Counterpoint supports the ability to adjust a customer’s balance, through debit and credit memos. A debit memo increases a customer’s balance (the amount owed to the business), and a credit memo decreases a customer’s balance.
Adding a Credit Memo to a Customer Account
- Select CUSTOMERS → ADJUSTMENTS → ENTER
- Enter or Lookup customer (NOTE: Customer must be defined as an AR Customer)
- Enter Document date
- Enter Document number (Can auto-assign)
- Select Credit Memo from the Document Type drop down
- Click Enter
- Enter the Amount for the credit (must be a positive number)
- Enter the account (1210)
- Choose Apply to method of Open
- Optional: enter a Reference
- Click POST
Adding a Debit Memo to a Customer
- Select CUSTOMERS → ADJUSTMENTS → ENTER
- Enter or Lookup customer (NOTE: Customer must be defined as an AR Customer)
- Enter Document date
- Enter Document number (Can auto-assign)
- Select Debit Memo from the Document Type drop down
- Click Enter
- Enter the Amount for the credit (must be a positive number)
- Enter the account (1210)
- Choose Apply to method of Self
- Optional: enter a Reference
- Click POST