The Payment screen allows you to accept payments on accounts and pickup or deferred payments.

When you click on the [Payment] button on the Accounts module, the Payments and Charges modules comes up. The first field on the upper left of this screen is the account number of the customer. The second field is the date due of the payment, the third field is the date paid.

You will see on the right side of the screen the Payment amount and type, if there is a pickup payment due, that amount will also be displayed.

Once an amount is typed into the Payment field, if it is more than or equal to the amount due, the description will fill with the calculated payment number based on total amount paid divided by the financed amount. You can overwrite this field with your own information.

The discount field is a way to give a customer a early payment discount at the same time you are applying the payment.

The payment type dropdown allows you to select the payment method from the type you have setup in Company setup.

Once the OK button is clicked, you will be prompted to update the payment dates, if you click OK you will change the customers next date due to the date the terms of the account specify.

You will also be prompted to print a receipt If you have a 40 Col Receipt printer, if you do not, simply click the Receipt button on the main account screen or the Statement button.

You can cancel this screen without affecting the account by clicking the cancel button.