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Open Item Accounting

VisionVPM uses the Open Item accounting method to address the need for payments to be allocated to specific services or invoices.

In an Open Item accounts receivable system, each client's account consists of a number of unpaid invoices called Open Items. Each item or invoice has its own balance. Payments and adjustments are allocated to each selected invoice until the item is paid or adjusted to a zero balance. Invoices with a zero balance are, by definition, Closed.

Open Item accounting provides more detail of how payments are allocated and enables you to select which invoices are paid.

See Also

Payments and Receipting

Payments - things you should know

Payment Allocation

One-off client payment

Inserting a single payment type at time of invoicing

Inserting multiple payment types

How to receipt cheque payments received by mail

How to receipt direct credit payments from your bank statement

How to handle large volumes of client payments