Net payments and applications
Customers can make online payments on Self Service, apply credit memos to an open invoice or invoices, creating a zero dollar payment application, and can also make a net payment, using a credit memo to reduce the amount owed on an invoice or invoices when making online payments.
Pre-requisites
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Option to apply credit memos to invoice must be enabled for 'All'
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Customers must have open invoices and open credit memos with balances
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Option to allow partial payments may need to be enabled for the application only
How to apply credit memo to an open invoice
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On Self Service, select an invoice and a credit memo
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Click the Pay button
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Update the payment amounts for a total payment of $0.00
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The 'Pay' button will update to display 'Apply'
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Click Apply
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If making a net payment, firt select a credit memo along with an invoice or multiple invoices, then click pay
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Update the payment amounts if needed, then click pay, noting the 'net' amount paid
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The net pending payment will be updated with the application details for the credit memo and the invoice within the client.
Application of a credit memo to an invoice - zero dollar payment:
Note on Account Hierarchy
Applying credit memos to invoices is not supported when on 'All Accounts'. If a credit memo is selected along with open invoices within All Accounts, the user will be prompted with the following:
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Click OK to proceed without the credit memo selected
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Cancel to select an individual account for the application