applications/accounting/data/helpdata/HELP_ACCOUNTING_paymentOverview.xml

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    <title>The Payment Overview help screen.</title>
    <para>The Payments Overview screen displays the summary details of the
        payment. On one side it shows information related to the payment
        transaction header (eg Payment Type, Status, Amount, Effective Date
        etc) and the other it shows if the payment has been applied (or
        matched) to an invoice or billing account etc.</para>
    <para>The following options are currently available from this screen:
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
    <listitem><para>Create New (Create a new payment)</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Status to 'Received' (Change the status of the current payment
        to 'Received. NOTE: This will create the relevant accounting
        transactions and post them to the general ledger)</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Status to 'Cancelled' (Change the status of the current payment
        to 'Cancelled')</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Status to 'Confirmed' (Change the status of the current invoice
        to 'Confirmed'. NOTE: This status option will not appear until the
        status has been changed to 'Received')</para></listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
        
    <para>NOTE: The general ledger transactions generated as a result of
        the payment are based on the GL Account Type defaults for Company as
        follows:</para>
        <itemizedlist>
    <listitem><para>Debit Entry (GL Account Type defaults)</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Credit Entry (Payment Method Id / GL Account Id)</para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

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