How do I bill retainage in Accounts Receivable?
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If you bill retainge in Billing, see How do I bill retainage on a contract-based invoice in Billing? or How do I bill retainage on a cost-based invoice in Billing? 

Follow these steps to bill retainage in Accounts Receivable. To select specific invoices or invoice distributions for which to bill retainage in Accounts Receivable, refer to How do I bill retainage by invoice or distribution in Accounts Receivable?.

  1. Go to Accounts Receivable, Tasks, Bill Retainage.
  2. In the Customer box, type the customer ID or click List to select from a list of customers.
  3. If you are billing retainage by contract, type the contract and contract item in the appropriate boxes. If you are billing retainage by job, leave the Contract and Item boxes blank and type the job, extra and/or cost code in the appropriate boxes.
    Note: You can click List to select from a list of contracts, items, jobs, extras and cost codes.
  4. Accept the prefilled values in the Invoice, Draw, Accounting date, and Invoice date boxes or type the ID and dates you want to assign this invoice.
  5. In the Percent to bill box, enter the percent of unbilled retainage you want to bill, or type a flat amount to bill in the Retainage to bill box or use Select invoices to select specific invoices or distributions. If you have negative invoices, click select invoices and select all invoices or individual invoices in order to have negative retainage billed as well.
  6. Click Bill.
  7. When you have entered all retainage invoices, click Close.
  8. At the Print Selection window, click Printer Setup and specify the printer or print file name for the invoices and invoice journal.
  9. Click Start.


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