About processing down payments in billing

The Billing application accepts cash down payments as well as electronic payment (EP) down payments. For more information about EP processing, see Appendix A.

Differences between cash and EP (electronic payment) down payments

Cash and EP (electronic payment) down payments are different in the way they display on an invoice, the application where you apply the down payment, and also the way the General Ledger application posts the down payment information.

This table shows the differences between the down payment types when you update the Billing transactions to the subsystems:


Cash down payments	EP down payments
The Billing application sends the gross amount as an open invoice to the Accounts Receivable application. The General Ledger posts the gross amount to the accounts receivable account. You manually apply the down payment amount in the Accounts Receivable application.	You manually record the EP down payment in the General Ledger application when you receive payment. The Billing application sends the net amount as an open invoice to the Accounts Receivable application. The General Ledger application posts the net amount to the accounts receivable account. The General Ledger application posts the down payment to the EP accounts receivable account.