Amend Sales Ledger allocations

Use this to unallocate transactions or change the allocated amounts.

You cannot change the allocation details for:

• Balance forwardBalance forward accounting is a type of accounting where all transaction details remain on the ledger in full until the period end routine is run. During the period end procedure, all transactions (except those in query which are dealt with separately) are cleared from the file and only a brought forward balance is displayed for the new period. Each period's total creditors balance is carried forward as a single balance figure. The number of balances carried forward depends upon the number of months aged debts you specify for the Purchase Ledger. When transactions, such as receipts, are posted for a previous period's transaction, they are allocated by period number, so that the appropriate balance is reduced at the period end. The advantage of this type of accounting is its economical use of disk space. Balance forward accounting cannot be used for foreign currency accounts. or Automatic allocationAutomatic allocation is a type of accounting that combines the features of open item accounting with an automated allocation routine, which is activated at period end. During the period end process, any payments are allocated to invoices on the basis of the oldest outstanding invoices being allocated first. If an invoice is in query, then it is ignored. accounts.
• Transactions that are queried (apart from finance charge invoices, indicated by the letter F).

If the customer account is on hold, a warning is displayed, but you can still amend the allocation.

• The original allocations are removed from the ledger.
• The associated entries are updated.
• Any revised allocations are saved, retaining the date applied to the original allocation.