Hi
I want to send a Client a negative invoice. I’m not talking about a credit, that doesn’t act the way I want it to.
Essentially I want to see a negative in my outstanding invoice list - until I pay it and then it’s tagged in the banking update.
Hi @graemepirie
A negative invoice isn’t possible I’m afraid, as that would be a credit.
Are you able to explain your situation please, and perhaps someone could point you in the right direction?
I invoice customers monthly for services, because these services are supplied both ways my invoice is:
(service provided by me less service provided by them) - sometimes I owe them money
The way credits work don’t suit me because they are immediately shown as paid. If they worked the same as invoices - ie not marked as paid until they are actually paid in the banking that would suit me
I tried also making them a supplier so I could raise order to them but that doesn’t give them any paperwork of how much I owe them.
Hi @graemepirie
If they are both your supplier and client, the best approach here may be contra-invoicing - they invoice you, you invoice them and pay the net value. This is a common approach and has come up several times before on the forum.
Take a look at some of these topics, and hopefully they’ll be able to help:
http://community.quickfile.co.uk/search?q=contra-invoicing
The other option is that you add credit to their account, but you would need to account for this coming from somewhere (e.g. a bank account or credit note). This can be done under the client control panel:
But this would be seen as income coming in to you. The contra-invoicing is probably your best option. However, there are many users on these forums, no doubt someone has the same situation and may even have a better alternative than what I do 