Accept a partial payment using Wave’s online payments
Record a partial payment made outside of Wave
Partial payments can be used to receive installment payments. You can also use recurring invoices to create and send a series of invoices, and receive installment payments.
Partially paid invoices will update to show the unpaid balance, and have a Remaining amount badge.
You can also view an invoice’s remaining balance on the Invoices page, under the Amount due column.
Accept a partial payment using Wave’s online payments
Learn how to set up online payments.
When paying an invoice through the invoice link, customers can edit the payment amount. You can also edit the payment amount when charging a customer's credit card to make a payment.
The automated bookkeeping process is the same as when a full payment is made.
Record a partial payment made outside of Wave
If a customer makes a partial payment outside of Wave, edit the amount when recording a payment on the invoice. If you import transactions automatically, categorize the transaction as a Payment Received for an Invoice in Wave as normal.