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Advances and credit balances

Understand what happens when a customer or vendor overpays, and how to use that credit later.

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Credit sales vs cash sales

Learn the difference between selling on credit and selling for immediate cash payment.

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Receiving money back from a vendor

Record a vendor refund or credit when money is returned for a return or bill adjustment.

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FAQ: Balance Problems

Quick answers to common questions about customer, vendor, and account balances.

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Step 5 — Opening balances and trial balance validation

Enter historical account balances as of your go-live date and verify they balance.

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Reading and interpreting the Trial Balance report

Understand the structure and meaning of each column and row in the Trial Balance.

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Paying an invoice from the customer's advance (balance allocation)

Use a customer's existing credit or advance to settle part or all of an invoice.

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Creating manual journal entries

Manually record a debit-credit pair to the ledger when documents don't post automatically.

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Paying documents from existing credit (balance allocations)

Apply a contact's advance balance or prior payment to settle new invoices and bills.

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FAQ: Returning to Vendors

Common questions about creating returns and refunds with vendors.

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Reading the ledger of an account

View all debits and credits for a single account to understand its balance over time.

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FAQ: Journal Report

Answers to common questions about understanding and using the Journal report.

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Debits and credits in plain language

Learn how debits and credits work without the jargon—and why they matter for your reports.

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FAQ: Accounting Impact

Common questions about how invoices affect your accounting records and financial statements.

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Billing diagnostic services

Create an invoice for a completed diagnostic study and record payment from the patient.

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Paying a sales receipt from the customer's advance (balance allocation)

Use a customer's existing credit to settle a sales receipt without collecting new money.

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Paying a bill from the vendor advance (balance allocation)

Use a vendor's existing credit (advance balance) to settle all or part of a bill without taking new money.

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How documents post automatically: invoice, bill, payment, transfer

When you save an invoice, bill, or payment, Usystems automatically creates ledger entries so you don't have to.

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Reading and interpreting the Customer Balance (Summary & Detail) report

Understand what the numbers mean and how to spot customers with overdue balances.

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What a bill posts to the general ledger

Understand how Usystems records a bill's accounting impact when it's created or received.