Add a payment on account as an opening balance

A payment on account for a customer can be added on the sales menu, however, you are currently unable to add this prior to your first reporting period.

This guide demonstrates how to add a temporary reporting period which will enable you to add a payment on account as an opening balance.

Step 1.

Navigate to the Settings > Accounting > Periods menu.

Step 2.

Add a start and end dates to include the date of the payment on account. Click on the Add button.

Step 3.

Navigate to Sales > Unallocated receipt.

Step 4.

Fill in the details of the payment form and hit the Confirm button.

Step 5.

Navigate back to Settings > Accounting > Periods menu and delete the reporting period that you created in Step 1.

Step 6.

Navigate to Money > Opening balances > Cash.

Step 7.

Adjust the opening bank balance to reduce the balance if appropriate and hit the Update button.