Inside LawAccounting's Overpayment, Credit Memo & Refund Engine: How Law Firms Handle Client Money That Came In Too Big Without Ever Touching Trust (2026 Feature Spotlight)

A client pays $5,000 against a $4,300 invoice. Where does the $700 go? At most firms the honest answer is: into the operating account, onto a sticky note, and into a conversation eight months later. Overpayments, duplicate payments, and credit memos are the least-designed corner of legal accounting and one of the most consequential, because the wrong handling turns a bookkeeping event into a trust violation. Here is how LawAccounting's credit engine handles it.