Proper way to correct a payment (business)

[Derek Atkins]

E Dodd <edodd at billiau.net> writes:

> On Fri, 13 May 2005 11:42, Laurent Duperval wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just noticed that I entered one of my customer's payments incorrectly.
>> What is the proper procedure to make the correction?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> L
> I've made plenty of mistakes, and I have found that deleting the payment from 
> Accounts Receivable (or Payable) allows you to start again. Hopefully you 
> could edit from there too. I cannot say if this is the 'proper procedure' - 
> someone else will tell us if not
> Liz

Delete and recreate is generally the correct method, but you may need
to also delete from other "balancing" transactions in your A/R
account.  This depends on whether you erred too-large or too-small,
and whether you've processed other payments from the same customer.

-derek
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