Currently, recording a Payment received from a Vendor, if done by recording the Vendor with the deposit, makes that a PAYABLES item IN ERROR. While Sage may believe that Assumption is correct, it is an assumption that forces, in this case, additional work.
This methodology is also inconsistent with other processes in Sage50. A check is able to be written to a vendor without a Payables Invoice. Why then is a Credit Memo required to record money received from a Vendor?