Drake Accounting – Editing or Deleting a Receivables Invoice

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Overview

To edit a saved invoice, complete the following steps:

  1. Select the Receivables menu, then select Invoices.

  2. Select the customer for the invoice you wish to edit.

  3. Select the applicable invoice.

  4. Edit the information as needed.

    • To edit a line item, on the Invoice Line Items tab, select the field to edit in the grid at the bottom of the window and make changes as needed.

    • All field values except the Extended Price (product invoice) and Tax (product invoice) are editable.

    • Invoice line items can be added and deleted as well.

      • To add a line item, select the New icon (new icon) and enter the item information.

      • To delete a line item, select the item to remove and then select the delete icon ().

  5. Select Save when edits are complete.

Note Once a payment has been made, an invoice cannot be edited.

To delete a saved invoice, complete the following steps:

  1. ​​Select the Receivables menu, then select Invoices.

  2. Select the customer for the invoice you wish to delete.

  3. Select the applicable invoice.

  4. Select Delete.

If using the bookkeeping feature, Drake Accounting makes a reversing entry for the entire invoice in the journal.

Caution Once a payment has been made, you must first delete the payment in order to delete the invoice.