A deposit is an amount of money that the customer pays before the job is started. You enter the deposit amount in the Edit Job form.

An invoice is a document that you give to the customer to request payment as the job progresses, and when the job is finished. Invoices can be printed in the form of an invoice, or in the form of a draw request.

Smart Contractor allows you to apply portions of the deposit to invoices. This means that you can use some, or all, of the deposit amount to pay for part of, or all of, an invoice. You can apply any amount of the balance of the deposit to any invoice.

To apply deposits to invoices, all you have to do is enter an amount in the prompt for Apply Deposit Amount: in the Invoice entry form. The invoice entry form displays the invoice subtotal, and the deposit balance. When you enter an amount in the Apply Deposit Amount: prompt, the program automatically applies that amount of the deposit to the invoice. You can apply any part of the deposit balance to any invoice.

When you apply a deposit amount to an invoice, an additional "Deposit Apply" line is added to the invoice, with the amount set to minus the deposit amount.