Process invoices

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Process invoices - overview

In general, you use the Customer ledger workspace specifically for sales made on credit.

About Know your customer (KYC)

Know your customer, KYC, is a process for financial institutes to know their customers’ identity, financial operations and risk profile.

About invoice processing flow

In the Sales invoices (AR301000) window, customer ledger documents of the following types can be entered directly: Invoice, Credit note, and Debit note.

About invoice recording

An invoice is a request for payment for goods sold or services rendered.

About invoice releasing

In Visma Net, invoices that can be released manually have the following document types in the Sales invoices (AR301000) window: Invoice, Debit note, and Overdue charge.

About invoice response messages

Invoice response messages are messages sent from the ERP system of the receiver of a sales invoice (the customer) to the ERP system of the sender of the sales invoice (you).

About correction of a released invoice

You may need to decrease the outstanding amount of an invoice when the invoice overcharged the customer or the customer reported receiving damaged goods.

About rounding of document amounts

Your company policy or local regulations may require that you round the total amounts on invoices.

About sending direct debit invoices

Direct debit is a payment method in which a third party is granted permission to take payments from a bank account.

Create an invoice

You create a customer ledger invoice by using the Sales invoices (AR301000) window.

Change customer or customer location on sales invoice

In Visma Net, you can change the customer or customer location on a sales invoice, even when it already has lines.

Print invoice

You can print selected invoices and memos by using the Send invoices (AR508000) window.

Send invoice attachments through AutoInvoice

In Customer ledger you can add attachments on invoices.

Release an invoice

To release a particular invoice or note, use the Sales invoices (AR301000) window, as described below.

Reverse an invoice

Create a credit note

To credit a customer if, for example, the customer received damaged goods or the invoice mistakenly overcharged the customer, you create a credit note by using the Sales invoices (AR301000) window.

Apply a credit note to open documents

After you have created a credit note (as described in Create a credit note ), the note should be released; see Release an invoice for details.

Create and release an invoice

Set up document amount rounding

Your company policy or local regulations may require that you round the amounts on invoices.

Check sent email status for AutoInvoice

Check sent email status

Correct a sales invoice

You correct a customer ledger invoice differently depending on whether the invoice was released (and has the Open or Closed status) or was not released (and has the Balanced, On hold, or Scheduled status).

Correct a released sales invoice

You correct a customer ledger invoice differently depending on whether the invoice was released (and has the Open or Closed status) or was not released (and has the Balanced, On hold, or Scheduled status).

Send an invoice

Send one invoice to AutoInvoice

Email an invoice from preview in a report

If the Do not email check box is selected on the Invoice address tab and the invoice is released, you cannot send the invoice as an email from the Sales invoices window.

Email an invoice or a credit note

Override an email address

Email an invoice to an unregistered contact

You can email the invoice to another contact than the email address registered on the customer.

Poll the invoice status

Close customer invoices open due to rounding differences

If the customer has made a payment for an invoice with rounding differences, the customer’s balance will be open.

Preview an invoice

Print an invoice

Add text to invoices

In some situations, you might need to add additional text on invoices.

Last modified February 19, 2026