Managing unapplied funds in your Pay by Invoice account

Watch this short training video and learn how to use your unapplied funds to pay for outstanding invoices.

How to use unapplied funds to pay for your outstanding invoices

Unapplied funds are the total amount available from unapplied credit memos and unapplied payments. They can occur as a result of:

  • Overpayment
  • Duplicate payment
  • Refunds after payment
  • Missing remittance advice

 

You can use unapplied funds to pay for your outstanding invoices. If Amazon Business is unable to identify or apply your payment, we’ll reach out to the Accounts Payable contact we have on file. If no response is received, we’ll apply funds to your open balance, starting with the oldest open invoice. 

Tip: To ensure our team can contact the right person regarding payments questions or unapplied funds, make sure you keep contact information for your organization’s account up-to-date. 

Applying funds to invoices

To apply funds to specific invoices, you can choose open payments and credit memos and apply them to outstanding invoices directly within your account. This feature is available to account Administrators and Finance users. Visit the Apply Funds experience on Your Invoice for Pay by Invoice.

 

In addition, you can send the following information that you would like applied toward your invoices to: ar-businessinvoicing@amazon.com

  • Invoice numbers
  • Amounts you would like to pay
  • Open payments
  • Credit memo numbers

 

Tracking unapplied funds

Account administrators and finance users can track the unapplied funds available for the account at any point in time within the account summary at the top of the Your Invoices for Pay by Invoice page. If the total value of the unapplied payments and credits exceeds your past due balances, account administrators can request a disbursement to the bank account on file for your account.

Tip: Account administrators can define their preferred bank account for payments and disbursements through Accounts Payable settings for Pay by Invoice.

For questions related to past due notices, unapplied funds, and credit memos, contact Amazon Business accounts receivable at

ar-businessworkbench@amazon.com

Learn how to manage unapplied funds with Pay by Invoice