Can you make Sales Receipts default to pending?

Thanks for reaching out to me here in the Intuit Community, @dallasbrews.

Right now, there isn't a pending status for sales receipts. 

QuickBooks automatically deposits your sales receipts into the Undeposited funds account. What you can do instead is open a quick report for this account to see all sales receipts.

Let me guide you through the steps on how to run the report:

1. Click Lists, then select Chart of Accounts.
2. Search Undeposited funds. 
3. Select QuickReports from the Reports drop-down menu. 
4. Click Customize, then go to the Filters tab.
5. Search for Transaction type, then select Sales Receipts. 
6. Click OK to save the filter.

To learn more about creating sales receipts, feel free to read through this article: Create sales receipts.

If you need to save this report with its current customization settings, you can click the Memorize button. For additional information about memorizing reports, please check this out: Create, access and modify memorized reports.

By following the solution above, you won't miss any payments once you create a check.

Let me know if there's anything else you need when creating sales receipts in QuickBooks Desktop. Just leave a comment below and I'll get back to you.

Interesting.  Well I've attached a screenshot of the button/function I'm referring to and it seems like that would do almost exactly what I'm going for.... but just need it to be default to pending, so I don't have to click it every time when doing a receipt...  or am I missing something?  

For the way we use the software I think that would be extremely helpful.  It sounds like otherwise based on the other comment I would have to run reports for undeposited accounts and track things there, which sounds like a very large time investment.... when really we just need a default to pending, and then I can go through with the paper receipt and mark it finalized once we either receive paper check, electronic payment, or it's actually a voided transaction.

Hello there, dallasbrews.

Thanks for joining this thread.

Yes, you're correct. For now, you can run reports for undeposited accounts for tracking purposes. I understand the need for you to have the Mark As Pending option set as default and I'm also looking forward to seeing this feature on our next update.

I'll be sure to update this thread once we receive notification and progress about this feature. To regularly check  the newest features of QuickBooks Desktop, you can follow the steps below:

1. Go to Help.
2. Click New Features.
3. Choose either New Feature Tour or What's New.

Stay tuned for updates. Let me know if you have any other questions while working with sales receipt. I'm always happy to assist.