account is set on the line for these options. Note that the **Export type** value is first retrieved from the customer location, and if not set, from the customer class. If it is not set in the customer class either, the **Export type** is not set.
When Export type is Field in General ledger accounts tab
Domestic or not set, and line is taxable Sales account

Domestic or not set, and line is non-taxable,

or

Domestic exempt VAT

 Sales - non-taxable account
EU Sales - EU account
Export Sales - export account
The window from which the **General ledger accounts** tab is read, corresponds to the **Use sales account from** option in the following way:
Use sales account from Window

Item, or

Warehouse

Stock items (IN202500), or

Non-stock items (IN202000)
Posting class Posting classes (IN206000)
#### Exceptions no item ID For a line with no item ID, the sales account is retrieved according to the **Export type** table above and from the **General ledger accounts** tab in the [Customer locations (CR303010)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/customer-locations-cr303010/index.md) window. #### Invoice created from sales order If the sales invoice, customer invoice or cash sale is created from the sales order, the sales accounts on the lines are the same as in the sales order.

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