I am using Sage for one my client's. In the Age Debtors list the rentention shows as balance outstanding which will not be paid for at least 1 year.
Any idea's how to put this rentention elsewhere on the sage so the invoice can be cleared and then re-invoice the rentention when it falls due at the end of the year.
In most cases I've seen, people just leave it on the sales ledger. Another possibility is to create a new nominal code somewhere just after 1100 and call it "Retentions control account" or similar. Post a credit note on the sales ledger for the customer with a retention to that nominal code, and when you re-invoice the retention, post the invoice against that control account.
Another possibility is to slap Sage with a wet kipper and ask them to add a facility in Sage to deal with retentions in a more useful way. I did so back in March 2012.
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