Just another posting here for clarification...

I'm presuming that you are using either DOS TBR or Adagio Time&Billing, and are creating a Final Bill batch. For a specific Bill, you have edited the bill amount for a WIP transaction less than the originally entered amount. Therefore, the remaining amount must be accounted for.

You have two options, 'Write-off' or 'Balance forward'. If you choose to write off that amount, the write-off GL account is posted to when posting the bill. If you choose to balance forward that amount, then the remaining amount is re-posted to the work in progress file as a new transaction.

I believe Balance Forward is the 'default' choice only because it is alphabetically first, not because of any other setting.

Note that this type of transaction is completely separate than the Customer Type field on the customer, where the choices are Open Item and Balance Forward.

If you think that a problem exists when this bill is posted (ie the Write-off versus Balance Forward), please indicate this. The easiest way to determine is by printing the Bill Posting Journal, where transactions will indicate amounts either written off or balance forward (ie re-posted to WIP). Also, you can do a WIP inquiry for that docket and look for transactions with today's date - Balance forward transactions will have a description indicating this.

Regards,