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Note: You must have the Advance Payment/Receipt Allocations Module Right selected, under Transactions in Financials. To allocate an advance payment, a clearance account must be set up in the Chart of Accounts.
Allocating Advance Payments or Receipts to Invoices
After you create Advance Payments or Receipts, you can allocate them to outstanding invoices with the same vendor and currency on the Advance Payment/Receipt Allocations form.
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