# Add advanced balance Advanced balance(to customers) is the sum of the amount that the business should pay to the customers. Advanced balance(to suppliers) is the sum of the amount that the suppliers should pay for the business. To add an advanced balance, Go to `Customers -> customers/suppliers` and click on the action button. Here you will find a pay option and click on it. Add payment pop-up will be shown add the required amount value and click on the save button. ### **Making sales/purchases using advanced balance:** To make a purchase or sale using this advanced balance, add a sale or purchase. Select the customer/supplier to whom you have added the advanced balance. While making the payment select the advance option and save it. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.kbgfuzion.com/erp/knowledge-base/contacts/add-advanced-balance.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.