# Do not Allow Debit Balance of a Party while Billing
**YouTube:** [How to Prevent Credit Sales by Restricting Billing for Customers with Debit Balance ?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3Dt43QsjU)
This tutorial explains how to enable a control in Logic Admin that prevents billing for parties whose account balance would become debit, helping maintain financial discipline and credit control.
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### 🔧 Step-by-Step Instructions
* Navigate to the Logic folder and run Logic Admin.
* Open Global Settings.
* Click to Sales Settings - 2 tab.
* Find and enable the option: **“Do not Allow Debit Balance of a Party while Billing.”**
Let's keep this feature enable to observe its impact in billing.
* **Check** this option to activate the restriction.
* Click **Save** to apply the changes.
#### **Step 5: Restart the Software**
* Close and **restart the Logic software** to enforce the updated setting.
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### Functionality Overview
* Once enabled, the software will prevent billing if the transaction would cause a party’s balance to go into debit.
* If a user tries to save a voucher under these conditions, a warning will appear:\
\&#xNAN;*“Party balance will become debit, cannot allow entry.”*
As you can see in the picture, the debit balance prompt has appeared.
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### Key Benefits
* **Ensures financial control** by preventing credit sales to overdrawn parties.
* **Avoids bad debts** and enforces company credit policies.
* **Improves cash flow** management by encouraging upfront payments or settlements.
* **Reduces risk** of unintended entries and billing errors.
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