Temporary Payments
Route: Finance → Temporary Payment (/bank/entry/temporary)
A Temporary Payment is money recorded against a booking that isn't a confirmed payment yet — a placeholder for a transfer you expect, or an amount that still needs to be tied to a real bank entry. This page lists all of them so nothing is forgotten.
Temporary Payments list
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Date, Value | When it was logged and for how much. |
| Booking | The booking it is parked on. |
| Description | The reference note. |
To resolve a temporary payment: wait for the real money to appear as a bank entry in All Payments, open that entry, assign it to the same booking, and tick Remove temporary payments so the placeholder is cleared as the real payment lands. This keeps the booking from being credited twice.
Example. An agency tells you a €700 transfer is on its way for booking 12345. You add a €700 Temporary Payment on that booking so its balance already looks settled and no reminder goes out. Three days later the transfer lands; you import it, open the entry, assign €700 to booking 12345, and tick Remove temporary payments to pick the placeholder. The temporary line disappears and a real Bank Transfer payment takes its place — the booking was never credited twice.
Warning: temporary payments count towards a booking's paid amount, so a booking can look settled on the strength of money that hasn't truly arrived. Clear this list regularly.
Who can access this: requires the Bank entries permission (view). Visible when the Bank module is active.