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Combining Invoices

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August 11, 2022
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I recently took over my sister's law firm's accounting. I'm new to Quickbooks Online but I'm learning everyday.

I'm stuck in one area. It revolves around customer invoices. I need to send out one invoice which reflects 3 different past due amounts from 3 different dates of service and one total amount due shown (this I know how to do).

My question is: How do I create one invoice listing the total amount past due, WITHOUT affecting the original invoices. Example: Invoice# 1 = $500, Invoice #2 = $1,000 and Invoice #3 = $800. Since the original outstanding invoices (3 of them) already have a past due amount, when I create 1 new merged invoice, it duplicates/doubles the real amount due from $2,300 to $4,600. I can't void or zero out the original invoices since they are all tied into the multiple payments the client has made over a period of time.

How can I resolve this? Thank you for any help you can provide!

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Best answer by Kevin_C

Thanks for getting back here, @CCM Law Firm. Let me clarify a few things about your concerns with combining invoices in QuickBooks Online (QBO).

Yes, you're right that there's no possible method in QBO to combine invoices without altering the amounts owed.

Moreover, you're also correct that the payment status will be left as unapplied if the individual original invoices are deleted.

Nonetheless, you can follow these steps to link the unapplied payments to a single combined invoice:

Go to the Sales menu, then click the Invoices tab.
Locate the combined invoice, then select Receive payment under the Action column.
Choose the Customer from the ▼ dropdown. This displays all open invoices and outstanding credits for your customer.
Enter the day you received the payment in the Payment date field.
In the Outstanding Transactions section, choose the combined invoice you need to mark as paid.
Under the Credits section, select the unapplied payments.
Tap on Save and Close.

Additionally, you'll want to create attractive and professional-looking invoices in QuickBooks Online. With this, you can personalize and add specific info that matters most to your business. To know more about this process, you can check out this article: Customize invoices, estimates, and sales receipts in QuickBooks Online.

Please add a reply below if you have more questions or concerns about managing your invoice transactions. I’m always here to help. Take care and have a great day!

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JonpriL

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Hi there, @CCM Law Firm.

I'll share insights about creating invoices in QuickBooks Online.

As of the moment, there isn't an integrated way to combine multiple invoices in one sales transaction. This is the reason why the amount due was doubled upon trying to merge them.

Therefore, let's consider creating them as one entry per amount of invoice. This way, you can easily link them to the payments when it's time to close out your sales.

Kindly read and use this article to learn more about your invoices: Create invoices in QuickBooks Online.

For all the features and functions of QuickBooks Online, you can log in to any of our supported browser versions and use this reference for guidance: Help Articles in QuickBooks Online. Also, you're able to read subtopics that will describe how a feature is used and how to accomplish tasks related to its functions.

I've got you covered if you have other questions aside from working with your invoices and sales transactions in QuickBooks. Use the Reply option below to leave a comment and don't forget to include my name, @JonpriL. Take care always and stay safe!