Overpayments for Specific Orders

Overpayments for Specific Orders

 

Overview

 

If you receive a payment, and the amount is higher than the outstanding total, the system will automatically retain the difference, and use it as a credit on future invoices. Overpayments can either be generated for the transaction or for specific orders.

Information

Once you apply payments using overpayments generated for specific orders, you will not be able to modify the order specific payments, including void , cancel or applying a charge back to the payment.

 

 

 

Go A/R >> Receive Payment. Enter the payment date, method and the reference number.  Enter the payment amount. Search for the order(s) for which you want to apply an overpayment, enter the amount and hit the Enter key. Notice that the Order Overpayment column will display the difference between the balance and the actual payment. A confirmation window will open. This window will display the order specific overpayments and the overpayments associated to the payment, click on Save to confirm the Overpayment.  Click the "Save & Close" button located at the lower right hand corner to apply the payment. To receive additional payments click on the "Save & New" button.
If a customer has credits due to order overpayments, they will be automatically displayed for the selected customer as Open Credits so if can be used for paying any open invoice. From the Receive Payments screen, enter the customer name and hit the Enter key. Click on "Here" to apply the credit. Select the open credit that you want to apply and Close. Select the payment method and proceed to apply the payment.  Click the "Save & Close" button located at the lower right hand corner to apply the payment. To receive additional payments click on the "Save & New" button.  Once you have finished, a confirmation pop-up message will appear at the bottom right hand corner of the screen.



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Roles enabled to perform this action: Accounts Receivables,  Admin, Cashier.