Receiving and spending money

Chapter 4 Receiving and spending money

4 4 M YOB Accounting M YOB Premier Asia Printing payment receipts You can print payment receipts for transactions that you enter in the Receive M oney and Bank Register w indows. For m ore inform ation about printing paym ent receipts, see ‘Printing paym ent receipts’ on page 63 . To receive m oney There are two w ays to record money you have received where no invoice w as issued: z in the Receive M oney w indow z in the Bank Register window. The Receive M oney w indow lets you record more details about the receipt and to allocate the receipt to more than one account. This is the procedure covered in this section. If you want to use the Bank Register w indow—which lets you enter a receipt with minimum details—see ‘To enter a transaction in the Bank Register window’ on page 48 . 1 Go to the Banking com m and centre and click Receive M oney . The Receive M oney w indow appears. 2 Choose one of the following: z Deposit to Account . In the Deposit to Account field, type or select the required bank account. z Group with Undeposited Funds. Choose this option if you want the deposit to be recorded in the undeposited funds account. After you have grouped all the deposit transactions you want, you can make one bank deposit for all the undeposited funds. For m ore inform ation, see ‘Preparing a bank deposit’ on page 45 . 3 If the deposit am ount included tax, m ark the Tax Inclusive checkbox. If deposit am ount excluded tax, clear this checkbox. 4 In the Payor field, type or select the payor’s name. 5 Enter the amount received. 6 [Optional] In the Payment M ethod field, select the paym ent m ethod. Click Details if you want to enter further details about the payment. For exam ple, if you are being paid by credit card, you can record the credit card num ber and expiry date. 7 Type the date of the payment. 8 [Optional] Type a detailed com ment to help you identify the paym ent later in the M emo field. 9 Allocate the am ount to the appropriate account or distribute it to a number of accounts. Option 1 Record the payment in the Receive Money window [Banking command centre] Option 2 Record the payment in the Bank Register window [Banking command centre] Type = Receive Money Option 1 Record the payment in the Receive Payments window [Sales command centre] Option 2 Record the payment in the Bank Register window [Banking command centre] Type = Receive Payment You receive money Is it in response to an invoice you issued? No Yes A Type or select an account to which you w ant to assign the payment or part of the paym ent. B Type the am ount you w ant to assign to each account. The total am ount in this colum n m ust equal the amount in the Amount Received field before you can record the transaction. C [Optional] Assign the am ount to a job by entering the job code here. B A D C E Preparing a bank deposit 4 5 User Guide 10 If you want to view or change the tax amounts assigned to the transaction, click the zoom arrow . 11 If you w ant to assign the transaction to a particular category, select a category from the Category list. N ote that if you haven’t turned on category tracking, the Category field won’t appear. To turn on category tracking, go to the Setup m enu from any com mand centre, choose Preferences , click the System tab and m ark the Turn on Category Tracking checkbox. For more information about categories, see ‘Setting up categories and jobs’ on page 39 12 Complete the transaction in one of the following ways: z To print a nd record the tra nsaction , click Print . z To record the tra nsaction , click Record . z To store the transa ction a s a recurring transa ction so that you can use it again, click Save as Recurring . In the Edit Recurring Schedule window, enter the necessary information and click Save . See ‘Recurring transactions’ on page 106 for m ore inform ation about creating and using recurring transactions. If you want to record the deposit as an actual transaction now, click Record . If you don’t w ant to record the transaction at this time, click Cancel . Preparing a bank deposit If you use the Undeposited Funds account to group cash, credit card and cheque payments, you can use the Prepare Bank Deposit window to create a batch bank deposit that will transfer funds from the undeposited funds account to the account of your choice as a single transaction. Undeposited funds dated up to and including the date you specify in the Prepare Bank Deposit window will appear. You have the option of grouping the receipts by payment method. To prepare a bank deposit 1 Go to the Banking comm and centre and click Prepare Bank Deposit . The Prepare Bank Deposit window appears. 2 In the Deposit to Account field, enter the account into which the funds selected in the Prepare Bank Deposit window w ill be deposited. 3 If you w ant to group payments by paym ent m ethod, select the payment method in the Select Receipts by field. Select one or m ore payment types in the adjacent field. For credit cards, select one or more credit card types. Only paym ents made using that method are listed. 4 Type a date to display undeposited funds up to and including that date. 5 If you want to record the purpose of the transaction, type a description in the M emo field. 6 Select the receipts you want to include in the bank deposit by marking the corresponding cell in the Deposit column. Alternatively, if you want to D [Optional] Type a m em o for each entry in the transaction. E The tax code that is linked to the allocation account appears here autom atically. You can change it or delete it if necessary.

Chapter 4 Receiving and spending money