Sales invoice

Purpose

  • Bill a customer for goods or services they still owe. The invoice posts to the customer control (they owe you), to the sales account on each line, and (Premium) can reduce stock.
  • Collect later with a receipt. For walk-in paid now, use Cash Sales.
  • Screen: Sales → Sales Document → Sales Invoice. New Sales or double-click a row.
  • Assistant: Sales & money in → Bill a customer, or type Bill a customer / Sales invoice.
  • Required in chat: Customer, what you sold (Item Description), Quantity, Unit Price, Account. Date is filled. Confirm before KinraSoft posts. Reply add for another line; yes to create.
  • Chat does not cover every screen field (column layout, print format, attachments, Fast Sales). Finish those on Sales Invoice.
  • Do not type “how to bill a customer” if you want the wizard. Use Bill a customer.

Before you start

  • The customer exists, with a control account.
  • Date on or after System Conversion Date for new work. A date before conversion asks you to confirm Save as past invoice, and that is only for opening bills.
  • Default Sales account on Account Setup, so Account fills after unit price.
  • Tax codes if you charge SST.
  • e-Invoice: company profile, and buyer TIN or category on the customer.

Screen — create

  • Sales → Sales Document → Sales Invoice → New Sales.
  • Select Customer (required). Address and attention fill.
  • Leave Bill No. blank for Next No., or type a unique number. Set Date (required).
  • Optional: DO No, Project, Remark, Agent, currency and rate (if the customer is foreign), Posting Date.
  • Line items: item code (optional), description, qty, unit price, discount, UOM, Account, tax. Use Column Setting (More…) to show or hide columns.
  • Click Save.
  • Print: choose a format, then PDF Preview or Download. Envelope to email (customer email on Maintain Customer).
  • When ready for MyInvois: Submit E Invoice.

Screen — from quotation, sales order, or delivery order

  • On that listing, select the source → Transfer or Copy.
  • Tick Sales Invoice → Transfer or Create.
  • Edit. Save.

Assistant

  • Bill a customer.
  • Pick the customer, what you sold, qty, price, and account if it is not defaulted.
  • Read the confirmation. Save, or yes.
  • For another line before confirm: add. To drop a line: remove line 2 (example).

Past invoice (opening balance)

  • Set Date before System Conversion Date.
  • Confirm Save as past invoice.
  • After all past bills, Save on Maintain Opening Balance.

Main fields

  • Header: Customer (required), Bill No. (required), Date (required), DO No, Description, Address, Attention.
  • Other: Project, Remark, Agent, Currency/Rate, Posting Date.
  • Lines: Item Code, Description, Qty, U/Price, Account, Tax, Discount, UOM.
  • Toolbar: Save, Save As New (Next No. or manual Bill No.), print format, email, Submit E Invoice, Column Setting, Create Recurring, attachments.
  • Bill No. blank uses Next No. A manual number must be unique.
  • Simplify data entry: set default Sales account on Account Setup. After you key Unit Price, description, qty, and account can fill.
  • Print section title: in header Remark, {@Your section title@} prints in bold above lines. A description-only line (no item, qty, price, or account) prints as a section header.
  • If the customer has unused deposits, the invoice can open a deposit list. Confirm KnockOff to apply them.

Listing

  • Filters: Customer, dates, Outstanding (All / greater than zero / equal to zero / Cancelled), Project, keyword.
  • More… includes Copy, Transfer, bulk print, export Excel, Column Setting, and Fast Sales Entry.
  • PDF: print selected invoices, or by date range or bill-number range.

If something goes wrong

  • Cannot save — customer. Create the customer.
  • Account blank on the line. Set default Sales on Account Setup, or pick an account on the line.
  • Duplicate Bill No. Clear Bill No., or change Next No.
  • No “Save as past invoice”. The date is on or after conversion. Use an earlier date only for opening bills.
  • e-Invoice reject missing TIN. Edit customer e-Invoice, then submit again.
  • They already paid. You wanted Cash Sales, or enter a Receipt next.

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