Add a Receipt
- Access the
Receipts area.
- Do one of the following:
- Click the Add
button
to
the left of the Receipts
list.
- Click New
> Receipt on the options bar.
- Click File
> New > Receipt on the menubar.
- With focus on the list, press [Insert]
on your keyboard.
- Press [Ctrl]+N.
- Select the Bank
account.
- The Effective date
defaults to the system date but can be changed if necessary.
- The Accounting month
defaults to the current accounting month but can be changed if necessary.
- Enter a Description
for the receipt.
- If you want to process payments entered in the Transactions area
or via the Print
a Receipt for Payment option with this receipt, select the appropriate
checkboxes in the Process Outstanding
Transactions frame.
- Payment - create transmission
file: Locate outstanding transactions in the Payment
- create transmission file transaction code class (meaning
that a file must be created to transfer the payments to a financial
institution).
- Payment - no transmission
file: Locate outstanding transactions in the Payment
- no transmission file transaction code class.
- Receipt for payment:
Locate outstanding PYMT transactions generated by printing a receipt
for payment.
- Click Continue.
- If you selected any of the checkboxes in the Process
Outstanding Transactions frame, the Process
Outstanding Transactions screen displays. If you
did not, continue to the next step.
- Choose the appropriate entity in the Type
dropdown menu.
- Enter the lookup
code for the client, broker, invoice, etc., or click the
lookup
button
to look up the account.
- In the Locate by
dropdown menu, select Cash
on Account, Account Name, Bill
#, Invoice
#, Item
#, or Policy
#.
- Type at least the first character in the first field and click
Locate
or press [Enter].
- Double click the appropriate item,
or click once on the item
and click Finish
or press [Enter].
Note:
There is no lookup field associated with the Miscellaneous
selection.
- Enter a Schedule,
Method,
and Payment
ID.
Note:
Use the payment ID to group detail rows that came from the same initial
payment (for example, you can enter the cheque number from the associated
cheque). The payment ID determines how detail rows are rolled up in
the receipt detail Summary
view and on the Summary layout
for the Deposit Register
report.
- Enter a Payment
date, or click the down
arrow to the right of the field to choose a date from the dropdown
calendar.
The payment date can be used for tracking purposes, but it is up to
your organization to define what this date represents. Using this
field is to indicate the date that the receipt for payment was recorded
is recommended.
Note: This date is not the effective date that will file
for the PYMT transaction that is created.
- Enter a Routing
# if applicable.
- Enter a Description
for the receipt.
- Enter the Amount
of the receipt.
- Select the Credit
or Debit
radio button.
- To allocate this item, click the Get
Allocation link label. See Using
Allocations for more information.
- If you chose Broker,
Client, Company, Finance Company, or Other
Interest in the Type
dropdown menu, make a selection in the Apply
to dropdown menu. Options available in this menu depend
on the Type you selected.
- Account: The account
defaults and cannot be changed.
- Cash on Account: Select
a radio button to indicate the type of cash on account this balance
represents (Direct bill commission,
Premium payable, or Commission
payable). The associated General Ledger account defaults
based on your selection.
This option enables you to store funds in a holding account before
they are applied to specific items or statements. When a statement
is associated to a cash on account receipt, month-end journal
entries move the balance from the Cash on Account required account
to the appropriate income or expense account.
You can select payments left in direct bill commission cash on
account when performing the Associate
GL Item action in the Direct Bill Commissions Reconciliations
area.
- Client: Enter the client
lookup code,
or click the lookup
button
to locate the client (see step 11).
- Full Balance: The payment
amount must equal the Account balance. Once the amounts match,
click Pay
Items to apply the full balance.
If the amount does not equal the Account
balance and the Allow
A/R write-offs for full balance payments option is enabled
in System
Settings, you may write off the remainder as long as it is
within your write-off limit.
- General Ledger: Enter
the GL account
number in the fields provided. To look up the account, click the
lookup
button
. Type at least
the first digit of the account in the first field, or the first
digit of the subaccount in the second field, and then click Locate.
Highlight the appropriate GL
account and click Finish.
- Payables/Commissions:
Click the Select
Payables/Commissions link to open the Pay
Payables/Commissions popup.
- Policy: Click the Select Policy
link to open the Pay
Receivables popup.
- Receivables: Click
the Select
Receivables link to open the Pay
Receivables popup (see the Pay
Receivables link above).
If you chose Employee, Miscellaneous,
or Vendor in the Type field, enter the GL account
number in the fields provided. To look up the account, click the
lookup
button
.
Type at least the first digit of the account in the first field,
or the first digit of the subaccount in the second field, and
then click Locate.
Highlight the appropriate GL
account and click Finish.
- In the Structure frame,
select an Agency,
Branch,
Department,
and Profit Center
if applicable. If you select an agency that is not associated to the
bank account, interagency rows will be created when the receipt is
finalized. Click here
for an example of how these rows will be created.
Note: If the account belongs to only one structure type, the
Structure fields are disabled.
- Optionally select the Suspend
receipt checkbox in the bottom left corner.
- Add, edit, or remove items from the receipt as necessary. You
can change
the columns that display in the list if necessary.
To see what a particular receipt detail row was applied to (which items,
policies, etc.), select the
detail row and click the Apply
To Details link label. Information on this screen is read-only.
- You can access the receipt Summary
view at any point by clicking the Detail
view filter at the top of the screen and selecting Summary.
Click here
for an explanation of how detail rows are consolidated in the Summary view.
- Click Finish
or press [Enter]
to complete the workflow.
Click the Add
button to add another receipt.
Click Cancel
or press [Esc]
to exit the workflow without saving the information.