Adjusting for overpaid and underpaid invoices

Question

I have a client that underpaid a batch of invoices (by 75 cents!) and then overpaid (by a larger amount) a second batch of invoices. When I "receive a payment" on an invoice, it doesn't allow me to adjust the amount of the payment. So now my actual check deposit doesn't match the amount I can enter for the transaction. What do I do? (And please be very specific. I'm a sole proprietor, not an accountant.) Thanks!

asmad · Accepted Answer

I did think about doing that before, but it wouldn't leave as good a paper trail as transactions. I wound up issuing a refund for the short pay and then issued a new invoice for the overpay. If I issued a credit, it didn't work because it factored in the refund, thereby changing the credit amount, and I needed to be able to reconcile these, as the transactions weren't in the same statement month.
 It just seems like there should be a better way. Quicken should have a way to account for the fact that accounts payable people may make mistakes on their checks and at the receiving end we might need to be able to make adjustments.