Deleting and correcting invoices
Overview
To delete an invoice, open Financials → Invoices → the Tenants or Suppliers tab, scroll the table to the right and click the red rubbish bin Delete button on the invoice's row, then confirm. If Keyhook blocks the delete, correct the balances with a journal entry from Financials → Journalling instead.
Check whether money has moved
Once you have run those three checks, this is what happens.
Tenant invoices
| The situation | Will it delete? | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Nobody has paid it | Yes | The invoice and its charge disappear. |
| The tenant has paid and the money is still held on the property | Yes | What they paid becomes credit on the tenancy, not a refund to their bank account. |
| The tenant paid using water credit | Yes | The water credit goes back to their water credit, not to tenancy credit. |
| The tenant's payment has already gone out to the owner | No | Correct it with a journal entry instead. |
| The property's balance has since been spent on something else | No | It will delete once the property holds enough again. |
| It is paid to your agency and the fees have been drawn across | No | It will delete once that fee or GST account holds enough again. |
Supplier invoices
| The situation | Will it delete? | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Status is Pending | Yes | Nothing has been posted, so no money moves. |
| Status is Allocated | Yes | The total returns to the property, and the fee and GST come back out of your agency accounts. |
| Status is Allocated but an account is marked Short | No | It will delete once that account holds enough again. |
| Status is Paid | No | The money has left the trust account. Correct it with a journal entry instead. |
| Sent to the owner to pay directly | No | It is marked Paid even though nothing left your trust account. |
| Not approved yet, still in Bill Pay | No | It never reached the Suppliers tab. Archive it in Bill Pay instead. |
Edit an invoice instead of deleting it
Delete a tenant invoice
Delete a supplier invoice
Why you see "This invoice cannot be deleted as it has already been paid"
Reverse an invoice with a journal entry
Fix an invoice on the wrong property or tenancy
Fix a water invoice on the wrong property
Use this when a water bill (for example from Watercare) was approved against the wrong property and nothing has been paid out yet.
Note: the first water invoice stays on the Approved tab and cannot be edited. Deleting the supplier invoice only removes the payment and the tenant's charge.
Frequently asked questions
How do I stop a charge that keeps generating every month?
Deleting an invoice only removes that one charge. To stop future ones, open Financials in the left sidebar → Invoices → the Recurring tab and edit or delete the schedule itself.