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How to Bookkeep an Invoice Overpayment to a Customer Credit Account

Booking an invoice overpayment as a customer credit helps accurately track excess payments, ensuring that the overpaid amount is properly recorded and available for future use or refund.

  1. Navigate to Sales > Invoices and open the invoice that was overpaid.
  2. Click 'Record Payment', and enter the full amount received , excluding the overpaid portion.
  3. Go to Accountant > Journal Entries, and click 'New Entry'.
  4. In the Description, write: Customer Overpayment.
  5. Enter the Journal Lines
  6. Line 1:
    - Credit a Customer Prepayment or similar asset account.
    - Enter the overpaid amount.
  7. Line 2:
    - Debit your Bank Account with the same amount.
  8. Click 'Save' to post the entry.

Written by

Alexandra Kyriacou

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