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Payment allocations to Accounts Receivable

Allocate customer payments in Bank Transactions when cash should clear Accounts Receivable, resulting in the correct receivable outcome before sync.

Workflow

Step 1

Create invoices in QuickBooks

Complete this action so customer payments clear the right open invoices.

Screenshot showing Create invoices in QuickBooks

Step 2

Open Bookkeeping

Use the Bookkeeping module to reach both the invoice sync and payment allocation workflows.

Screenshot showing Click Bookkeeping

Step 3

Sync the invoices

Refresh the invoice list first so open invoices are available when you search for allocations in Truewind.

Screenshot showing Open Truewind. Click on "Sync Now" to sync invoices to Truewind

Step 4

Open Bank Transactions

Payment allocations start from the transaction feed where the incoming payment appears.

Screenshot showing Click Bank Transactions

Step 5

Open the bank account

Choose the account that contains the payment you want to allocate against open invoices.

Screenshot showing Click Bank Account

Step 6

Open For Review

Use the review queue to find unapplied payments before they are matched or synced.

Screenshot showing Click For Review

Step 7

Open the payment transaction

Inspect the payment row directly so you can launch the allocation workflow from the right transaction.

Screenshot showing Click Transaction date…

Step 8

Open the transaction

The payment details drawer is where the invoice-allocation action becomes available.

Screenshot showing Click transaction

Step 9

Find allocations

Search the open invoices from here so you can apply the payment to the right receivable balance.

Screenshot showing Open Payment Allocations. Click on "FIND ALLOCATIONS"

Step 10

Review open invoices

Use this checkpoint to verify the current state so customer payments clear the right open invoices.

Screenshot showing It shows all open invoices

Step 11

Allocate the payment

Complete this action so customer payments clear the right open invoices.

Screenshot showing Select invoice(s) and allocate to the payment

Step 12

Enter the allocation amount

Input the allocation amount.

Screenshot showing Enter the allocation amount

Step 13

Save the matches

Finalize the invoice allocation only after the selected invoices and amounts look correct.

Screenshot showing Click SAVE MATCHES

Step 14

Confirm the matched invoices

Check for the expected result before moving on so customer payments clear the right open invoices.

Screenshot showing Go back to Payment Allocations. You will find the matched invoices

Before you allocate

Verify the transaction really represents a customer payment and not another kind of cash movement that should be handled differently.

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