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Free Accounting Tutorial
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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 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
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Free Accounting Pay Bills
The Pay Bills window allows the user to adjust the existing charges for the Vendor against the existing credits in Free Accounting.

Make the following steps to adjust invoices against the payments made:
  1. Select Vendors / Pay Bills from the Free Accounting main menu.

  2. Set the date for which you want to make adjustments.

  3. Select a Vendor from the dropdown list.

  4. Press the Refresh button.

  5. Select the charge that is to be adjusted. Make changes if necessary.

  6. Select the payment that is to be adjusted against the selected invoice and change the amount if necessary.

  7. Press the Pay Selected Bills button, which is activated when the difference between the charges and payments is positive.


The PO adjustment table is divided into two parts: Charges and Credits for Vendors.
    Pay bills
Charges for the Vendor Grid:
  • Pay - This box is checked when the user selects the charge that is to be adjusted.

  • Source# -

  • Order# - The invoice number in the Free Accounting application.

  • Date - The date when the invoice was generated.

  • Transaction - The description of the transaction.

  • Charges$ - The amount of the charge.

  • Adjust$ - The amount that is to be adjusted. By default the "Adjust$" is equal to the "Charge$" if this charge has not been adjusted yet. The user has a possibility to change the amount in order to specify how much of the charge amount will be adjusted. The amount should not be less than 0 or more than the Charge$ amount.

  • Term - The payment terms assigned in the Vendor records.

  • Discount$ - The amount that is to be subtracted from the charge amount.

  • Interest$ - The amount that is to be added to the charge amount.

  • Adjusted$ - The amount of the charge that has already been adjusted.


Credits for the Vendor Grid:
  • Select - This box is checked when the user selects a payment that is to be adjusted in Free Accounting against the selected invoice.

  • Source# - The check number.

  • Date - The date when the payment was made.

  • Transaction - The description of the Free Accounting transaction.

  • Payment$ - The payment amount.

  • Adjust Now - The user has a possibility to change the amount in order to specify the amount of the payment that will be adjusted against the selected invoice. The value should not be less than 0 or more than the Payment$.

  • Adjusted$ - The amount of the payment that has already been adjusted.


When the amount of a selected charge is greater than the amount of a selected credit Free Accounting automatically writes a check for the difference.

Details for the check:
  • Cash/Bank Account - Select either cash or bank type of account from the drop-down.
  • Amount - When the amount of a selected charge is more than the amount of a selected payment the difference is displayed in this field.
  • Check Number - The number of a check is automatically assigned by the Free Accounting program. It can be changed if necessary.
  • Check is to be printed - Check this check box to enable the printing of a check.


When the grid is refreshed, all the changes disappear.

  • To the right of the table there are fields that reflect all the changes made: charges, payments and the difference between them.

  • At the bottom of the window there are fields for adding the information needed to write a new check. It is necessary when the amount of a selected charge is more than the amount of a selected payment.


See also:
Free Accounting Vendors

Free Accounting Software