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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 Return Receipts List
Use the current Free Accounting window to manage Return Receipts that are created to return the items to the Vendor.
Open this window by clicking Vendors / Return Receipts List on the main menu or by pressing the button on the Commands Panel and selecting Return Purchase Order button Return Receipts List from the Navigation pane.

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

  1. Right click in the Return Receipts List and select Add, or click the New button on the main toolbar, if the Return Receipt icon is highlighted, or select File / New / Document / Return Receipt on the main menu.
  2. In the Create Return Receipt window, select the Vendor, you want to return the items to.

  3. Choose the source document for the Return Receipt.
  4. Click the OK button.


  5. Purchase Order Return Select Source Document window

  6. Enter the required information on the New Return Receipt window.

  7. Sample Purchase Order Return Document

    Vendor - The person you want to return the items to.
    Vendor Address - It is filled automatically when the Vendor is chosen.
    Bill to Address - The address of your company the bill will be sent to. It is filled automatically according to the Billing address determined in the Bill To Address.
    Reference - The number of the reference document.
    Return Receipt Number - This field is filled automatically by the Free Accounting program when the new Return Receipt is created.
    Date - The date the Return Receipt is created. By default, the value of this field is a today's date, it can be changed manually.

    Item - The name of the item that is being returned.
    Description - The description of the item being returned.
    Returning - The total quantity of items on the Receipt.
    Returned - The quantity of items that are already returned on the Receipt.
    Reason - The reason for the items return.
    Quantity - The quantity of the items being returned on the current Return Receipt.
    UOM - The unit of measure the item is being returned in.
    Cost - The cost of the item.
    Total - The total cost of the items returned that is automatically calculated by the Free Accounting program.
    Comments - Your personal comments about this order.

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

The Return Receipt can have one of the following statuses:

- Current - Document was saved, but not approved.
- Approved - Document was saved and approved from the Receipt.
- Partially Returned - Items were partially returned to the Vendor based on the Debit Memo.
- Returned - Items were fully returned to the Vendor based on the Debit Memo.

For the information about the right-click function of the Return Receipt window see the Free Accounting Right-click Functions window.
See also:
Free Accounting Company
Free Accounting Vendors

Free Accounting Software