Customer Deposit

To post a customer prepayment, payment or deposit before you have recorded an Invoice:

  • Go to the Sales command center and click Enter Sales.
  • Select the customer, create a Service Invoice with the status of Order, with a $0 amount. You can post this to any account since it will be a zero dollar amount. Enter information about deposit in the Description field.
  • In the Paid Today field, indicate the full amount of the deposit.
  • Enter the correct payment method in the Payment Method field, processing a credit card, if necessary.
  • When you click Record to save, you will get the message, "This order has a negative balance, however recording an Order form with a negative balance due won't create a credit memo... . Followed by, "This order has very little information... ." Click OK.
  • In the Sales Register, select the Orders tab.
  • Click once to highlight this Order, and select Change to Invoice
  • The Order, converted to Invoice, will be displayed. Click Record.
  • A Credit Memo will now be in the Sales Register, under the Returns & Credits tab. You can apply this credit memo to future invoices, or pay a refund to the customer.