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# Recording payments and partial payments

> Record a full or partial payment against an invoice in eggz, and see how it flows into your Billed, Collected, and Outstanding views.

## Record a payment

On any invoice, use **Record payment** to log money you've received. You'll enter:

| Field         | What it is                                     |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| **Amount**    | How much was paid, up to the remaining balance |
| **Date**      | When the payment arrived                       |
| **Method**    | How it was paid (for your records)             |
| **Reference** | An optional note, such as a transaction ID     |

## Full and partial payments

* **Full payment** — pay off the whole remaining balance and the invoice is marked **paid**.
* **Partial payment** — pay part of the balance and the remainder stays **Outstanding**. The portion you recorded shows up in **Collected** for the month it arrived.

<Note>Overpayments aren't supported yet — you can record up to the remaining balance, but not more than what's owed.</Note>

## How a payment feeds your three views

A payment doesn't just mark an invoice paid — it flows into your [reporting views](/help/guides/reporting-views):

| View                 | What a payment does                                                                           |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Billed (Accrual)** | No change — the invoice was already counted in the month it was issued                        |
| **Collected (Cash)** | The amount you recorded appears in the month the payment arrived                              |
| **Outstanding**      | The remaining balance drops; if the invoice is now fully paid, it leaves Outstanding entirely |