---
title: "Table 1706 Deferral Posting Buffer"
author: "Jonas Paprotka"
url: https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/1706-deferral-posting-buffer/
type: table
id: 1706
name: "Deferral Posting Buffer"
app: "Base Application"
namespace: Microsoft.Finance.Deferral
versions: "17-28"
build: 28.5.54151.54365
source: "https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/1706-deferral-posting-buffer/source/29/"
checked: 2026-09-20
subject: "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central"
license: "Content © 2026 Jonas Paprotka. Quote freely with attribution and a link."
---

# Table 1706 Deferral Posting Buffer

Jonas Paprotka, https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/1706-deferral-posting-buffer/

| | |
| --- | --- |
| App | Base Application |
| Namespace | Microsoft.Finance.Deferral |
| Versions | 17-28 |
| Source file | Finance/Deferral/DeferralPostingBuffer.Table.al |

## Fields

| Id | Name | Type | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Entry No. | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 2 | Type | Option | 17-28 | - | - |
| 3 | G/L Account | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 4 | Gen. Bus. Posting Group | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 5 | Gen. Prod. Posting Group | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 6 | VAT Bus. Posting Group | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 7 | VAT Prod. Posting Group | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 8 | Tax Area Code | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 9 | Tax Group Code | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 10 | Tax Liable | Boolean | 17-28 | - | - |
| 11 | Use Tax | Boolean | 17-28 | - | - |
| 12 | Job No. | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 13 | Posting Date | Date | 17-28 | - | - |
| 14 | Amount | Decimal | 17-28 | - | - |
| 15 | Amount (LCY) | Decimal | 17-28 | - | - |
| 16 | System-Created Entry | Boolean | 17-28 | - | - |
| 17 | Global Dimension 1 Code | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 18 | Global Dimension 2 Code | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 19 | Description | Text[100] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 20 | Deferral Account | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 21 | Period Description | Text[100] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 22 | Deferral Doc. Type | Enum Deferral Document Type | 17-28 | - | - |
| 23 | Document No. | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 24 | Sales/Purch Amount | Decimal | 17-28 | - | - |
| 25 | Sales/Purch Amount (LCY) | Decimal | 17-28 | - | - |
| 26 | Gen. Posting Type | Enum General Posting Type | 17-28 | - | - |
| 27 | Partial Deferral | Boolean | 17-28 | - | - |
| 480 | Dimension Set ID | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 1700 | Deferral Code | Code[10] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 1701 | Deferral Line No. | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |

## Keys

| Name | Fields | Versions |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Key1, clustered | Entry No. | 17-28 |
| Key2 | Deferral Doc. Type, Document No., Deferral Line No. | 17-28 |

## Procedures

| Name | Parameters | Returns | Access | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PrepareSales | (Record Sales Line, Code[20]) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| ReverseAmounts | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| PreparePurch | (Record Purchase Line, Code[20]) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| PrepareRemainderSales | (Record Sales Line, Decimal, Decimal, Code[20], Code[20], Integer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| PrepareRemainderPurchase | (Record Purchase Line, Decimal, Decimal, Code[20], Code[20], Integer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| PrepareInitialPair | (Record Invoice Post. Buffer, Decimal, Decimal, Code[20], Code[20]) | - | public | 17-25 | Pending 20.0 | Replaced by PrepareInitialAmounts() |
| InitFromDeferralLine | (Record Deferral Line) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| Update | (Record Deferral Posting Buffer, Record Invoice Post. Buffer) | - | public | 17-25 | Pending 19.0 | Replaced by procedure Update without parameter InvoicePostBuffer. |
| GetLastEntryNo | () | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| PrepareInitialAmounts | (Decimal, Decimal, Decimal, Decimal, Code[20], Code[20]) | - | public | 19-28 | - | - |
| Update | (Record Deferral Posting Buffer) | - | public | 19-28 | - | - |
| PrepareInitialAmounts | (Decimal, Decimal, Decimal, Decimal, Code[20], Code[20], Decimal, Decimal) | - | public | 24-28 | - | - |

## Events

| Kind | Name | Parameters | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Integration event | OnAfterPrepareSales | (var Record Deferral Posting Buffer, Record Sales Line) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnAfterPreparePurch | (var Record Deferral Posting Buffer, Record Purchase Line) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeDeferralPostBufferInsert | (var Record Deferral Posting Buffer, Record Deferral Posting Buffer, Record Invoice Post. Buffer) | 17-26 | Pending 19.0 | Replaced by OnUpdateOnBeforeDeferralPostBufferInsert(). |
| Integration event | OnUpdateOnAfterSetFilters | (var Record Deferral Posting Buffer, Record Deferral Posting Buffer) | 19-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnUpdateOnBeforeDeferralPostBufferInsert | (var Record Deferral Posting Buffer, Record Deferral Posting Buffer) | 19-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnAfterPrepareRemainderPurchase | (var Record Deferral Posting Buffer, Record Purchase Line) | 22-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnAfterPrepareRemainderSales | (var Record Deferral Posting Buffer, Record Sales Line) | 22-28 | - | - |

## Source

Symbols: Microsoft.BaseApplication.symbols.437dbf0e-84ff-417a-965d-ed2bb9650972, https://dynamicssmb2.pkgs.visualstudio.com/DynamicsBCPublicFeeds/_packaging/MSSymbols/nuget/v3/index.json, highest build per major on 2026-09-20.
AL source 29: https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps, MIT, releases/29.x at a66254c3b8b5bb1cea290dc8f9d097aec4381153.

Jonas Paprotka, 2026-09-20.