taken from the
Once the customer has brought his or her items to the
point-of-sale terminal and the transactions is entered (stock items and
quantities selected and or scanned with a barcode scanner) you need to process
the payment to charge the invoice amount to a
debtors account, as requested. As soon as the point-of-sale payment is received and
processed, the point-of-sale invoice (till slip) will be automatically be printed, unless the Confirm Printing
option was selected in the Point-of-Sales Setup and the cashier or salesperson has selected not to print the invoice now.
If the customer requests to charge the amount of the point-of-sale invoice to his account, the cashier or salesperson should check that the debtor has sufficient credit facilities available before processing the payment.
To Charge an Invoice to a Debtor Account:
Once an point-of-sale invoice is created, click on the 
speed button or icon or press the 
key. You may also press the 
and 
keys
on your keyboard to charge this point-of-sale invoice to the
debtors account and to print the point-of-sale invoice (till slip).
If the customer is an approved debtor with credit
facilities, and it is requested that you charge the amount of the point-of-sale
to his account, check that the debtor has sufficient credit facilities
available. Enter the amount of the point-of-sale invoice in the account field.
The Payment screen will change to reflect the fields to select the debtor
account.
Click on the Charge to Account field to select a Debtor
account. The Select Debtor Account screen will be displayed.
Click on the Customer field to select the Debtor from the
Debtors search facility and
press the 
key on your keyboard to close or exit the Select Customer
screen.
Check that the name is correctly displayed on the Payments
screen. Click on the 
button to print the point-of-sale invoice hand it to
the customer.
It is important to implement sufficient control measures to check that the debtors has sufficient credit facilities available if you charge point-of-sales invoices to debtor accounts, etc. to limit your losses. If you grant credit facilities, you may find that some debtors cannot pay their accounts if their credit limit is set too high or if the credit limit is exceeded. Some debtors may be very unwilling to pay or settle their accounts.
If the customer requests to charge the amount of the point-of-sale invoice to his account, the cashier or salesperson should check that the debtor has sufficient credit facilities available before processing the payment.
To Charge an Invoice to a Debtor Account:
Once an point-of-sale invoice is created, click on the
speed button or icon or press the key. You may also press the and keys
on your keyboard to charge this point-of-sale invoice to the
debtors account and to print the point-of-sale invoice (till slip). If the customer is an approved debtor with credit
facilities, and it is requested that you charge the amount of the point-of-sale
to his account, check that the debtor has sufficient credit facilities
available. Enter the amount of the point-of-sale invoice in the account field.
The Payment screen will change to reflect the fields to select the debtor
account.
Click on the Charge to Account field to select a Debtor
account. The Select Debtor Account screen will be displayed.
Click on the Customer field to select the Debtor from the
Debtors search facility and
press the key on your keyboard to close or exit the Select Customer
screen.Check that the name is correctly displayed on the Payments
screen. Click on the button to print the point-of-sale invoice hand it to
the customer.
It is important to implement sufficient control measures to check that the debtors has sufficient credit facilities available if you charge point-of-sales invoices to debtor accounts, etc. to limit your losses. If you grant credit facilities, you may find that some debtors cannot pay their accounts if their credit limit is set too high or if the credit limit is exceeded. Some debtors may be very unwilling to pay or settle their accounts.
