{"slug":"take-a-payment-against-an-invoice","title":"Take a payment against an invoice","description":"Record a payment a customer already made, by cash, check, card or another method you accept.","section":"venue","sections":["venue"],"tags":["invoice","payment","venue"],"aliases":["record a payment","mark an invoice paid","add a payment","customer paid cash","customer paid by check","charge a card for an invoice"],"updated":"2026-09-04","published_datetime":null,"promoted":false,"related":["request-payment-for-a-booking"],"links":[],"images":{},"video":null,"source_commit":"7290ae1","body_format":"markdown","nav":{"section":"venue","group":"Get paid","previous":{"slug":"invoices-for-a-venue-booking","title":"Create and send an invoice to a customer"},"next":{"slug":"point-of-sale-at-your-venue","title":"Point of Sale at your venue"}},"related_articles":[{"slug":"request-payment-for-a-booking","title":"Invoice a booking","description":"Invoice a customer for a booking — the whole cost at once, or a deposit now and the rest later."}],"body":"When a customer pays you another way — cash, a check, or a card you charge yourself — record it against their invoice so the balance updates. Open the invoice, then choose how they paid.\n\nFrom there you can:\n\n- Record a cash or check payment\n- Charge a card\n\n## Find the invoice\n\n1. Click **Payments** in the left-hand menu.\n2. Click **Invoices**.\n3. Click the invoice you want to record a payment against.\n\n![The Invoices list, with the invoice to record a payment against](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/take-a-payment-against-an-invoice/01-invoices-list.png)\n\n## Record a cash or check payment\n\n1. Click **Add Payment**.\n\n![The invoice, with Add Payment open to Cash and Check](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/take-a-payment-against-an-invoice/02-add-payment-menu.png)\n\n2. Click **Cash** or **Check**.\n3. Fill in **Amount**.\n4. If you're recording a check, fill in the check number.\n\n![The Add Payment form, with the cash amount filled in](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/take-a-payment-against-an-invoice/03-add-cash-payment.png)\n\n5. Click **Add payment**.\n\nIf a cash amount is more than the balance, the change due shows once you add the payment.\n\n![The change due, shown once a cash payment is more than the balance](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/take-a-payment-against-an-invoice/04-change-due.png)\n\n## Charge a card\n\n1. Click **Add Payment**.\n2. Click **Charge**.\n3. Fill in **Amount**.\n4. Choose one of the customer's cards on file, or select **Manual entry** and type in the card number, expiration date, CVV and zip code.\n5. Click **Charge**.\n\nIf the charge adds a fee, you'll see it before you confirm.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- Only admins and managers can take a payment. Accountants can view invoices, but can't record a payment.\n- If your venue accepts other ways to pay — like a customer's credit balance, or a payment type you've set up — those show as extra options when you click **Add Payment**."}