There are certain business tasks that you perform frequently, such as offers to customers or creating invoices to sell and purchase products. Other tasks are less frequent, such as registering customers and products. The following table describes some of the tasks, with links to the topics that describe them.
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Create a sales quote where you offer products on negotiable terms before converting the quote to a sales invoice. | |
Create a sales invoice to record your agreement with a customer to sell products on certain delivery and payment terms. | |
Create a purchase invoice to record your agreement with a vendor to purchase products on certain delivery and payment terms. | |
Create a purchase invoice for all or selected lines on a sales invoice. | |
Perform an action on an unpaid posted sales invoice to automatically create a credit memo and either cancel the sales invoice or recreate it so you can make corrections. | |
Create a sales credit memo to revert a specific posted sales invoice to reflect which products the customer returns and which payment amount you will refund. | |
Perform an action on an unpaid posted purchase invoice to automatically create a credit memo and either cancel the purchase invoice or recreate it so you can make corrections. | |
Create a purchase credit memo to revert a specific posted purchase invoice to reflect which products you are returning to the vendor and which payment amount you will collect. | |
Create a customer card for each customer that you sell to. | |
Create a vendor card for each vendor that you purchase from. | |
Create an item card for each inventory item or service that you trade in. | |
Increase or decrease an item’s inventory quantity, for example, after a physical count or as a simple way to record purchase receipts. |