Records needed for this question
Deposit receipt, customer agreement and later invoice or refund instruction.
How to investigate
Track the deposit separately and obtain an approved allocation when the invoice is issued.
An illustrative review decision
A deposit received before invoicing can remain a separate liability or credit under the approved treatment. Preserve the agreement and obtain finance approval instead of assigning it to an arbitrary overdue invoice.
What can lead to the wrong conclusion?
Using unallocated deposits to make aging look better masks unresolved obligations.
The result to retain
A deposit register with allocation or refund decisions.
Apply the review in context
Explore receivables visibility, prioritization, disputes and payment coordination in AuditRes AR / Collections. External delivery is not implied by a suggested or simulated action.
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