Business user - allocation of payment to invoice

[Ian Lewis]

So what if someone writes you a check for two invoices. Essentially one
payment for multiple charges? Since you can't apply it to multiple
invoices is there a workaround or best-practice?

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:14:28 -0400
Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Mark <mark.templeton at wdr123m.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > On 1.8.10, I can see no way to allocate payments received to a
> > specific invoice, or set of invoices. This functionality is needed
> > to support normal business practice. Is this functionality either
> > hidden, or "on its way"? I hope it's just hidden, as it's currently
> > rather hard to see which invoices have been agreed and paid, and
> > which are under dispute.
> 
> It's in 1.9.  In 1.8 all payments are applied to the Customer, not to
> Invoices.  The payments are applied to the Invoices in FIFO order; you
> can't specify the invoice.  In 1.9 you can supply a SINGLE invoice
> that you want to pay ahead of the rest (putting it at the head of the
> FIFO).  But you cannot specify a second invoice behind it.
> 
> > Mark
> 
> -derek
> 
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