Edit an Invoice

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Field

Description

Bill To

Select the Bill to person or company from the list of available billers.  This list will contain your client list as well as your Third Party Billers.  To add a new Third Party Biller go to System > Data Maintenance > Third Party Billers.

Go button

An example relating to Invoices would be adding a Third Party Biller after the Invoices module was open. Clicking Go will reload the Bill to list so that the Third Party could be chosen as the Bill to party.

New Invoice

Click to create a New Invoice for the selected Bill To person or Third Party.

New Payment

Click to create a New Payment for the selected Bill To person or Third Party.

Statement

Allows a Statement of Account to be created for a Client.

Transaction Search

Allows you to search for an invoice or payment by Invoice or Payment Number/ID.

Client Details

Click Client Details to open the Client record of the selected Bill to Client.

Refresh Client List

Click to refresh the Client List if you have recently added a new client into the system and they are not showing in the Bill To list.

Show Deleted / Voided

Click to show deleted or voided invoices.

Exit

Click this button to exit the Bp Allied progra

Invoice editing

Invoices can be edited both at the time of creation or at a later date. The fields on the Invoice screen are explained below.

IMPORTANT  To edit the Item Details in an invoice, the Invoice Status must be Draft. In any other status, the Item details are set to read only.

Other invoice details such as date can be edited in 'Awaiting Payment' status. Nothing can be edited when the Invoice has a status of Paid, Deleted or Voided.

Field

Description

Invoice ID

Displays the Invoice ID number.

NOTE  This number is automatically generated but you can set your next Invoice ID and Payment ID under System > Options > Invoices > Invoice Numbering Options.

This can also be searched on using the Transaction Search.

Invoice Date

Displays the date the Invoice was generated.  This date can be changed by selecting a new date in either Draft or Awaiting Payment Status.

Status

The status determines where an invoice is in the invoicing process.  This in turn determines whether information in an invoice can be edited.

To edit the Item Details in an invoice the Invoice Status must be Draft. In any other status the Item details are set to read only.

Other invoice details such as date can be edited in Awaiting Payment status.

Nothing can be edited when the Invoice has a status of Paid, Deleted or Voided.

Add item

Click to add a New Item.

This can be an item related or unrelated to an appointment.

Item Details

Displays a summary of your Item Details. 

From here the Item Price can be edited. Ensure Item Price Editing is enabled within System > Options > Invoices.

A discount can be applied by typing in the discount field.

Remove Item

Removes the item from the invoice.

Item Details Order

These arrows allow the order of the items in the invoice to be changed. The items will then stay in the position allocated.

Payment Details

Displays the payment amount once a payment has been associated with the Invoice.

Click here for details on how to add a payment.

Totals

Displays a summary of total costs.

Notes

Notes: These notes can be displayed on the printed invoice.

See details on Customisation of Invoice Templates to have this field added.

Private Notes: These notes cannot be displayed on the printed invoice. 

History

History is used to display any edits and changes made to an invoice and by whom.

Practitioner

Displays the Practitioner associated with the Client and the billed appointment.

This information comes from the Appointment.

Location

Displays the Location of the Appointment.

This information comes from the Appointment.

If Invoice Numbering per Location is turned on, the Location can’t be edited on an invoice once the invoice is created. The invoice will need to be deleted and recreated with the correct Location so that the correct invoice number series can be associated to it.

Split Invoice

Click to Split an Invoice with a Third Party.  Click to see more information here.

This field does not display on a Third Party Invoice.

Template Selector

Allows you to select different templates to print your invoices. 

Set your default Client and Third Party templates within System > Options > Invoices.

Print

An Invoice can be printed, previewed via the Print button options or emailed from here.

Change Status

Use this to change an invoices status. Click here to see details on how the invoicing process works and what statuses are used.

Email Invoice

Click to Email the Invoice.

Add payment

Click here for details on how to add a payment.