Welcome to Flash #8. Here's what shipped over the last two weeks.

What we shipped

Journal entry approvals

Finance teams can now route journal entries through the same approval workflow as bills and credit notes. The approver is visible on a dedicated Approvals tab on the entry, and line completeness is validated before an entry can be approved, so nothing gets signed off with missing data.

For teams with any kind of control framework, this closes a meaningful gap. One consistent approval gate, across everything.

Purchase request approvals

Purchase request approvals have been rolling out to customers over the last few months. This week the gating came off entirely. Every Light customer can now route purchase requests through the same approval workflow as bills and credit notes.

From request to PO to bill, the full procurement chain now has controls at every step. Your team knows exactly what gets spent and why.

Pay bills from non-bank ledger accounts

You can now pay an AP bill from a ledger account, not just a bank account. For multi-entity companies settling bills via intercompany loans or holding accounts, this removes a persistent workaround. No more manual journal entries to record the payment.

Enable the account in your chart of accounts, pick it in the payment flow, and the payment posts fully reconciled against that account.

AR invoice date and posting date are now independent

AR invoices now have separate invoice and posting dates. The date on a sent invoice and the date it posts to the ledger can now differ independently. Revenue release schedules run from the posting date, invoices no longer show "Pending" on PDFs, and the aged AR report gains an invoice date column.

For revenue teams managing close across multiple periods, this removes a lot of manual workaround.

Custom invoice templates

You can now customise your invoice templates directly in Light. Control which fields appear, add your company logo, and use LCI to translate an invoice into any language. Everything you send to a customer looks and reads exactly as it should. Self-serve, no support request needed.

Plus all this

• Percentage and fixed-amount discounts on AR invoices. Previously only percentage-based discounts were supported. You can now toggle between the two on any AR invoice.

• Notifications can now be marked as unread. So nothing gets lost in a busy inbox.

• Reports now support percentage and formula columns. Gross margin, ratios and similar metrics can now be added directly to the report builder.

  
  

That's it for Flash #8. Reach out directly, use LCI, or head to help.light.inc.

/Team Light