Can I take partial payment deposits with Square?

Missoreo6 · ‎01-06-2018

How do you use Square when payments are partial til final pickup of product at which time balance in full is due?

ACAcatering · ‎03-30-2018

I'm more familiar with the invoicing system, but will try to address Square Stand as well. I use invoices exclusively for my business. Being in the catering business, I find myself needing to take deposits to hold a date. We require a 50% deposit. When I send an invoice to the customer, I figure what 50% of the subtotal would be and create a new invoice for that person for the deposit. When it is paid, I use the discount line to subtract the deposit.
As for Square Stand, I haven't used it in a while, but I remember that you can save tickets. If you do so, you should be able to pull that ticket up at any time, and do a cash or check tender which would leave you with a remaining balance. Not so sure that would work with a credit card though. Hope this helps!

RepairDude101 · ‎12-31-2018

That is what i do too but it creates a big accounting problem in that the discount line actually adds that amount to the daily sales making the records appear to have made more money than we really made.