The preferred method to request final payment for retention is to print a progress bill report.
Important! Because retention has been included in the previous progress billing applications, you must credit the retention amount before you can create a separate retention invoice. Follow the six parts of this procedure to release retention, create a retention credit, apply the credit, and create your retention invoice.
1 | Open 3-7 Progress Billing. |
2 | Open the last application with a Status 3-Posted for the job, and click Next. |
3 | To the message, Reminder: A new record will be created and this one will become Closed. Do you want to continue? click Yes. |
4 | Note the amount in the Retention box. |
5 | From the Update menu, select Release Retention. |
6 | To the message, This will reset all retentionrates to zero and recalculate the application. Do you want to continue? click Yes. |
7 | On the Calculate grid, choose a method to calculate the Progress Billing and click Calculate. |
8 | The Retention amount becomes the Invoice Amount. |
9 | From the File menu, select Save. |
10 | From the File menu, select Recall. |
11 | From the Options menu, select Submit Application. |
12 | From the File menu, select Print. |
13 | Print the appropriate Progress Billing report, reports 21—42 and send this report to your customer to show the retention amount is now due. |
14 | Close the 3-7 Report Printing window. |
Note: The final application remains in Submitted status because there is not an invoice amount to post.
1 | Open 3-5 Jobs (Accounts Receivable), and display the job. |
2 | In the Terms section of the window, clear the Retention Rate. |
3 | From the Update menu, select Recalculate Retention. |
4 | On the Recalculate Retention window, enter the New Due Date for Invoices and select the appropriate Recalculation option. |
5 | Click OK. |
6 | To the message to confirm the number of open invoices found, click OK. |
7 | From the File menu, select Save. |
8 | On 3-5 Jobs (Accounts Receivable), click Invoices and review the Net Due amount to verify that the retention has been released. |
In this part, you are going to create a retention credit invoice and use the amount of retention due as the Price of the credit.
1 | Open 3-2 Receivable Invoices/Credits. |
2 | Do the following: |
a | In the Invoice# text box, enter the credit invoice number. |
b | In the Date text box, enter the date of the invoice. |
c | In the Job text box, enter the job number. |
d | If the job uses phases, enter the phase number in the Phase text box. |
e | In the Description text box, enter a brief statement about the invoice. |
f | In the Due Date text box, enter the invoice due date. |
g | In the Discount Date text box, enter the due date by which payment must be received for the discount to apply. |
h | In the Status list, select the invoice status. |
i | In the Type list, select the invoice type. |
3 | In the grid, do the following: |
a | In the Description cell, enter a brief statement about the item. |
b | In the Quantity cell, enter the quantity of items as a negative amount. |
c | In the Price cell, enter the amount of the retention due. |
d | In the Account cell, enter the ledger account number. |
4 | Repeat step 3 for each item. |
5 | On the File menu, click Save. |
1 | 1. In 3-3-1 Cash Receipts apply the credit to all open retention. |
2 | 2. Apply the retention credit invoice created to all open retention invoices. |
Note: For detailed instructions on applying a credit to open invoices see the link below.
3 | Open 3-3-1 Cash Receipts. |
4 | Do the following: |
a | In the Account box, type the ledger account number for the cash account. |
b | In the Deposit# box, type the deposit number. |
c | In the Date box, type the deposit date. |
d | In the Description box, type a brief statement about the transaction. |
5 | Do one of the following: |
a | In the Client box, type the client number. |
b | In the Job box, type the job number. |
6 | Do one of the following: |
a | Click the Contract Invoices tab. |
b | Click the Service Invoices tab. |
7 | Click the Display button. |
8 | In the grid, do the following: |
a | In the Credit cell of the original invoice, type the amount as a positive number. |
b | In the Credit cell of the credit invoice, type the amount as a negative number. |
Important! the amounts in the Credit column must balance to zero.
9 | Repeat step 6 for each credit you want to apply. |
10 | On the File menu, click Save. |
In Part 5, you are going to create an invoice using the amount of retention due as the Price of the invoice.
1 | Open 3-2 Receivable Invoices/Credits. |
2 | Do the following: |
a | In the Invoice# box, type the invoice number. |
b | In the Date box, enter the date of the invoice. |
c | In the Job box, type the job number. |
d | If the job uses phases, type the phase number in the Phase box. |
e | In the Description box, type a brief statement about the invoice. |
f | In the Due Date box, enter the invoice due date. |
g | In the Discount Date text box, type the due date by which you must receive payment for the client to receive the discount. |
h | From the Status list, select the invoice status. |
i | In the Type list, click the invoice type. |
Note: Select an Invoice type Memo if you do not want the transaction to effect the job balances
3 | In the grid, do the following: |
a | In the Description cell, type a brief statement about the item. |
b | In the Quantity cell, type the quantity of items. |
c | In the Price cell, type the amount of retention due as the Price of the invoice. |
d | In the Account cell, enter the ledger account number. |
4 | Repeat step 3 for each item. |
5 | From the File menu, click Save. |
1 | Open 3-4 Statements. |
2 | Select the 21-Job Statements report. |
3 | In the Job# box, type the job number. |
4 | Select the Include Paid Invoices check box. |
5 | Select the Include Payment History check box. |
6 | From the File menu, select Print. |
7 | 7. On the Statement Variables window, type the Statement Date, and click OK. |
8 | Your statement details all outstanding amounts due, including the retention invoice. |
9 | Close the 3-4 Report Printing window. |
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