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title: "Crediting a Payment to an Account"
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Credit a payment to an account to change the current balance of the account within the current billing schedule. Payments are similar in effect to adjustments, but are used to account for invoice payments made by customers.

> ℹ️ **Note**
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> ℹ️ Payments are not credited to a specific invoice, they are just credited to the current balance of the account.

# Credit a payment to an account

**Step 1**

In the Accounts module select the account to which you want to credit a payment.

**Step 2**

On the Payments tab, click **Insert** to add a new payment.

**Step 3**

Enter the following details

| **Property** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| Date Effective | Date from which this payment will be applied. This must be within the current billing schedule. |
| Amount | Enter the amount that was paid. |

**Step 4**

Click **Save** to save your changes.

> ℹ️ **Note**
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> ℹ️ If the effective date of the payment was the current date and time or earlier, the amount will be immediately applied to the account and the **Total Owing** will be changed accordingly.

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