O/E Prepayments Screen

Overview

Use the O/E Prepayments screen to enter, modify, and delete prepayments with an order, shipment, or invoice, or to process or void a credit card prepayment if you use Payment Processing.

Before entering a prepayment, you should determine which Accounts Receivable receipt batch to use for the prepayment.

Prepayments are applied to transactions as follows:

  • Prepayments entered with orders do not reduce the amount of the next invoice you create. Instead, they are matched to invoices when they are posted in Accounts Receivable (using the order number).
  • Prepayments entered with invoices immediately reduce the amount due on the invoices sent to customers, and are matched to invoices posted to Accounts Receivable.

The order prepayment total is displayed on the Totals tab of the O/E Invoices screen, so you can easily determine if there is an outstanding balance.

Note: You can enter multiple prepayments for an order, but only one prepayment for an invoice.

Credit Card Prepayments

If you use Payment Processing, you can use the O/E Prepayments screen to perform the following tasks:

To enable the Charge, Quick Charge, and Void buttons on this screen, you must select a payment code that uses the payment type SPS Credit Card before adding the prepayment.

Tip: Click the Payment Code Finder to see a list of payment codes and associated payment types.

Job-Related Prepayments

If the document for which you are adding a prepayment is job related, click the Jobs button to open the O/E Project and Job Costing Apply Details screen and distribute payment amounts to job details.

For more information, see O/E Project and Job Costing Apply Details Screen .

Note: The prepayment amount on a job-related order can exceed the document total. However, the sum of the prepayment amounts for individual details must match the prepayment total.