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Posting Supplier Payments

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Good morning guys.

This is my first post and is probably a silly question but non the less its bugging me and i wondered if someone could advise me please....:)

What would be the best way to post purchase payments made onto sage, would it be a:

The client posts the supplier invoices onto sage, files them sequentially and makes various payments through the bank throughout the month, then at the end of the month i would go and post the supplier payments for the month from the bank statement only;

Or

The client posts all invoices onto sage and numbers sequentially, then as the client pays the invoices she writes on the front of the invoice the details, and moves them in a 'paid' file, still sequentially.

When i visit at the end of the month i grab the 'paid' file and post the payments on to sage from the info the client has written on the front of the invoice ie date paid, how paid and which part of the invoice paid.  

When i rec the bank i then just highlight the payments that have passed through the bank and leave the rest sat on the bank rec.

The client really wants to keep a seperate file for unpaid invoices as it helps her.

Does this question even make sense? lol sorry  THANKS FOR ANY HELP X 

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  • # 89491

Your second option is what I do. Was this just a hypothetical situation or are you actually trading as a self employed bookkeeper?

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  • # 89493

Thanks very much for your reply. I am not trading as a self employed bookkeeper, i work for an accounting practice and have completed my AAT but have only just began with client bookkeeping.  I have been asked to go and help a client set up a system as her bookkeeper has left.

I want to begin with a good simple system but wasnt sure which would be the best way to do it. I think most people post from the bank statement?

 

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Personally speaking I wouldn't enter payments from the bank statement, but would enter them from the cheque book stub, credit card slip or bank print out pertaining to the invoice, and then balance to the bank. That way you know you are not missing any payments/receipts which may have gone astray! You will soon find a good system that works for both of you.

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Thanks for your reply. I guess I was just looking for the 'right' way to start but it seems people use different methods. X

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nclarksaid:

“Thanks for your reply. I guess I was just looking for the 'right' way to start but it seems people use different methods. X”


When I worked in an accountancy practise I know that we entered payments from the bank statement, because it was quicker, but as I say it's not how I would do it!

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