When a customer pays with the redeems their gift voucher, it'll be recorded in AccountRight by first creating a sales invoice (with GST) for your cheque account, and then closing the invoice to reduce the balance of the Unclaimed Gift Certificate liability account. Create a sales invoiceFirst, you'll create a sales invoice to record the redeemed gift voucher. For more information on creating an invoice, see our page Enter an invoice, quote or order. There are a few things to keep in mind for this particular invoice: The layout should be Service or Miscellaneous. Please note s recorded as an invoice (because the customer is buying something), then the invoice is paid for using funds from the Unclaimed Gift Certificate account. - Create an invoice for the sale.
- Use the Service or Miscellaneous layout. Note that Miscellaneous layouts can't be printed.
Now that the gift certificate has been redeemed, you need to add the relevant GST code in the Tax fieldClose the invoice and record the redemptionTo finish the redemption process, all you need to do is close the invoice in the Receive Payments window. For more information on how to receive payments, see our page Receiving payments. For this payment, you'll want to select - Specify the applicable tax/GST code based on what's being sold.
Here's our example invoice where a $100 gift voucher is being redeemed:
Image Added - Record the invoice.
- Receive payment for the invoice to close it.
- Select the Deposit to Account option
, select - and select the Unclaimed Gift Voucher
liability
Image Removed After filling out the rest of the transaction details, including the voucher amount, click Record. Your liability account will now be - Specify the gift voucher value in the Amount field.
- Apply this amount to the open invoice.
Here's our example:
Image Added- Record the payment.
The gift voucher is redeemed and the Unclaimed Gift Certificate account balance is reduced by the voucher amount, and the redemption is recorded. |