Debtor Maintenance - Payment Type tab - Automatic Payments sub-tab

The debtor can choose to have payments automatically debited from a bank or credit card account. Use the Automatic Payments sub-tab to record the details of the direct debit payment. Select EFT payments to produce a standard file that can be imported into your bank's EFT processing program. Several formats are supported:

Select credit card payments to produce a file that is compatible with your selected bank or provider. The file can be imported into the banks' credit card processing programs.

To open the Automatic Payments sub-tab:

Select Module > Debtors > Debtor Maintenance from the main menu.
Tip: You can also access the debtor functions by clicking .
Search for the debtor. See Searching for debtors.
The Debtor tab of the Debtor Maintenance window is displayed.
Click the Payment Type tab.
The Manual Payments sub-tab of the Payment Type tab is displayed.
Click the Automatic Payments sub-tab.
The Automatic Payments sub-tab of the Payment Type tab is displayed.

Field	Description
Type	Payment type. Typical values include: EFT Cardbank. Note: After you select a payment type, the appropriate sub-sub-tab is displayed under the grid area. See Debtor Maintenance - Payment Type tab.
Auto Payments	Select to debit the amount automatically on the due date.
Split Percent	Percentage split, if the payment is split between different accounts. Note: The total split must add to 100%.
Split Amount	Dollar value split, if the payment is split between different accounts. Note: If using multiple accounts, you must define either the Split Amount or Split Percent, otherwise the whole amount is applied to the first account.
Drawer	Name of the bank account or credit card account.

Field

Description

Type

Payment type. Typical values include:

EFT
Cardbank.
Note: After you select a payment type, the appropriate sub-sub-tab is displayed under the grid area. See Debtor Maintenance - Payment Type tab.

Auto Payments

Select to debit the amount automatically on the due date.

Split Percent

Percentage split, if the payment is split between different accounts.

Note: The total split must add to 100%.

Split Amount

Dollar value split, if the payment is split between different accounts.

Note: If using multiple accounts, you must define either the Split Amount or Split Percent, otherwise the whole amount is applied to the first account.

Drawer

Name of the bank account or credit card account.

Field	Description
	Add a new automatic payment. If necessary, adjust the splits between each EFT and credit card entry.
	Delete the highlighted automatic payment. If necessary, adjust the splits between each EFT and credit card entry.

Field

Description

Add a new automatic payment.

If necessary, adjust the splits between each EFT and credit card entry.

Delete the highlighted automatic payment.

If necessary, adjust the splits between each EFT and credit card entry.


Field	Description
Method	Amount to be paid. Select either:
Selection	Description
Fixed Amount	Deduct a fixed amount.
Current Balance	Deduct the debtor's current balance when Debtors Electronic Banking is run.
Notified Balance	Deduct the amount that has appeared on a statement and is still owing when Debtors Electronic Banking is run.
Amount	Dollar amount if the Method selected is Fixed Amount.
Hold Payments	Select if the debtor has asked your organisation to stop automatic payments temporarily. Tip: You may need to extend the Stop Date once payments resume.
Frequency	How often the automatic payments occur.
Next Date	Next scheduled date for the automatic payment. When Debtors Electronic Banking is run, the Next Date is recalculated based on the frequency.
Stop Date	Date when the automatic payment authorisation ends.

Field

Description

Method

Amount to be paid. Select either:

Selection

Description

Fixed Amount

Deduct a fixed amount.

Current Balance

Deduct the debtor's current balance when Debtors Electronic Banking is run.

Notified Balance

Deduct the amount that has appeared on a statement and is still owing when Debtors Electronic Banking is run.

Amount

Dollar amount if the Method selected is Fixed Amount.

Hold Payments

Select if the debtor has asked your organisation to stop automatic payments temporarily.

Tip: You may need to extend the Stop Date once payments resume.

Frequency

How often the automatic payments occur.

Next Date

Next scheduled date for the automatic payment.

When Debtors Electronic Banking is run, the Next Date is recalculated based on the frequency.

Stop Date

Date when the automatic payment authorisation ends.