# Handling Advance Payments Better

**URL:** <https://forum.manager.io/t/handling-advance-payments-better/11073>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 8, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/handling-advance-payments-better/11073 "2017-08-08T03:53:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brucanna](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/brucanna/32/1960_2.png) [@Brucanna](https://forum.manager.io/u/Brucanna)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/handling-advance-payments-better/11073/2 "2017-08-08T04:15:07Z")

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> [@sharpdrivetek](#):
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> why cannot the excess amount be automatically adjusted to a sub-account under the Accounts payable or Accounts receivable

Manager use to have such an account setup called - Customer Credits and Supplier Credits.  
But that was eliminated over a year ago as the accounting in the background was not intuitive  
([[16.7.73] Categorization against customer and supplier accounts more intuitive](https://forum.manager.io/t/16-7-73-categorization-against-customer-and-supplier-accounts-more-intuitive/6462))

> [@sharpdrivetek](#):
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> Please note that the advance payment is not a deposit which can be recorded under a special account

There is nothing to say that you can’t have Special Accounts for either - advance payments & deposits.

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