I guess I misunderstood you, I am keeping track of the payment info, but have it in the same parent table. The question was why it would be better to keep the payment info in a second child table?

>Oh, OK.
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>For audit purposes, I would consider tracking the payments date, amount, and invoice applied to in a separate table.
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>>Hi John,
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>>In this app I'm simply applying the payment torwards the balance.