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kwink1
Level 1

Old Customer Payment

Hello,

I have an old customer payment (8/22) sitting in QuickBooks that I would like to clear.  It is sitting as an overpayment but has already been refunded.  I messed up with the original refund, as they pay with credit card, so I refunded back to their card.  I somehow left the overpayment on the account.  It is a cleared payment, and I must have done it all wrong.  So, my question is, to clean up my books, how do I get that overpayment off the account.  I can't refund/credit memo because it has already been refunded.  Thanks for any help!

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Ethel_A
QuickBooks Team

Old Customer Payment

Welcome to the Community, @kwink1.

 

I'll help you remove the overpayment that is sitting in an account which is already refunded.

 

To clear the overpayment amount in your book, you can edit the refund transaction and change the account to the Account Receivable A/R. It can offset the overpayment.

 

Here's how:

 

  1. Select Customers from the top menu bar.
  2. Choose Customer Center.
  3. Select the appropriate customer from the Customers & Jobs tab.
  4. In the Transactions tab, locate and double-click the check to open it.
  5. Select Account Receivable from the Accounts column.
  6. Click Save & Close, then choose Yes to confirm the changes.

 

For future reference, here is an article about reconciliation in QuickBooks Desktop: Reconcile an account in QuickBooks Desktop.

 

Let me know if you have questions about writing off overpayments in QuickBooks Desktop. I'm always here to help. Have a great day.

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