Shared Payments - Accepting Customer Payments on Behalf of Another Subsidiary
Overview
Shared Payments enables companies to accept customer payments in one subsidiary on behalf of another.
The following walkthrough explains this process.
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Step by Step Process
- Navigate to the desired invoice or create the new invoice (Transactions > Sales > Create Invoices)
- On the "Custom" tab select the desired company to collect the invoice payment in the field Shared Payment Subsidiary
- Select Save
- Once the invoice has saved a new subtab "Shared Payments" will appear
- On this tab the Shared Payments Journal that was automatically created is displayed
- On this tab the Shared Payments Journal that was automatically created is displayed
- The Shared Payment Journal will be an Advanced Intercompany Journal that will appear as follows
- Next, the customer payment can be accepted by navigating to Transactions > Customers > Accept Customer Payments
- Select the Customer and the Subsidiary that will be receiving payment
- Select the Shared Payment Journal Entry that was just created
- Select Save and the payment will be created
- Once Saved, the Shared Payment Journal will show the payment under the "Related Records" subtab
- The original invoice will also show a status of "Paid in Full" with a link to the Shared Payments Journal on the "History" subtab