# Unapplied cash

> Unapplied cash — Customer cash received but not yet assigned to an invoice. It reduces that customer's AR; only a net credit balance is reclassified to a liability at period end.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/unapplied-cash
Part of: Lopifi — US GAAP books on autopilot, reviewed by a CPA (https://lopifi.com)

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**What is unapplied cash?** In accounting, unapplied cash means customer cash received but not yet assigned to an invoice. It reduces that customer's AR; only a net credit balance is reclassified to a liability at period end.

## Words this system refuses for it

- overpayment
- credit balance

- **Category:** Receivables
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Rendered by:** [unapplied-cash-panel](https://lopifi.com/md/components/unapplied-cash-panel), [cash-application](https://lopifi.com/md/components/cash-application)
- **Related:** liability, invoice, credit, period