diff --git a/content/applications/finance/accounting/vendor_bills.rst b/content/applications/finance/accounting/vendor_bills.rst index ce1f2d73e..989af05ac 100644 --- a/content/applications/finance/accounting/vendor_bills.rst +++ b/content/applications/finance/accounting/vendor_bills.rst @@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ appropriately completed: `. .. image:: vendor_bills/bill-completion.png - :align: center :alt: filling the vendor bill .. note:: @@ -72,12 +71,25 @@ Click :guilabel:`Confirm` when the document is completed. The status of your doc Bill Payment ============ -Upon payment of the vendor bill, click on :guilabel:`Register Payment`. A new window pops up. +Upon payment of the vendor bill, click on :guilabel:`Register Payment` to open a new payment window. Select the :guilabel:`Journal`, the :guilabel:`Payment Method`, the :guilabel:`Amount` you wish to -pay (full or partial payment), and the :guilabel:`Currency`. Odoo fills the :guilabel:`Memo` field -automatically if the :guilabel:`Payment Reference` has been set correctly in the vendor bill. If -the field is empty, we recommend you select the vendor invoice number as a reference. +pay (full or partial payment), and the :guilabel:`Currency`. In the case of a partial payment (when +the :guilabel:`Amount` paid is less than the total remaining amount on the vendor bill), the +:guilabel:`Payment Difference` field displays the outstanding balance. +You have two options: + +- :guilabel:`Keep open`: to keep the bill open and mark it with a :guilabel:`Partial` banner; +- :guilabel:`Mark as fully paid`: In this case, select an account in the + :guilabel:`Post Difference In` field and change the :guilabel:`Label` if needed. A journal entry + will be created to balance the account receivable with the selected account. + +.. image:: vendor_bills/partial-payment.png + :alt: register a partial payment + +The :guilabel:`Memo` field is filled automatically if the :guilabel:`Payment Reference` has been +set correctly in the vendor bill. If the field is empty, select the vendor invoice number as a +reference. Once confirmed, an :guilabel:`In Payment` banner appears on the bill until it is :doc:`reconciled `. diff --git a/content/applications/finance/accounting/vendor_bills/partial-payment.png b/content/applications/finance/accounting/vendor_bills/partial-payment.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..51be06f2c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/applications/finance/accounting/vendor_bills/partial-payment.png differ