Is there a way to make partial payments towards an invoice?

[SMAXCheer]

Is there a way 2 take partial payments 4 an invoice?

[#2]

Little late with an update here, but wanted to make sure y'all know this is possible with Square Progress Invoices!

You can schedule multiple payments on a Square Invoice by following these steps ✨

[#3]

Hi there, @LiaJmt - thanks for adding your voice here and checking in on this feature! Good to hear from you. Same to you, @BIONICONE - welcome! 

You may be looking specifically for our newly introduced Deposit Feature for Invoices. This will also allow you to create a single invoice to track multiple payments and reduce the amount of time you have to spend reconciling multiple payments (deposit, follow-up payments) to a single transaction or sale.

Let me know if this is what you're looking for! 

[Dcale]

I wish this could be a feature  you add in the future update: partial payment and balance forward. It would help this small business owner.

Also for the birthdays, please have years up to the current year.

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[guywithacamera]

That works fine - However, my issue remains I charge sales tax... The invoice indicates sales tax on the whole amount - when I "discount" the deposit sales tax is reduced on the final amount... I have a photography business - I require a deposit... When my client pays the deposit which I've catagorized as a discount I lose ability to invoice for the entire amount of tax....

[kgp]

I'm trying to find an easy way to invoice my clients for their remaining balance. I've started to create an initial invoice for a deposit, which is put towards the total session cost. But it appears I'll have to get creative to invoice the remaining balance, especially when needing to account for tax. When doing it this way, if I show the deposit as a 'discount', then the amount taxed is on the session cost - the discount, not the full session cost. Are you able to advise on a better way to invoice a portion (or initial deposit) of my total session cost at the time my clients book, in addition to the remaining balance, including full tax?

[kgp]

You don't have to worry about tax this way, do you? That's the issue I'm having with deposits and balances.

[kgp]

@guywithacamera I'm in the same boat. How are you currently handling this situation?

[guywithacamera]

unfortunately,  I've been eating the cost of the taxes - that was the reason for my post... 

[Sean]

@guywithacamera @kgp - Appreciate the feedback. As a workaround, you could consider disabling the automatic tax settings, and then just create another line-item called "Tax." You could manually calculate the amount here. 

[kgp]

Good point!

[Alicia1]

I would like to know this as well. Did you receive an answer?

[Alicia1]

Hi Sean- Any luck with making this a feature? It seems like a lot of people need it! Part of our business is custom cakes, and we require a deposit. We will try the work around you suggested, but it seems like a lot of work on the back end for us. I view deposits similar to Gift Cards, because they are treated similarly in accounting. Can we set up an item for deposit that is similar to a gift card? 

Thanks!