Paying recurring invoices with a sales receipt

No that will not work

An invoice is a sale, and a sales receipt is a sale, each is separate.  Invoice they will pay you later, sales receipt they pay right now.

I would use recurring invoices, and then receive the payment per invoice when received, then make deposits - that gives you a complete history of the charge and the payment.  then download banking if you use it, and match

Thank you for giving us detailed information about your concern, @jvanoy3.

Currently, there's no way for you to set a Sales Receipt with an empty item in QuickBooks Online. You have to select an item for your transactions.

Also, if you will create an invoice and sales receipt together it will duplicate the records in your book.

Here are the steps on how to add a recurring invoice:

1. Go to the Gear icon.
2. Select Recurring Transactions then click New.
3. Click the drop-down button then choose Invoice.
4. Fill out the necessary information.
5. Hit Save template.

For additional information about this process please feel free to read this article: How to create a recurring invoice and manage recurring transactions.

Here are some helpful article that will help you more about recurring transactions:

• Create templates for recurring transactions.
• Set up a recurring sales receipt.

Please feel free to comment below if you have other questions. I'll be happy to help. Have a wonderful day!

Hi, I use recurring invoices for a service based business. My service is the same month to month and occasionally I will place a delayed charge on an account so that it will attach itself to the next invoice. However, some of my customers want their invoices payed automatically. Currently, I run the credit cards manually but would like to set up recurring sales receipts instead.

My question is, if I use recurring sales receipts will delayed charges be added automatically?

@SplashLab 

Consider using a recurring billing app and integrate it with your QBO.

https://mbsy.co/DJtTL

Hope it helps.

Did you ever figure out a solution for this?

I'm working with a developer to set something up, because you are right that if a payment doesn't go through it becomes a disaster to try and track it down. Have an invoice with a recurring payment receipt would solve this. 

The developer his helping me build this out in Zapier but I'm wondering if you found another way. It seems like a common problems QuickBooks should have addressed by now