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# Dynamics 365 Business Central – Why isn’t Payment Tolerance being taken automatically in the Cash Receipt Journal?

[Read the post](https://thedynamicsexplorer.com/2026/03/30/dynamics-365-business-central-why-isnt-payment-tolerance-being-taken-automatically-in-the-cash-receipt-journal/) · The Dynamics Explorer (Gavin Whittaker) · 2026-03-30 · 470 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus)

> Payment Tolerance in Business Central can automatically write off small remaining invoice balances when a payment is applied. The post shows that tolerance is only taken when the Cash Receipt Journal line has Document Type set to Payment; otherwise no tolerance warning appears and no tolerance GL entry posts.

## Key points

- Payment tolerance settings are configured in General Ledger Setup using a percentage of invoice value with a maximum limit
- Cash receipt journal entries must have Payment as the document type for payment tolerance to apply automatically
- When correctly applied, an extra GL entry posts to the payment tolerance account
- Entering a cash receipt without selecting Payment as document type prevents the tolerance warning and GL posting

## AL objects mentioned

As named in the post. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.

- [page 118 "General Ledger Setup"](../../objects/page/118.md)
- [page 255 "Cash Receipt Journal"](../../objects/page/255.md)

## Context

- Features: Payment Tolerance, Cash Receipt Journal, Invoice Application, General Ledger Setup, GL Entries

Source: The Dynamics Explorer, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.