Select Invoices to Create during Progress Billing
How Do I...
Selecting the sales invoices you want to create based on your progress
billing involves a two-step process:
- In the Select
for Progress Billing - Filter Selection window, you select the items
for which you want to create invoices.
- After you select items and click OK,
the Select for Progress
Billing window appears. (You can change the filter selection from
this window by clicking the Select
button.)
This window lists all items that meet the selection criteria you set
in the Filter window. By checking the Invoice
column on the far left of the tabs, you tell Sage 50 which of these
items you want to invoice, thus creating an invoice or invoices. Depending
on the options selected during the filter selection routine, you may have
line items appearing on any or all of the three tabs available on this
window. Get details about the fields on each tab.
Tabs will be unavailable if the following conditions apply:
- The Release Retainage
tab will be unavailable if you have not applied any retainage to any invoices;
you have not checked the Release Retainage
field on the Select for Progress Billing
- Filter Selection window; or you are using the Cash Basis accounting
method.
- The Percent of
Contract/Completion tab will be unavailable if you selected an
option that rules it out on the Select
for Progress Billing - Filter Selection window.
- The Percent of
Proposal tab will be unavailable if you have no open, accepted
proposals or you selected an option that rules it out on the Select
for Progress Billing - Filter Selection window.
Step-by-step instructions
- Check the Invoice
check box for line items you want to bill at this time.
- To clear all Invoice check boxes, click the
All (None)
button.
- To select all Invoice check boxes, click the
All (Select)
button.
- Make changes as needed to the editable information
for an item or items for each tab. To make changes on the Percent
of Contract/Completion or Percent
of Proposal tabs, either change the Bill
%, Total %, or Amount
lines manually, or click the Bill
button and select one of the three percentage options. Using the Bill button,
you can automatically bill for the remaining unbilled percentage of each
line item or specify a flat Bill %
for all line items. Tell me more about which fields I should edit
for the different types of billing methods.
For valuable tips on setting up and using
each billing method, select the billing method:
The Total Amount field at
the bottom right of the window is updated each time an item is checked
or unchecked. This shows the total dollar amount of all items from which
invoices will be created. The Number
of Invoices field reflects the total number of invoices that will
be created based on the items you've chosen to bill.
- After making your selections, click the Print
button to print the invoices you've created. You will be able to select
a form to use, select a printer, and choose whether or not you want to
summarize invoices by job. For step-by-step instructions on printing from
the Select for Progress Billing window, see Print
a Form from a Task Window.
If you want, you can also email copies of the invoices to the appropriate
customers. For step-by-step instructions on emailing invoices, see E-Mail a Form from
a Task Window. If you do not want to print or email the invoices
but still want to save them, click Save.
- After you select the Print, Save, or Email, you
will receive a message giving you the opportunity to print the Progress
Billing report for the items selected during this Select for Progress
Billing routine (Percent of Contract/Completion only). Click the appropriate
button to print or preview the report, or click Cancel
to close the window.
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