How Do I Transfer Retainers Between Projects?

You can apply retainer payments directly to invoices as well as to projects. In addition, you can move retainer balances between projects owned by the same client. To do this:

 

  1. Create a retainer transaction for a project, say Proj 100, assigned to a client, Client AA. The same client has another project, say Proj 101.

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  2. On the Projects > Billing > Transactions screen, start the retainer transfer by clicking New under the Action drop-down.
  3. Click the Retainer option. You are informed that a retainer exists for this client.
  4. Click From on the dialog box to make a payment from the retainer account.

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  5. Enter the Retainer Amount to be transferred and then click the Projects button. Select the project in the grid receiving the retainer.

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The first project, Proj 100, now has $500 less in retainer balance. The second project, Proj 101, has a retainer balance of the transferred amount $500.