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    RYK Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
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    Jul 10, 2008, 09:43 PM
    Partial payments
    Another problem I am stuck on:
    Dec 14: Record Sale to Bowery Super Warehouse $6475.00
    Debit A/R $6475.00
    Credit Sales $6475.00

    Dec 26: Bowery paid 1/2 of invoice and signed note for balance.
    This is what I did, but I know this is not correct because A/R are off.

    Debit cash $3172.75
    Credit A/R $3172.75
    Debit Notes Recv. $3237.50
    Credit A/R $3237.50

    When I do this I have zero'd out my A/R and there should be a balance since customer did not pay invoice in full.

    Please help, I losing my mind...
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    morgaine300 Posts: 6,561, Reputation: 276
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    Jul 11, 2008, 12:56 AM
    3172.75 isn't half of that invoice. If they paid half and gave a note for the other half, both numbers should be the same.

    And no, there won't be a balance in A/R (for this customer), because they replaced the unpaid part with a NOTE receivable, which is a different account.

    But otherwise it's correct.

    As for the lost mind... I'll try to keep an eye out for it.
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    Jul 11, 2008, 04:41 AM
    Thank you so much for all your help. I have been working on this problem for days and it just wasn't clicking. I haven't had accounting in over ten years and when I opened this book I thought, "Oh my Lord, what have I gotten myself into!" But then I found this site, ooh, I can't say anything but Thanks :-)
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    Jul 12, 2008, 08:35 PM
    You're welcome. :-)

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