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If the member wanted to pay a contract ahead, for example make their January payment in December, you would click Pay Contract on any invoice to get to the Pay Contract screen, and enter the payment. The
Or you can go to Account>Contracts and click Pay Contract from the Select Action drop-down to the left of the contract you are paying.
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The payment will be applied to the oldest outstanding invoice and any overpayment will apply to next payment(s) due when the invoice is created. The example below shows the March payment as being $0 because this contract was overpaid in January.
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Open Invoices Tab - Paying from the Open Invoices Screen
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