Sometimes when you’re managing payments in ZipBooks, you need to split a transaction to apply it to different bills, customers or invoices. You can split a transaction as many times as you need and apply it to multiple tags and contacts. Here’s how.
How to split a transaction:
Select Transactions
Click the transaction you want to split to open expanded view
Click the Edit or Split button and the Edit transaction window will open
Click Add Split button, another transaction line will appear
Specify amounts, balance transactions and hit Save
To assign a split transaction to multiple customers, invoices or tags:
Select Transactions
Click the transaction you want to split to open the expanded view
Click the Edit or Split button and the Edit transaction window will open
If needed, Add Split
Click the Gear icon to the far right of the split line
-Verify Account/Category
-Search for an Invoice number or tag (you can add multiple tags)
-Assign the transaction to a specific Customer
-Verify the split Amount
-If needed, check the box for 1099 transaction
Hit Done, then Save
Note: If the split is for a payment against an invoice, you’ll need to add both the invoice tag and contact tag in order to accurately categorize the payment. Each line of the split needs to be tagged appropriately in order for the invoices to be marked as paid and the accounts receivable balances eliminated.
You can also manage splits and balance debits and credits using the Advanced view from the Edit Transaction window.