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arkadsolutions
Level 1

Prepaying and overpaying a supplier

I have a supplier where I bought several items from.

 

I paid them about £1250 in two payments a few days apart and I received invoices totalling about £1175 in 4 invoices over a period of about 6 weeks after I paid them.

 

What is the best way to record this?  I've tried posting the money to their account but it won't let me.

 

Any advice welcomed.

Cheers

-D

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Angelyn_T
QuickBooks Team

Prepaying and overpaying a supplier

Hi there, @arkadsolutions.

 

I appreciate you for reaching out to us here in the Community. I'll help you with recording your transactions with your supplier. 

 

To get started, you can record the advance payment of £1250 as a check to Accounts Payable

 

Here's how:

 

  1. Open your QBDT file.
  2. Go to the Banking page, then click on Write Checks.
  3. From the Expenses tab select Accounts Payable on the Account column.
  4. Enter the amount, then save.

 

Then, record the invoice sent by your supplier.

 

  1. Select Enter Bills from the Vendors tab.
  2. Fill in the bill details.
  3. Click on Save and Close.

 

Once done, you can now apply the prepayment to the bill.

 

  1. Go to the Vendors menu, then select Pay Bills.
  2. Highlight the bill you want to associate with the prepayment.
  3. Click on Set Credits.
  4. The prepayment will display on the Set Credits screen. Make sure it is checked, then select Done.

 

You can open this link to learn more about the process: Record supplier prepayments or deposits for prepaid parts or services.

 

If your supplier gives you a refund cheque for the overpayment amount, you can use this article as your guide in handling the entry: Record a supplier refund in QuickBooks Desktop.

 

Aside from vendor payments and refunds, you can also review the topics from this link for more hints about tracking other vendor transactions in QBDT: Accounts Payable workflows in QuickBooks Desktop.

 

If you have any other follow-up questions, please let me know by adding a comment below. I'm more than happy to help. Keep safe!

Ziine123
Level 1

Prepaying and overpaying a supplier

hello,

 

How can I record an advance payment for internet. For example I pay on 30th of November a monthly internet for December to ensure that they don't cut it in midnight. How can I record such transaction ?

Ashleigh1
QuickBooks Team

Prepaying and overpaying a supplier

Hello Ziine123, thanks for posting on this thread, here are help articles with all the steps on how to record an advanced payment.

How to record the advance payment made to supplier

How to record Customer prepayments for Products or Services

 

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