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November 11, 2021
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Recognizing 1/12th of Deferred Revenue (each month) over a 12 month service term

  • November 11, 2021
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A software company invoices commercial customers annually for software maintenance (support) to be provided over the following year. For example, they may invoice a customer for $12K in December and then recognize $1K per month from the following January to December. The $12K is due within normal terms and typically paid sometime just prior to or in the first month or two of the "service period". Thanks for any help - it's possible QBOL is not robust enough to handle this efficiently and may need an add-on tool or replacing. Thanks for any help!

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November 11, 2021

Hi WSPI,

 

Welcome to Community!  I can appreciate you reaching out for assistance with recognizing deferred revenue for the upcoming year.  In QuickBooks Online, you'd have the ability to receive payments on the initial invoice and see the running balance.  However, in this case having the invoices created by a software company would require a third party app that syncs with QuickBooks Online.  

 

I hope this helps.  Enjoy the rest of your day!