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Free Accounting Tutorial
Introduction
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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 Glossary
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Free Accounting Receipts List
Use the current Free Accounting window to create Receipts that allow the user to receive the ordered items against the Purchase Order.
Open this window by clicking Vendors / Receipts List on the main menu or by clicking the Vendor button Vendors button on the Commands Panel and selecting PO Receipt button Receipts from the Navigation Pane.

To create a new Receipt in the Free Accounting application, use the following steps:

  1. Right click in the Receipts List window and select Add, or click the New button on the main toolbar, if the Receipt icon is highlighted, or select File / New / Document / Receipt on the main menu.
  2. In the Create Receipt window, select the necessary vendor and choose one of the following options:
    - Create a new Receipt - Select this option to create a new Receipt without creating Purchase Order first. Note: This feature is available only to registered users.
    - Create Receipt from Purchase Order - Select this option to create a new Receipt from Purchase Order.


  3. Select Source Document window

  4. If you are creating a new Receipt without Purchase Order, enter the required information on the New Receipt window. If you are creating a new Receipt from Purchase Order, view the entered information and change it if there is such a need.
  5. Sample PO receipt document

    Vendor - The person you receive the product from. He will be filled automatically.
    Vendor Adress - The Vendor address is filled automatically, when the Vendor is selected.

    Reference # - The number of the document the current Receipt refers to.
    Receipt # - The number of the Receipt is filled automatically by the Free Accounting program when the new Receipt is created.
    Date - The date the Receipt is created. By default the value is a today's date. It can be changed manually.
    Invoice # - The number of the Invoice the Receipt refers to.
    Terms - The terms agreed between the Vendor and your company, they are to be selected from the drop-down list.

    Item - The name of the ordered item that is being received.
    Description - The description of the item.
    Quantity - The quantity of the item received.
    UOM - The unit of measure the item is being ordered and received in.
    Cost - The cost of the item.
    Total - The total amount of the line, it is calculated automatically by the Free Accounting program.
    Comments - Your personal comments about this receipt.

  6. Save or approve the current document using the Documents Toolbar.


The Receipt can have one of the following statuses:

- Current - Document was saved, but not approved.
- Approved - Items were received, but not paid.
- Partially Paid - Items were received, but only part of the money was paid.
- Paid - Items were received and paid completely.
- Partially Returned - Items were partially returned to the Vendor.
- Returned - Items were returned to the Vendor completely.

When the receipt is approved, the appropriate transaction (Receipt of Goods) appears in the Master Transaction Ledger.

For the information about the right-click function of the Receipts List window see the Free Accounting Right-click Function window.
See also:
Free Accounting Company
Free Accounting Vendors

Free Accounting Software