<h1 class="title">Account Invoice Payment Retention</h1> <p><a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://odoo-community.org/page/development-status"><img alt="Alpha" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/maturity-Alpha-red.png" /></a> <a class="reference external image-reference" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0-standalone.html"><img alt="License: AGPL-3" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/licence-AGPL--3-blue.png" /></a> <a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://github.com/OCA/account-invoicing/tree/14.0/account_invoice_payment_retention"><img alt="OCA/account-invoicing" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/github-OCA%2Faccount--invoicing-lightgray.png?logo=github" /></a> <a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://translation.odoo-community.org/projects/account-invoicing-14-0/account-invoicing-14-0-account_invoice_payment_retention"><img alt="Translate me on Weblate" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/weblate-Translate%20me-F47D42.png" /></a> <a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://runbot.odoo-community.org/runbot/95/14.0"><img alt="Try me on Runbot" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/runbot-Try%20me-875A7B.png" /></a></p> <p>This module provide a feature to plan for retention during invoice / payment. And return it at later time.</p> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li>At Vendor Bill (or Customer Invoice), user can plan the retention by percent/amount</li> <li>At Payment, to retain the amount as planned (enforce / not enforce)</li> <li>At a later time, with another Vendor Bill (or Customer Invoice), user can select the retained payment in order to return it</li> </ol> <p>Note: This feature works on both customer invoice and vendor bill alike.</p> <div class="admonition important"> <p class="first admonition-title">Important</p> <p class="last">This is an alpha version, the data model and design can change at any time without warning. Only for development or testing purpose, do not use in production. <a class="reference external" href="https://odoo-community.org/page/development-status">More details on development status</a></p> </div> <p><strong>Table of contents</strong></p> <div class="contents local topic" id="contents"> <ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#configuration" id="id1">Configuration</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#usage" id="id2">Usage</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#bug-tracker" id="id3">Bug Tracker</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#credits" id="id4">Credits</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#authors" id="id5">Authors</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#contributors" id="id6">Contributors</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#maintainers" id="id7">Maintainers</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <a name="configuration"></a> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1">Configuration</a></h2> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li>Go to menu &gt; Invoicing &gt; Configurations &gt; Settings</li> <li>Enable Invoice's Retention on Payment</li> <li>Select the Retention Account, make sure this account allow reconciliation</li> <li>Once setup, user will see new Retention fields in Customer Invoice / Vendor Bill.</li> </ol> <a name="usage"></a> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">Usage</a></h2> <p><strong>To plan for retention during invoice</strong></p> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li>Create new Vendor Bill (or Customer Invoice).</li> <li>Specify amount to retain, by percent or amount.</li> <li>Validate invoice as per normal.</li> </ol> <p><strong>To make payment retention</strong></p> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li>From the invoice, click Register Payment.</li> <li>On the payment window, system suggest the retention amount, click on helper toggle to apply it.</li> <li>By default, enforce retention is checked to ensure that, a valid retention amount and retention account is applied.</li> <li>Once ready, make payment as per normal. Journal Entry created with a retention account move line (to be cleared at later time).</li> </ol> <p><strong>Note:</strong> System just help to validate retention. At the end, user can ignore the retention.</p> <p><strong>To return the retained amount</strong></p> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li>As time arrived to return the retained amount. Create the new Vendor Bill (or Customer Invoice).</li> <li>Select the partner. Return Retention field will list only uncleared retained amount for this partner.</li> <li>Select one or multiple payments (journal entry), system will auto populate the retained amount.</li> <li>Validate invoice as per normal, system will now clear (reconcile) that retention.</li> <li>Proceed to payment as per normal.</li> </ol> <a name="bug-tracker"></a> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3">Bug Tracker</a></h2> <p>Bugs are tracked on <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/OCA/account-invoicing/issues">GitHub Issues</a>. In case of trouble, please check there if your issue has already been reported. If you spotted it first, help us smashing it by providing a detailed and welcomed <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/OCA/account-invoicing/issues/new?body=module:%20account_invoice_payment_retention%0Aversion:%2014.0%0A%0A**Steps%20to%20reproduce**%0A-%20...%0A%0A**Current%20behavior**%0A%0A**Expected%20behavior**">feedback</a>.</p> <p>Do not contact contributors directly about support or help with technical issues.</p> <a name="credits"></a> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4">Credits</a></h2> <a name="authors"></a> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5">Authors</a></h3> <ul class="simple"> <li>Ecosoft</li> </ul> <a name="contributors"></a> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6">Contributors</a></h3> <ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference external" href="http://ecosoft.co.th">Ecosoft</a>:<ul> <li>Kitti U. &lt;<a class="reference external" href="mailto:kittiu&#64;ecosoft.co.th">kittiu&#64;ecosoft.co.th</a>&gt;</li> <li>Saran Lim. &lt;<a class="reference external" href="mailto:saranl&#64;ecosoft.co.th">saranl&#64;ecosoft.co.th</a>&gt;</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <a name="maintainers"></a> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7">Maintainers</a></h3> <p>This module is maintained by the OCA.</p> <a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://odoo-community.org"><img alt="Odoo Community Association" src="https://odoo-community.org/logo.png" /></a> <p>OCA, or the Odoo Community Association, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the collaborative development of Odoo features and promote its widespread use.</p> <p>This module is part of the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/OCA/account-invoicing/tree/14.0/account_invoice_payment_retention">OCA/account-invoicing</a> project on GitHub.</p> <p>You are welcome to contribute. To learn how please visit <a class="reference external" href="https://odoo-community.org/page/Contribute">https://odoo-community.org/page/Contribute</a>.</p>