Entering Creditor Sundry a/c Cash Credits

A Creditor Sundry a/c Cash Credit is a transaction issued by a Creditor as a reimbursement for any product or service.
It is the reverse of a Cash Sale transaction.
It is similar to a Credit Note except that because a Bank and Cash are involved, there is no need for the transaction amount to be recorded as outstanding.
Individual Cash Credit transactions can be entered manually (as described here).
Cash Credit transactions created from an automatic process, such as the Contract Purchase Orders, can be opened in this screen and edited.
It may be apportioned and On-Charged (as credits) to Tenants (Debtors).

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Mandatory Prerequisites

Prior to entering a Creditor Sundry Account Cash Credit Transaction, refer to the following Topics:

Accounting Periods (flagged as Current and Open for the Division) - Maintaining Accounting Periods

Cash Book (Bank Account) Chart of Account - Maintaining Chart of Accounts
Expense Chart of Account - Maintaining Chart of Accounts
Tax Rates, Dates and Types - Maintaining GST Rates

Creditors Sundry Account - Maintaining Creditor Sundry a/cs

Property Structure - this is a combination of Owner (mandatory), plus an optional hierarchy of Land, Building, Section, Suite and Annexe. A Lease may be nominated for the lowest entity in the hierarchy.

Screenshot and Field Descriptions

Creditor Cash Credits follow the Double Entry book-keeping rule of having a balanced set of entries.

A Black Debit Cash Book Total on the Left, balanced by net Red Credit Expense and Tax items on the Right.

Left Hand Side fields:

Transaction Date: this is the date of the transaction. Normally it must fall within the Accounting Period defined by the Year and Period.

Year: this is the Accounting Period Year.

Period: this is the Accounting Period.
The default values for Transaction Date, Year and Period come from the Accounting Period marked as Current.
Number: this is the Accounting Period Number. The combination of the Year, Period and Number constitutes the unique transaction Number.

Sundry a/c: this is the Sundry (Creditor) Account ID.

Contract: this is the current service contract with the Sundry a/c.

Transaction Repeats: the following optional fields relate to replicating the transaction in future periods using the Transaction Repeats process:
Repeat Periods: this is the number of periods before the transaction should be repeated again.

Until Date: this is the date to repeat the transaction until. It can be left blank.

Next Date: this date is initially set by the user as a trigger for the first repeat. It will be incremented automatically when the Transaction Repeats process is run. If this field is ever set to blank it will stop repeats from being created.
O/C: this is the on-charge status of the transaction. If the transaction expense is going to be on-charged to Tenants (Debtors), using the On-Charge process, then select one of the following options:
Automatic: the transaction will be on-charged based on the settings in the On-Charge Profile and the area of the Property.
Manual: the transaction will be nominated to be on-charged. When the transaction is saved the Application tool-bar push button: On-Charge will display. Click this to specify how the transaction will be on-charged.
Pending: the transaction will be nominated to be on-charged but put on hold for now.

Once the On-Charge process has been run the status will change to Automatic - Done / Manual - Done.

Reference: this is a free format, optional reference entry field, often used for the number on the document received from the creditor.

Batch: this is a read only field that displays the batch number / date of when the transaction was interfaced with another system.

Details (Header): this is a free format, optional detail associated with the whole transaction. Details for each transaction line can be entered in the Details (Line) field. The Copy Details button will move any text entered to the Details (Line) field.

Cash Book: this is the COA for the Bank account to which the Total will be posted.

Type: this is the banking type of the transaction.

@ Bank: this is the banked date of the transaction and ties into the Bank Reconciliation.

Account: this is the a/c Bank Account Name.

Number: this is the banking reference Number for the transaction eg. Cheque Number.

BSB: this is the a/c Bank Account BSB Number.

Account #: this is the a/c Bank Account Number.
Default values for the Cash Book, Type, Account, BSB and Account # fields can be set on the a/c.
Total: this is the Cash Book (Banked) Total. It is automatically generated based on the entry of amounts on the Right Hand Side of the transaction screen.

Right Hand Side fields:

Transaction Items table: this is a table of revenue or expenditure items. New ones can be added. Existing ones can be deleted or changed by selecting and double clicking. Their content can be maintained in the fields below this table. The items can be a mixture of debits and credits. Their total will be equal but opposite in sign to the Total shown on the Left Hand side.

Order: these are the referential Purchase Order Year, Period and Number fields. They appear if the transaction is related to a Purchase Order.

WO: these are the referential Work Order Number and Line fields.

COA: this is the Chart of Account ID (usually Expenditure) of a transaction line. It is illegal to use any form of Cash or Control types of Chart of Accounts for transactional line postings. As well as nominating an account, the COA is also significant for the following reasons:

1) To avoid users having to specify amounts as debit or credit, a setting on the COA will determine that:
The normal colour of the Creditors Cash Credit Line Amounts shows Red (credit).
The normal sign can be reversed / overridden by prefixing the Amount with a minus [-].

2) The COA has a default Details value.
3) The COA has a default GST type.
4) The use of the Cost Code (optional, mandatory or not required) can be specified on the COA.

Asset: if the transaction line is associated with an Asset, it can be optionally entered here. This will allow such transactions to be referenced in the Asset application.
Component: this is an optional Component sub classification of the Asset above.
Details (Line): this is a free format, optional detail associated with each transaction line. It will default to the value set up for the COA. Details for the whole of the transaction can be entered in the Details (Header) field. The Copy Details button will move any text entered to the Details (Header) field.

From: this is an optional transaction line From Date. It becomes mandatory if accompanied with a To Date.
It is also required if the transaction is to be On-Charged.

To: this is an optional transaction line To Date. It becomes mandatory if accompanied with a From Date.

GST: this is the transaction line's GST Type. It will default to the type set up for the COA.
Inclusive: this check box determines if the entered Amount includes GST. If this field is ticked, when the GST is calculated, the Amount will be reduced by the GST and the tick will disappear to reflect that the line no longer includes GST. If this check box is not ticked, the Amount entered will not be reduced and the GST will be calculated normally.
GST From: this is a historical field and current use is now irrelevant. It was used during the implementation of GST to allow contractual date based transactions to escape full GST. There may be old transactions on the system to which the rule applied.
Cost Code: this is the cost centre that the amount relates to. This field can be set as optional, mandatory or not required on the COA set up screen.

Amount: this is the transaction line amount. The default signing of this field is automatic based on the COA used:
The normal colour of the Creditors Cash Credit Line Amounts shows Red (credit).
The normal sign can be reversed / overridden by prefixing the Amount with a minus [-].
#: this is an automatically generated referential field and appears when a transaction line has been created by another process. The number is the process Charge line.

Lease: this is the Lease ID.

Annexe: this is the Annexe ID.

Suite: this is the Suite ID.

Section: this is the Section ID.

Building: this is the Building ID.

Land: this is the Land ID.

Owner: this is the Owner ID.

How Do I : Search For and Maintain Entities

These General Rules are described in the Fundamentals Manual: How Do I : Search For and Maintain Entities

How Do I : Add a new Cash Credit Transaction

There are several ways of adding new transactions:

Manually, starting from an existing transaction and clicking the Application tool-bar push button: Template.
Manually, starting from an existing Purchase Order by clicking the Application tool-bar push button: Purchase Order.
Manually, starting from an existing Work Order by clicking the Application tool-bar push button: Work Order.
Manually, starting with an empty transaction.
Automatically, as a result of transaction generating applications.
Automatically, as a result of transaction import applications.

Left Hand Side Fields:

These relate to the whole of the transaction:

The Transaction Date, Year and Period will be automatically populated, but can be changed if required. The Number will be automatically generated when the transaction is saved.
Enter a Sundry a/c.
Select a Contract if related.
Enter a Reference.
Enter some transaction header Details.
If this transaction is to be automatically repeated over other accounting periods enter the Repeat Periods, Until and Next fields.
Select a Cash Book from the available drop down options.
Select a banking Type from the available drop down options.
Change the default @Bank date if required.
Enter an Account name.
Enter a banking reference Number if required.
Enter a BSB number.
Enter an Account #.

Right Hand Side Fields:

Repeat for each transaction line:

Enter a COA.
Enter an Asset and Component if required.
Change the default transaction line Details if required.
If the transaction line covers a time period, enter a From and To date.
Change the default GST settings if required.
Enter a Cost Code if required.
Enter the Amount.
Enter the Property hierarchy for the transaction.
Click the Right Hand Side Application tool-bar push button: Add to add the transaction line to the Transaction Items table.

Final:

Prior to adding the transaction, GST Amount lines can be calculated and inserted by clicking the Right Hand Side Application tool-bar push button: Auto GST. Alternatively, the system will automatically do this when the transaction is saved.
Click the Left Hand Side Application tool-bar push button: Add, and confirm that you wish to save the whole transaction.

How Do I : Modify an existing Cash Credit Transaction

Select / search for a transaction via optional combinations of Year, Period, Number and Sundry a/c.
Make changes to the Left Hand Side fields as required.
For the Right Hand Side transaction lines the user has the following options:
1. Add a new line by entering in the Right Hand Side fields and clicking the Right Hand Side Application tool-bar push button: Add to add the transaction line to the Transaction Items table.
2. Change an existing line by double clicking a line in the Transaction Items table, modify any of the transaction line item fields and clicking the Right Hand Side Application tool-bar push button: Change.
3. Delete an existing line by double clicking a line in the Transaction Items table and clicking the Right Hand Side Application tool-bar push button: Delete.
4. If the Right Hand Side fields need to be cleared click the Right Hand Side Application tool-bar push button: Wipe.
Prior to saving the transaction, GST Amount lines can be recalculated or inserted by clicking the Right Hand Side Application tool-bar push button: Wipe GST then the Right Hand Side Application tool-bar push button: Auto GST.
Click the Left Hand Side Application tool-bar push button: Change, and confirm that you wish to save the whole transaction.

How Do I : On-Charge an existing Cash Credit Transaction to a Tenant

Select / search for a transaction via optional combinations of Year, Period, Number and Sundry a/c.
Refer to Topic: Manually On-Charging Creditor Transactions

How Do I : Delete an existing Cash Credit Transaction

Select / search for a transaction via optional combinations of Year, Period, Number and Sundry a/c.
While the Left Hand Side Application tool-bar push button: Delete is available, click it and confirm that you wish to delete the record.

A transaction can only be deleted if there are no other transactions associated with it, its Accounting Period is Open and it has not been Deposited or Reconciled.