Hi 

The paid status means the customer has already submitted the payment and it is recorded in the system, and the corresponding payment is matched to the invoice.

if the status is 'in payment' the invoice has been sent and waiting for payment, that invoice is still expecting payment.

once we receive the payment, you have to reconcile payments with bank statements. 

Please check this 

https://www.odoo.com/forum/help-1/how-to-change-payment-state-from-in-payment-to-paid-179281

Regards

🔹 In Payment:

This means a payment process has been initiated but is not yet completed. For example, if you're using a bank journal with checks or SEPA transfers, the invoice will show "In Payment" while waiting for confirmation from the bank.

🔹 Payed (or Paid) :

This means the invoice has been fully paid and no amount is due. The payment is confirmed and the invoice is marked as settled.

📝 Example:

• You create a vendor bill and register a payment via bank transfer.
• Until the payment is confirmed, the bill will be In Payment.
• Once it's confirmed and reconciled, the status changes to Paid.

Hope this clears up the confusion! ✅

Hi,

In Odoo, the difference between “In Payment” and “Paid” for a customer invoice comes down to how far the payment process has gone in your accounting workflow.

In Payment

- Status after you register a payment that is posted, but the payment journal is configured to use an Outstanding Receipts account (a temporary holding account).

- The payment is recorded in accounting but not yet reconciled against your bank account statement.

- This is the normal case if you want to match the payment later during bank reconciliation.

Paid

-Status after the invoice is fully reconciled with a payment.

- Happens when:

             * You post the payment directly to your bank account (skipping the Outstanding Receipts account), or

             * You reconcile the “In Payment” entry with a bank statement line during reconciliation.

How to make “In Payment” become “Paid”

1- Reconcile the payment in Accounting → Reconciliation with the corresponding bank statement line.

For more about reconciliation, refer to the following.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LmVpfslac8

* https://www.cybrosys.com/blog/how-to-manage-the-reconciliation-process-in-odoo-17-accounting

2- Configure the Outstanding Receipts Account in the payment journal to point directly to your bank account (this will mark invoices as Paid right after payment registration, but skips the reconciliation step — suitable only for instant payment scenarios like cash or POS sales).

Hope it helps

Hi!

We still have this problem with  customer invoices which are marked "In payment" but they are paid and connected with bank transactions. They should be marked "Paid" already. And what is also strange that part of all that invoices randomly, on my opinion, marked as "paid".  What could be the problem and how to fix it?