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Free Accounting Lists
Companies List
Chart of Accounts
Master Transaction Ledger
Items List
Inventory Control Journal
Sales Tax Code List
Units of Measure List
Customer Classes List
Terms List
Tax Jurisdictions List
Ship Via List
Countries List
State/Provinces List
Customers List
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Payees List
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Companies List
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Items List
Inventory Control Journal
Purchase Orders List
Sales Orders List
Receipts List
Invoices List
Return Receipts List
Debit Memos List
Return Invoices List
Credit Memos List
Bills List
Post Entries
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Free Accounting Items
New Item
New Build Assemblies
Items List
Units of Measure
Build Assemblies List
Physical Adjustment
Inventory Control Journal
Free Accounting Banking
Bank Reconciliation
Check Register
Deposit Funds
Print Checks
Receive Payments
Write Check
Free Accounting Vendors
New Vendor
Vendors List
Purchase Orders List
Receipts List
Return Receipts List
Debit Memos List
Bills List
Write Check
Pay Bill
Payments and Charges History
A/P Aging Summary
Create Purchase Order
Create Receipt
Create Return Receipt
Create Debit Memo
Create Bill
Record Opening Balance
Free Accounting Customers
New Customer
Customers List
Sales Orders List
Invoices List
Return Invoices List
Credit Memos List
Receive Payments
Invoice Reconciliation
Payments and Charges History
A/R Aging Summary
Create Sales Order
Create Invoice
Create Return Invoice
Create Credit Memo
Record Opening Balance
Free Accounting Reports
Reports export to different file formats
Vendors and Payables
Customers and Receivables
Sales
Banking
Payees
Company and Financial
Lists
Accountant and Taxes
Documents
Items
Modify Reports
Memorized Reports
Memorized Report List
Report Finder
Free Accounting Options
Change the interface settings
Turn the banners on / off
Enable split in the 'Receive Payment' window
Set masks
Allow / restrict items zero quantity on documents
Set default Unit of Measure
Select a domain for Amazon search results
Reports options
Free Accounting Tutorial
Introduction
Conception
Get Started
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 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 Return Invoice in Free Accounting
Lesson 14. Create Credit Memo in Free Accounting
Lesson 15. Vendor Return Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 16. Create Debit Memo 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 Support
Free Accounting Glossary
Troubleshooting
Free Accounting Terms List
Payment Terms define how the user will pay to the Vendors and how the Customers will pay to the user in Free Accounting. Payment Terms are used to determine how account payables and receivables will be aged. Default Payment Terms in Free Accounting are set on the Customer and Vendor records. Free Accounting keeps both Customer and Vendor payment terms in the same list, so the terms you need are all available whether you create sales or purchase documents.

To view the Terms List select Lists / Person Profile Lists / Terms List from the Free Accounting main menu or press either Customers or Vendors button on the Commands Panel and select Terms List button Terms in the Navigation Pane.

Take the following steps to create new terms into the Free Accounting application:
  1. Select Lists / Person Profile Lists / Terms List from the Free Accounting main menu.
  2. Right click in the Preview Pane and select Add.
  3. Enter the required information into the fields. After saving, this information can be edited by right clicking in the Preview Pane and selecting Edit or just by double clicking on the line. Check / uncheck the Active check box to make the current entry active / inactive in the list.
  4. Click the OK button to save the changes.

    Terms window

Terms - This is a description of the terms.
Days To Pay - This is a number of days within which the bill is to be paid.

Early - Use this section only if there is a benefit for paying early.
Type - Select the type of the terms: either Discount or Credit.
    Discount - This is a percentage of the bill that is subtracted from the bill if it is paid earlier.
    Credit - This is a dollar amount that is subtracted from the bill if it is paid earlier.
Early Days To Pay - This is a number of days within which the bill can be paid and is still considered as an early payment.

Late - Use this section if there is a penalty for paying late.
Type - Select the type of the terms: either Charge or Fee.
    Charge - This is a percentage of the bill that is added to the bill if it is paid late.
    Fee - This is a dollar amount that is added to the bill if it is paid late.
Late Days To Pay - This is a number of days from the invoice date, that the late charge or fee takes effect from.

See the Free Accounting Right-click Function window for more information about the right-click function.
Use Search function to find the required record.
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