Overview
You use the A/R Receipts Report screen to print or email a formal acknowledgment that you have received a customer payment, including details about the documents that were paid and the method of payment.
Tip: You can also print a single receipt confirmation after entering it on the A/R Receipt Entry screen.
When to Print
Print receipts whenever you want to confirm your customers' payments.
Information Printed on This Report
The receipts may contain the following information:
- Your company information, the date the receipt is printed, the document number, whether the payment was made in cash or by check or credit card, the payer and the customer name (if different from the payer), and the customer address.
- A signature line where you can acknowledge receipt of the customer payment.
- Detailed information about the documents being paid, the amount applied to each document, and any discounts taken.
- If you use Payment Processing, the credit card type, card number (last four digits with other digits masked), and authorization code for Sage Payment Solutions credit card transactions.
- The total amount paid and the total amount remaining to be paid in the customer currency. If the payment was made in a different currency, these totals are shown in the receipt currency also.
If you use Customer as the print destination, for customers that use an email delivery method, Accounts Receivable emails to each customer a receipt confirmation along with the message you specify in the Email Message ID field.