I'm trying to integrate Billings into my project management workflow however I think I'm a bit confused procedurally as to how to work with some items (specifically deposits). For example, I've got a client with a project. This project has a variety of estimate slips attached to it. For the purpose of this discussion let's say one such slip is design priced at $400 and the other is development at $500. Both of these slips also appear under my "Working slips".
At the start of my project I typically receive a 50% deposit however this deposit does not specifically apply to any specific slip. In fact it's based on 50% of the total project price (in this case $900 / 2 = $450). However when I apply a cheque (wish we could adjust that spelling) to the account it's not tied to anything. By that I mean that instead of the balance being the difference between the project estimate and the check received, it shows as some sort of surplus.
As it would seem, each invoice needs to be attached to a slip, not a job. Is there some sane workaround for this? I don't want to create fake slips as that screws with my receivable totals and partial slips seem very goofy (eg. 4 slips 2 x design 50%, 2 x development 50%). Are there any better solutions? Or am I working with this the wrong way?
