Incoming payments

Manual registration of incoming payments

When registering payments, the system checks if there is a cash discount on the invoice. If the entered payment date is the same date as the cash discount date, or earlier, then the discounted amount will be suggested in the field Paid amount, but it can be adjusted. Please note! The days of grace for cash discount which you entered in the system settings, will also be taken into consideration. When cash discount is given, the remaining amount will be set to zero and the system will automatically suggest the write-off code Cash discount. If you are using cash discounts you should add the columns Cash discount date and Cash discount % from More info (see image).

If there are several cash discount limits on the invoice, you will see information about the cash discount limit which is met. These fields are blank in the system if the terms for cash discount have not been met.

If the customer has paid too late to be eligible for cash discount, the remaining amount of the invoice will be suggested. If the customer has still deducted the cash discount in the payment, then you can manually enter the paid reduced amount. The suggested write-off amount will then be Partial payment. If you wish to handle it as a discount, you can manually select Cash discount as write-off code.

When there is a cash discount on the payment, the discount is automatically posted on the standard account for cash discount. This posting will normally affect the VAT report and lower the turnover. In order to also adjust the VAT of this turnover, the posting of the cash discount will become divided as in the example below:

Example:

Invoice amount: 12,500

VAT amount: 2,500 (25%)

Paid amount: 12,250 with a 2% cash discount

Cash discount: 250

Account	Debit	Credit	Explanation
3XXX	200		Cash discount (net). 250 x 0.8
26XX	50		Output VAT. 250 x 0.2

Confirmation via file

When confirming via file, cash discount terms (including days of grace) will automatically be taken into consideration. If the payment date is within these terms and the customer has used the discount, the remaining amount is set to zero and the write-off code for cash discount is applied according to the same logic as for manual payments. This will result in posting as in the example under Incoming payments.

If the payment date is later than the cash discount date and the customer has used the discount, you will see the information "Incorrect amount" in the Status field. In this case you have to manually match the payment and the system will then suggest the write-off code Partial payment. If you wish to give the customer the discount anyway, you can manually select Cash discount as write-off code.