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System Has the provision to adjust the advance payment received against the recipt to be entered in the miscellaneous receipt screen. Miscellaneous Receipt menu exists in Finance -> Receivables, with three options Any, Employee and other sites.
We can use misc receipt, for recording of a cash /bank receipt from internal i.e. employees or any external sources. External sources can be Customers, Suppliers, Loan Party, Tax authority, Sales person, Transporter etc. Most cash receipts are saved through the Miscellaneous receipt transactions.
Employee misc receipt can be done for HR Loans etc. Any misc receipt is for receiving from an external source.