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# Process payments and applications

Last modified February 19, 2026



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## In this section


- [Processing payments and applications - overview](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/processing-payments-and-applications-overview/index.md): In general, you use the Customer ledger workspace specifically for sales made on credit.

- [About payment recording](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/about-payment-recording/index.md): In Visma Net, you can create the following types of payment documents: Payment, Prepayment, and Customer refund.

- [About automatic payment application](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/about-automatic-payment-application/index.md): Manually applying payment documents to invoices may require a significant amount of time if your company sells a lot in a financial period.

- [About release of payments and prepayments](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/about-release-of-payments-and-prepayments/index.md): This topic contains information that applies to releasing documents of the Payment and Prepayment type.

- [About release of application records](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/about-release-of-application-records/index.md): In most cases, when you release applications records, the system does not generate any transactions that need to be posted to the general ledger.

- [Pay a specific outstanding document](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/pay-a-specific-outstanding-document/index.md): You can enter a customer payment received for a specific outstanding document by using the Sales invoices (AR301000) window as a starting point.

- [Track customer prepayments](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/track-customer-prepayments/index.md): You can track customer prepayments in the following windows:

- [Apply a payment document automatically](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/apply-a-payment-document-automatically/index.md): You can initiate the process of payment auto-application by using the Apply payments automatically (AR506000) window.

- [Match incoming payments](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/match-incoming-payments/index.md): After the payments are processed in the AutoPay inbox (CA50400S) window, you need to match them automatically from the Process incoming payments (AR305000)…

- [Match a bank transaction or incoming payment line to different documents](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/match-a-bank-transaction-or-incoming-payment-line-to-different-documents/index.md): In the Process bank transactions (CA306000) and Process incoming payments (AR305000) windows, you can split a bank transaction or incoming payment line in the…

- [Create a new payment or document](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/create-a-new-payment-or-document/index.md): For bank transactions and incoming payments with no match, you can create a new document or payment to match manually.

- [Process matched incoming payments](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/process-payments-and-applications/process-matched-incoming-payments/index.md): Go to the Process incoming payments (AR305000) window and select a Cash account. When you have reviewed the transactions, click Process. The system now…