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Lesson 1. Company Information in Free Accounting
Lesson 2. Create a Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 3. Create an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 4. Purchase an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 5. Create Purchase Order Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 6. Make Payment to the Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 7. Vendor Pay Bills in Free Accounting
Lesson 8. Create a Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 9. Create a Sales Order in Free Accounting
Lesson 10. Create an Invoice in Free Accounting
Lesson 11. Receive Payment form the Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 12. Reconcile Payment with Charge in Free Accounting
Lesson 13. Customer SO Return in Free Accounting
Lesson 14. Create Credit Memo in Free Accounting
Lesson 15. Vendor PO Return in Free Accounting
Lesson 16. Create Return PO Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 17. View Reports in Free Accounting
Lesson 18. Bank Reconciliation in Free Accounting
Lesson 19. Trial Balance in Free Accounting
Free Accounting Receive Payments
The Receive Payments Free Accounting option is used to record the information about the payments received against the invoice or billing statements. Payments can be received from Customers, Vendors, Payees or Employees. Later on a payment can be adjusted against an appropriate charge.

Use the following steps to Receive a Payment in the Free Accounting program:

  1. Select the Bank and Check Menu / Receive Payments from the Free Accounting Main Menu.

  2. Receive Payment

    • Bank Account - The drop-down contains a list of both 'bank' and 'cash' type accounts.
    • To Default Branch - If it is checked the payment will be assigned to the default Customer's branch. If it is unchecked the payment will be assigned to the current working branch of the Free Accounting Software.
    • Payment Information:

    • Receive From - The drop-down contains a list of Vendors, Customers, Payees or Employees the payment is received from.
    • Reference No - The reference number that will be reflected in the MTL Reference column.
    • Check No - The check number.
    • Memo - The field for additional information about the payment.
    • Date - The date the check was received.
    • Amount($) - The dollar amount of the payment.
    • Stay Open - When it is checked the window stays open for the next Write Check operation.

  3. Use the Cash/Bank drop-down list to select an account. It is often the Undeposited Funds account that the payment can be deposited to.
  4. Use the Receive From drop-down list to select a Vendor, Customer or Payee the payment is received from.
  5. Enter the Reference number.
  6. Enter the Check Number.
  7. Use the Date drop-down calendar to select the date the payment was received. By default the date is set to the today's date in Free Accounting.
  8. Enter the ($) Amount of the check.
  9. Enter the notes about the check in the Memo field.
  10. Press the Ok button to save the changes or the Cancel button to exit the window without saving (regardless of whether the Stay Open box is checked or not).
See also:
Free Accounting Bank and Checks
Free Accounting Customers

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