How do I raise invoices and enter invoice from the same customer

[Matt Bradley]

We are an auction house, and we have vendor customers on behalf of whom we sell goods.

In settling up with the vendor, we record an invoice from that customer for the hammer price of the goods, and raise an invoice to them for the seller fees. We then settle the fees invoice with some of the balance of the hammer price invoice from the customer, and make a payment out to the customer for the outstanding hammer price balance.

However, it seems that it isn't possible in Sage for me to record in invoice TO and and invoice FROM the same customer. I can only raise invoice TO a "customer" and FROM a "Supplier" meaning that settling up the balances becomes extremely messy, and prone to error when sending payments via Sage API.

Can anybody suggest a workaround? This is causing us endless problems.

[Steel, Mark]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for your question. It sounds as if you're referring to contra entries. There's a guide here in the SBCA help directory advising on how to handle this type of transaction.

Thanks

Mark