Contents 

What's new in Free Accounting
Free Accounting Help
Introduction
Installation
Interface Overview
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
Vendors List
Payees List
Employees List
Contacts List
Company
Companies List
Chart of Accounts
Master Transaction Ledger
Journal Entries List
Contacts List
Customers List
Vendors List
Payees List
Employees List
Items List
Inventory Control Journal
Purchase Order List
PO Receipt List
Return PO List
Return PO Receipt List
Sales Orders List
Invoice List
Return SO List
Credit Memo List
Post Entries
Record Opening Balance
Bank and Checks
Check Register
Bank Reconciliation
Deposit Funds
Print Checks
Receive Payments
Write Check
Vendors
Vendors List
Purchase Order List
PO Receipt List
Payments and Charges History
A/P Aging Summary
Pay Bills (All-in-One, Wizard)
Physical Adjustment
Create Purchase Order
Create PO Receipt
Create Return PO
Create Return PO Receipt
Create Bill
Customers
Customers List
Sales Orders List
Invoice List
Receive Payments
Payments and Charges History
A/R Aging Summary
Payments and Charges Reconciliation
Create Sales Order
Create Invoice
Create Return SO
Create Credit Memo
Reports
Vendors and Payables
Customers and Receivables
Sales
Banking
Payees
Company and Financial
Lists
Accountant and Taxes
Documents
Options
Free Accounting Tutorial
Introduction
Conception
Get Started
Lesson 1. Company Information
Lesson 2. Create a Vendor
Lesson 3. Create an Item
Lesson 4. Purchase an Item
Lesson 5. Create Purchase Order Receipt
Lesson 6. Make Payment to the Vendor
Lesson 7. Vendor Pay Bills
Lesson 8. Create a Customer
Lesson 9. Create a Sales Order
Lesson 10. Create an Invoice
Lesson 11. Receive Payment form the Customer
Lesson 12. Reconcile Payment with Charge
Lesson 13. Customer SO Return
Lesson 14. Vendor PO Return
Lesson 15. Create Return PO Receipt
Lesson 16. View Reports
Lesson 17. Bank Reconciliation
Lesson 18. Trial Balance

Free Accounting Software Help File Version 1.0.0.6

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Receive Payments
The Receive Payments 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:

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



    • 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.
    • 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. Automatically assigned by Free Accounting, but it can be overwritten if it is necessary to give the check a different 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.

  2. 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.
  3. Use the Receive From drop-down list to select a Vendor, Customer or Payee the payment is received from.
  4. Enter the Reference number.
  5. Enter the Check Number.
  6. 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.
  7. Enter the ($) Amount of the check.
  8. Enter the notes about the check in the Memo field.
  9. 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:
Bank and Checks
Customers

   
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