Overview
Use the Receive Payment window to record customer payments, apply payments to invoices, and review invoice and payment history.
Interact must be registered to utilize the Pro features of the software.
Recording a Payment
To receive a payment select Accounting | Receive Payments. The receive payments window appears.
Charges
The Charges tab will list all unpaid charges like invoices and finance charges.
To view the original invoice and reprint it if necessary, click the View button to the right of the invoice.
Payments
Use the Payments tab to enter a payment, view undistributed receipts and credits, and view distributed receipts and credits.
Undistributed Receipts and Credits
To enter a payment select the form of payment; Cash or Check, from the drop-down list and enter the amount of the payment.
The Reference field is a 20 character field, it can be used to enter a note or check number.
The Deposit Ticket ID field is a 10 character field, it can be used to reference a bank deposit number if needed.
Use the calendar control to the right of the Date to change the date.
Click the Save Receipt button to save the payment.
The payment appears in the list.
Apply Payments and Credits
Apply existing payments and credits
To apply a payment or credit to a charge (invoice or finance charge) click the Apply Payments and Credits tab. A window similar to the following will appear.
This window will list all undistributed Payments and Credits and all unpaid Charges.
To apply an existing payment or credit to an existing charge, use the check box to select which payments to Apply. Then place a check in the box to select which charges to Pay.
Click the Apply Selected Payments button to complete the process.
Create payment from invoices
Use the Create payment from invoices tab to generate a payment in the same amount as the invoice. This is a nice feature to use when the payment received is equal to the amount of the invoice being paid. It also helps reduce typing errors.
Click the Pay Selected Invoices button to create a payment and distribute it to the selected invoices.
Auto Distribute
Use the Auto Distribute button to automatically distribute payments and credits to unpaid charges. The auto distribute feature will distribute payments and credits, oldest to newest, to unpaid charges, oldest to newest.
This is a great feature to use when multiple payments and credits need to be applied to multiple charges.
Payments
Distributed Receipts and Credits
To view receipts and credits that have been distributed to charges click the Distributed receipts and credits tab. A window similar to the following will appear.
Go to Reverse Payments to learn more about reversing a payment.
Activity
Click the Activity tab to review accounting related activity for the selected account. The View drop-down provides different date range filters.