Click on the ‘Add’ or ‘Edit’ button in the toolbar/ribbon to add or edit a Term of payment.  The detail form below will appear.

Terms of payment form:

Description:

Payment = Short name

Name = Long name

Default = Select if this term of payment is to be the default term.

The ‘Payment method’ dropdown menu consists of:

‘Cash’ = payments received right away. Not always generated in Customer transactions. See below.
‘Days’ = sets the due date to any number of days from todays date. The ‘Number of days’ is entered in the ‘Days’ section of this form.
‘Curr.Week’ = sets the due date to any number of days from the last day of the current week. The ‘Number of days’ is entered in the ‘Days’ section of this form.
‘To month’ = sets the due date to any number of days from the end of the current month. The ‘Number of days’ is entered in the ‘Days’ section of this form.
‘Prepaid’ = see below.
‘Credit card’ = no due date calculated. See below.
‘Factoring account’ = see below.

Days:

This section appears when the ‘Payment form’ requires a due date calculation.

‘Number of days’ = See ‘Payment method’ above.
‘Month ending’ = not used.
‘Part payment’ = not used.

‘FirstPartPct’ = not used.
‘Remaining percentage’ = not used.
‘Interval days’ = not used.

‘Cash Discount %’= use for cash discounts. Read more here. (English link coming soon.)
‘Cash Discount. Days’ = use for cash discounts.
‘Cash Discount Method’ = use for cash discounts.

Cash:

NOTE: If the payment method is ‘cash’, the user should fill out the Account section as follows:

‘Ledger account’: select the offset account to the Customer/Vendor account.

The ledger account MUST be a bank account.

Check the ‘Create two transactions’ box if the user would like the system to create accounting entries on the Customer account for cash sales.

Prepaid:

When ‘Prepaid’ is selected in the ‘Description’ section as the ‘Payment method’, the ‘Ledger account’ and ‘Offset account’ should be selected in the ‘Account’ section.

Credit card:

If ‘Credit card’ is selected as a ‘Payment method’, fill in the detail form that appears as shown in the screenshot below.

Factoring account:

If ‘Factoring account’ is selected as a ‘Payment method’, fill in the detail form that appears as shown in the screenshot below.