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We have seen this with a couple of clients. Fully applied payment still showing as open on the vnedor ledger entries. Thoughts?

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OussamaSabbouh 12,808 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello,

Fully applied vendor entries still show Open because of tiny rounding differences.

Even 0.01 or 0.02 left in Remaining Amount keeps the entry open.

Fix:

1. Run Adjust Exchange Rates (often clears FCY rounding).

2. If still open → Unapply and re-apply + post to force Remaining Amount = 0.00 exactly.

This is normal rounding behavior in BC, not a bug.

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Oussama Sabbouh

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The exchange rate update did update the remaining balance on the local currency to match (invoice remaining balance = payment remaining balance). Then we re-applied. Still showing open.

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Pallavi Phade 5,420 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Namaste @rcboiler

Can you check the posting sequence and amount application . In ideal cases once payment and invoice are applied , open boolean gets false .

You can do un-application and re-apply on proper posting dates . Verify the same

Warm Regards

Pallavi Phade

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Gregory Mavrogeorgis 992 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

It looks like Business Central is keeping those entries “open” even though the payment is fully applied. That usually happens when BC sees tiny rounding differences between the invoice and the payment. Even if the screen shows 0.00 Remaining Amount, the system might still have a fraction of a penny hiding in the background, which is enough for BC to refuse to close the entry.
You can fix it in one of two simple ways:
1. Unapply and re-apply the payment
This is the easiest and usually works right away.

Open the vendor ledger entry

Choose Unapply

Then apply the payment again

BC will recreate the entries cleanly and drop the rounding noise

2. Adjust the Remaining Amount manually
If the unapply option isn’t ideal:

Open the ledger entry

Go to Correct / Adjust Remaining Amount

Set the remaining amount to 0.00

Save it

This forces the entry to close.

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Jainam M. Kothari 15,732 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello,

This usually happens because of a tiny residual amount (often due to rounding or currency adjustments) that prevents the entry from reaching an exact zero balance, so Business Central still marks it as “Open.”

Common fixes include running Adjust Exchange Rates if foreign currency is involved or unapplying and reapplying the payment to force the remaining amount to zero.

It’s a known behavior rather than a bug and is tied to how BC handles rounding differences.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/payables-how-apply-purchase-transactions-manually

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Rishabh Kanaskar 6,219 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

Try to Unapply on both entries, then re-Apply Entries and Post Application.

Thanks

Rishabh

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