One thing happens for sure; if the entire amount on the invoice is paid, whether if its tailored to be a partial amount or not, when then whole amount on the invoice is paid, the program closes that invoice!  

Usually I am with the customer at the time first payment is do so I process it, with the appropriate amount.  But if not, I rely on them to change the amount to be charged themselves when paying on-line.

This has been a very frustrating process for our company as well. We do almost exclusively progressive invoicing as our projects can take several months to complete and we need to invoice either monthly or at project milestones to keep the cashflow going. I have to reopen an invoice and keep track of the amount billed in excel to know how much is remaining on the customers PO after a partial invoice. 

I'm having the same issue with the quantity changing on the progressive billing. 

I bill my client 50% up front and 50% at the end of the service but it looks too odd to change the quantity. It will confuse them. how did you workaround this? 

I turned off the progressive billing setting and create an invoice from the project and bill for the hours worked. Then change the project status from closed to open, and update my excel records to track the amount remaining. I love QuickBooks and would love to see this feature where we have more control over the way we can bill our customers. I want to create an invoice for X number of hours from a PO I have from an accepted quote/estimate. Then keep that project open and show how much has been invoiced of the total project and whether they have paid or not from different stages.

This is the only time I go to send an invoice via PayPal. It allows the customer to pay a selected deposit as a minimum payment and then they can use the same invoice to pay the balance at the agreed upon date. I would love to see this feature in my online subscription. 

Hi PrintDesignz,

Thanks for joining us here. We are always looking for new ideas in the innovation of the product, and I invite you to submit feedback directly to our engineers to share your thoughts on this. New features are constantly added to the program thanks to users like you.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help.

But what if its Dec. 1/2 payment in 2020 other 1/2 in 2021 sales tax would go on the date of original invoice?

Hi Powerhouse1. I want to make sure we're on the same page, could you elaborate more on what you're trying to accomplish?

Thanks this was actually helpful as I've been trying to sort out this problem for the last few days....but in the future could you try and use at least some punctuation...this was incredibly hard to read lol 

I see the implementation of the partial payment.  However, how do you record the actual payment in the register?

Hi EllenKowallis.

Receiving your payments into your company file is a great way to keep your accounts up to date. I'd be happy to help you with this.

Whether it's a partial payment or a complete payment both are done by following the same steps in QuickBooks Desktop. In order to receive a payment you can following these steps:

1. From the QuickBooks Home page or the Customers menu, select Receive Payment.
2. In the Received From drop-down, select the customer's name.
3. Enter the Amount received.
4. Make sure the date is correct, then choose the Payment method.
5. Select the invoice or invoices you'd like to pay.
6. To add a discount or credit, select Discounts and Credits.
7. Select Save & Close.

If it's a partial payment you'll just need to do this twice when you receive the second part of the payment. 

If you have any questions let us know and we'd be happy to help.

None of this helps for online payments. It all implies the customer hands or sends money outside of quickbooks, then you credit the payment. We want it like PayPal does, which is, we have one button that allows the customer to enter any amount, and the invoice is sent. They click view and pay invoice, can enter the payment amount, and it credits the invoice, showing the remainder also. How hard is it to do that?

HI,  My clients like to receive the full invoice showing the full amount of the job, they do not like when I you the progress invoicing since this creates multiple invoices for the same estimate or job.  Is there a way for me to send one invoice for the full job amount and add a line by the footer stating the deposit due amount? 

I have figured out how to use Progress Invoicing. This was super helpful. You can create multiple invoices from one estimate. So you can create your first invoice and set the amount to be paid. Example: 25% of all lines, will create a 25% deposit.

Hope this was helpful to someone.

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/invoicing/set-send-progress-invoices-...