How can I show a zero amount in an invoice?
If I give a service which is usually charged for but I want to give for free, (and make a point of it), how do i get around the warning about can't be zero?
Thanks.

Hi Matthew,

I'm afraid Solar Accounts is not designed to produce an invoice with a zero amount. One option is:
1. Create an invoice with a positive amount
2. Export the invoice to a spreadsheet
3. Edit the spreadsheet in Excel to change the amount to zero
4. Delete the invoice in Solar Accounts

Regards,

I think this would be a good feature to add to a future release of Solar Account. I'm guessing it should be relatively easy to implement... just a case of changing the check from "total > 0" to "total >= 0" ?

Hi Ian,

Yes, I can see that it would be useful. Unfortunately it's not simply a case of changing the validation logic as there may be other areas of the system that rely on the invoice total being non-zero

I have noted this as a feature request in our system.

Regards,

Mark,

How about adding the lines with a cost and then adding a line with a negative cost crediting back the free work. Thats what I do and it seems to work.
It makes a couple of reports look bit funny but figures work out ok.

Joe

Hi Joe,

Yes that is an alternative way to present a 'free' item - I hadn't thought of that!

Cheers,