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# Create a one-time payment

> Record a lease payment that falls outside the standard recurring cost schedule.

One-time payments capture lease payments that are outside standard recurring cost schedules — for example, security deposits, catch-up payments, or other non-recurring charges.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Navigate to Lease Financials">
    From the lease home, select the lease and click **Lease Financials**. You land on the **Lease Payments** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a new payment">
    Click **New**. A new record is added to the list and the fields reset.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter payment details">
    Fill in the required fields:

    * **Effective Date** — the date the payment applies
    * **Payment Category** — for example, Other
    * **Payment Type** — for example, Security Deposit
    * **Net Amount** and **Currency**
    * **Vendor** — the payee for this payment
    * **Applies From / Applies To** — the period this payment covers

    Add a **Remittance Message** and **Comments** if needed.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the payment status">
    The status defaults to **Draft**. You can manually set it to **Paid - Manual Check**, **Void**, or **On Hold**.

    <Note>To set a payment to **Approved**, it must go through the payment batch approval process.</Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Click **Save** to keep your changes.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Copy payments (optional)">
    To create similar payments quickly, select an existing payment and click **Copy**. Modify the duplicate — such as the effective date or amount — then save.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>Payments that have already been processed cannot be modified or deleted.</Warning>