United Brotherhood of Carpenters
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13.5 Reversing Charge Transactions

The following section describes how to reverse charges.



   +---------------------Transaction Type---------------------+ 
   |  Next Member            |   Refund                       | 
   |  Back to Entry Screen   |   Correct Dues Charge          | 
   |  Payment                |   Change Dues Paid Thru Date   | 
   |  Charge                 |   Credit Adjustment            | 
   |  Reverse a Payment      |                                | 
   |  Reverse a Charge       |                                | 
   +----------------------------------------------------------+ 

After "Reverse a Charge" is selected, you are asked for information about the charge that you want to reverse.

Which Day Book

If you are NOT a local user, you are asked which day book the charge reversal transactions should be recorded in.



   +---Record Transactions in---+ 
   |  Member's Local Day Book   | 
   |  Council Day book          | 
   +----------------------------+ 

Select "Member's Local Day Book" to record the reverse charge transactions in the day book of the local the member belongs to.

Select "Council Day book" to record the reverse charge transactions in the council's day book.

Charge Date Range

You are asked for the date range of when the charge was made. If you know the charge date, you can just enter that date as the beginning and ending dates of the date range.

First, you are asked for the beginning date that you want to include charges for.



 Include charges beginning (MMDDYYYY)? ________ 

Enter the beginning date of the charge date range, in MMDDYYYY format.

Next, you are asked for the ending date of the date range.



 Include charges ending (MMDDYYYY)? ________ 

Enter the ending date of the charge date range, in MMDDYYYY format.

Select Charge

A menu of the charges that were processed in the entered date range is displayed, and you are asked to select the charge that you want to reverse.



   +---------------------Select CHARGE to Reverse----------------------+ 
   |                                                                   | 
   |  Charge For             Date       For Months            Charge   | 
   |  Charity donation       09/06/2000                         2.00   | 
   |  Member chg for new boo 09/06/2000                         4.50   | 
   |  Carpenter books        09/06/2000                        12.50   | 
   |  Membership Dues        09/06/2000 Sep/2000-Sep/2000      26.00   | 
   |  Membership Dues        09/06/2000 Aug/2000-Aug/2000      26.00   | 
   |  Initiation fee         09/06/2000                       225.00   | 
   +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ 

Select the charge item that you want to reverse from the list of charges.

If the charge has already been paid as shown in the following example, you are asked if you are sure that you want to reverse the charge.



 Charge Date: 09/06/2000                                Entered by: TESTER 
 Charge For : Carpenter books                        Charge Amount: $12.50 
 For Months :                                          Amount Paid: $12.50 
 
  1) 09/06/2000 Cash                             rcpt# 10001213     $12.50 
 
 
 
  +Sure reverse this charge+ 
  |  Yes                   | 
  |  No                    | 
  +------------------------+ 

Select "Yes" to continue with the charge reversal process.

Select "No" if you do not want to reverse the charge.

Reverse Charge Note

You are asked if you want to enter a note about this charge reversal.



 Reverse charge note? ________________________________________ 

Enter some note text about this charge reversal, or press [Enter] to skip this prompt if you do not want to enter a note.

Reverse the Charge

You are asked if you want to reverse the charge.



Charge Date: 09/06/2000                                Entered by: TESTER 
Charge For : Carpenter books                        Charge Amount: $12.50 
For Months :                                          Amount Paid: $12.50 
 
 1) 09/06/2000 Cash                             rcpt# 10001213     $12.50 
 
 
 
 +Reverse this charge+ 
 |  Yes              | 
 |  No               | 
 +-------------------+ 

Select "Yes" to reverse this charge.

Select "No" to return to the previous prompt.

If "Yes", the charge is reversed.

If there are other charges that can be reversed, you are asked if you want to reverse any of the other charges.



   +-------------------------------------------+ 
   |  MORE  select another charge to reverse   | 
   |  DONE  finished reversing charges         | 
   +-------------------------------------------+ 

Select "MORE" if you want to reverse another charge.

Select "DONE" if you are finished reversing charges.

13.6 Use Unapplied Only

Select the "Use Unapplied Only" menu option to apply the amount that is shown as unapplied/overpay.

Note: This option is only displayed if there is an unapplied/overpay amount.



   +---------------------Transaction Type---------------------+ 
   |  Next Member            |   Use Unapplied Only           | 
   |  Back to Entry Screen   |   Refund                       | 
   |  Payment                |   Correct Dues Charge          | 
   |  Charge                 |   Change Dues Paid Thru Date   | 
   |  Reverse a Payment      |   Credit Adjustment            | 
   |  Reverse a Charge       |                                | 
   +----------------------------------------------------------+ 

After you select "Use Unapplied Only", the system uses the unapplied/overpay amount as the payment amount, and you are asked for the same information as if you had entered a payment amount.

13.7 Refunds

The following section describes how to enter refund transactions.



   +---------------------Transaction Type---------------------+ 
   |  Next Member            |   Refund                       | 
   |  Back to Entry Screen   |   Correct Dues Charge          | 
   |  Payment                |   Change Dues Paid Thru Date   | 
   |  Charge                 |   Credit Adjustment            | 
   |  Reverse a Payment      |                                | 
   |  Reverse a Charge       |                                | 
   +----------------------------------------------------------+ 

After "Refund" is selected, you are asked for information about the money that you want to refund.

Payment Method

You are asked for the method of payment - cash, check, etc.



   +----Payment Method-----+ 
   |  Cash                 | 
   |  Check                | 
   |  Credit Card          | 
   |  Electronic Payment   | 
   |  Fund                 | 
   |  Money Order          | 
   |  Other Pay Method     | 
   +-----------------------+ 

Select one of the payment options from the menu.

If the payment method is other than "Cash", you are asked for the check number, credit card number, etc.

Enter the appropriate number or ID.

Which Day Book

If you are NOT a local user, you are asked which day book the refund transactions should be recorded in.



   +---Record Transactions in---+ 
   |  Member's Local Day Book   | 
   |  Council Day book          | 
   +----------------------------+ 

Select "Member's Local Day Book" to record the refund transactions in the day book of the local the member belongs to.

Select "Council Day book" to record the refund transactions in the council's day book.

Refund Note

You are asked if you want to enter a note about this refund transaction.



 Refund note? ________________________________________ 

Enter some note text about this refund, or press [Enter] to skip this prompt if you do not want to enter a note.

Payment to Refund

A menu of payments that have unapplied amounts or that pay for future dues, is displayed, and you are asked to select the payment item that you want to refund.



 +--------------------------Select Payment to REFUND---------------------------+ 
 |                                                                             | 
 |  Date       Pay Method  Check#/Card#         Receipt#     Total Unapplied   | 
 |  09/07/2000 Cash                             10001216      5.00      2.50   | 
 |  09/07/2000 Cash                             10001215     24.00     24.00   | 
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 

Select one of the payment items from the menu.

Refunding Future Dues Payments

If the payment to be refunded, is for future dues, you are warned that dues are involved. For example:



   1) Cash                                09/07/2000 REFUND          $24.00 
 
 
 
  +---------------------------------+ 
  |  Refund $24.00 of FUTURE DUES   | 
  +---------------------------------+ 
             This payment includes FUTURE DUES for 1 month of $24.00. 

You can elect to refund the payment for future dues and/or any unapplied payment amount.

If a future dues payment is refunded, the dues paid thru date will be adjusted accordingly.

Next Action

You are asked if you are done entering refund information, or if you want to enter or delete a refund item.



   1) Cash                                09/07/2000 REFUND          $24.00 
 
 
  +------------------------------------+ 
  |  DONE  finished entering refunds   | 
  |  ADD   enter another refund        | 
  |  DEL   delete a refund             | 
  +------------------------------------+ 

Select "DONE" if you are finished selecting refund items.

Select "ADD" if you want to process another refund item.

Select "DEL" if you want to delete a refund you have selected.

If "DEL" is selected, you are asked to select the item number that you want to remove. For example:



   1) Cash                                09/07/2000 REFUND          $24.00 
   2) Cash                                09/07/2000 REFUND           $2.50 
 
 
 
  +Select Payment to Delete+ 
  |  1      2              | 
  +------------------------+ 

Select the appropriate item number that you want to delete from the list of refunds to be processed.

After you select one of the items, you are asked if you are sure that you want to delete this selected item from the list of refunds to be processed.



   +Sure Delete Refund# 2+ 
   |  Yes   |   No       | 
   +---------------------+ 

Select "Yes" if you are sure that you want to delete the selected refund item from the list.

Select "No" if you want the refund item to remain on the list.

Post Refund

You are asked if you want to post the refund transactions.



   1) Cash                                09/07/2000 REFUND          $24.00 
   2) Cash                                09/07/2000 REFUND           $2.50 
 
 
  +Post this refund+ 
  |  Yes           | 
  |  No            | 
  +----------------+ 

Select "Yes" to post the refund transactions.

Select "No" to go back to the previous prompt.

Press <ESC> to abort this refund entry.

If "Yes", the refund entry is posted.

13.8 Correcting Dues Charges

The following section describes how to correct dues charges. Dues charges can be corrected if, for example, the member's class or dues code was wrong and they were charged the wrong dues amount (e.g. member was APPRENTICE1 and should be APPRENTIC2, or member was APPRENTIC2 and should be APPRENTIC1).

NOTE: You can only change dues charges that have NOT yet been paid.



   +---------------------Transaction Type---------------------+ 
   |  Next Member            |   Refund                       | 
   |  Back to Entry Screen   |   Correct Dues Charge          | 
   |  Payment                |   Change Dues Paid Thru Date   | 
   |  Charge                 |   Credit Adjustment            | 
   |  Reverse a Payment      |                                | 
   |  Reverse a Charge       |                                | 
   +----------------------------------------------------------+ 

After "Correct Dues Charge" is selected, you are asked for information about the dues charges that you want to change.

Which Day Book

If you are NOT a local user, you are asked which day book the dues charge correction transactions should be recorded in.



   +---Record Transactions in---+ 
   |  Member's Local Day Book   | 
   |  Council Day book          | 
   +----------------------------+ 

Select "Member's Local Day Book" to record the transactions in the day book of the local the member belongs to.

Select "Council Day book" to record the transactions in the council's day book.

Selecting Dues Charge

The current unpaid/open dues charges are displayed, and you are asked to select the dues charge that you want to correct.



Class       : APPRENTIC2           Status: GOODSTANDG Employer: 
Dues Pd Thru: 06/30/2000       Dues Group: CTR_APP2    Monthly: $24.00 
Curr Balance: $76.00                         Unapplied/Overpay: $0.00 
Last Photo  :                                     Paid Forward: $0.00 
 
 Note       : 
 
              Change This 
              Dues Charge:         To This: 
              -------------------  ------------------- 
 Charge Date: 
 For Months : 
 Dues Code  : 
 Amount     : 
 +-------------------Select DUES CHARGE to Correct-------------------+ 
 |                                                                   | 
 |  Charge For             Date       For Months            Charge   | 
 |  Membership Dues        09/01/2000 Sep/2000-Sep/2000      24.00   | 
 |  Membership Dues        08/01/2000 Aug/2000-Aug/2000      26.00   | 
 |  Membership Dues        07/01/2000 Jul/2000-Jul/2000      26.00   | 
 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ 

Select the dues charge that you want to change from the menu.

Dues Code

A menu of the current dues group codes is displayed, and you are asked to select the correct dues code --- the dues code that you want to change to.



   +------------------------Dues Group------------------------+ 
   |  No Dues Code                                            | 
   |----------------------------------------------------------| 
   |  CTR_APP1    counter dues - apprentice 1        $20.00   | 
   |  CTR_APP2    Counter dues - apprentice 2        $24.00   | 
   |  CTR_APP3    Counter dues - apprentice 3        $25.00   | 
   |  CTR_APP5    Counter dues - apprentice 5        $24.00   | 
   |  CTR_APP912  Counter dues - apprentice 9-12     $25.00   | 
   |  CTR_JOUR    Counter dues - journeyman          $26.00   | 
   |  CTR_LIFE    Counter dues - life member          $5.00   | 
   +----------------------------------------------------------+ 

Select the correct dues code from the menu.

After you select the correct dues code, the old and new information is displayed. For example:



              Change This 
              Dues Charge:         To This: 
              -------------------  ------------------- 
 Charge Date: 07/01/2000           07/01/2000 
 For Months : Jul/2000 - Jul/2000  Jul/2000 - Jul/2000 
 Dues Code  : CTR_JOUR             CTR_APP2 
 Amount     : $26.00               $24.00 

Dues Sent by Employer

You are asked if the membership dues are 100% remitted by the employer.



   +100% of Dues Sent by Employer+ 
   |  Yes                        | 
   |  No                         | 
   +-----------------------------+ 

Select "Yes" if 100% of the membership dues are remitted by the employer.

Select "No" if the dues are not 100% sent in by an employer.

Dues Change Note

You are asked if you want to enter a note about this dues correction.



 Dues charge correction note? ________________________________________ 

Enter some note text about this dues correction, or press [Enter] to skip this prompt if you do not want to enter a note.

Change Dues Charge

You are asked if you actually want to change this dues charge.



Class       : APPRENTIC2           Status: GOODSTANDG Employer: 
Dues Pd Thru: 06/30/2000       Dues Group: CTR_APP2    Monthly: $24.00 
Curr Balance: $76.00                         Unapplied/Overpay: $0.00 
Last Photo  :                                     Paid Forward: $0.00 
 
 Note       : Wrong class and dues code were assigned 
 
              Change This 
              Dues Charge:         To This: 
              -------------------  ------------------- 
 Charge Date: 07/01/2000           07/01/2000 
 For Months : Jul/2000 - Jul/2000  Jul/2000 - Jul/2000 
 Dues Code  : CTR_JOUR             CTR_APP2 
 Amount     : $26.00               $24.00 
 
 
 
 +Change Dues Charge+ 
 |  Yes             | 
 |  No              | 
 +------------------+ 

Select "Yes" to change/correct the dues charge.

Select "No" to return to the previous prompt.

Press <ESC> to abort this dues change.

If "Yes", the dues charge is corrected, and the current balance is automatically adjusted.

More Corrections

You are asked if you want to enter additional dues charge corrections.



   +-------------------------------------------+ 
   |  MORE  continue correcting dues charges   | 
   |  DONE  finished correcting dues charges   | 
   +-------------------------------------------+ 

Select "MORE" to enter the next dues correction.

Select "DONE" if you are finished correcting dues charges.

13.9 Change Dues Paid Thru Date

The following section describes how to change a dues paid thru date to a future date or to a past date.



   +---------------------Transaction Type---------------------+ 
   |  Next Member            |   Refund                       | 
   |  Back to Entry Screen   |   Correct Dues Charge          | 
   |  Payment                |   Change Dues Paid Thru Date   | 
   |  Charge                 |   Credit Adjustment            | 
   |  Reverse a Payment      |                                | 
   |  Reverse a Charge       |                                | 
   +----------------------------------------------------------+ 

After "Change Dues Paid Thru Date" is selected, you are asked for information about the new dues paid thru date.

13.9.1 Changing Dues Paid Thru Date to Future Date

The following prompts are displayed when you change the dues paid thru date to a future date.

Which Day Book

If you are NOT a local user, you are asked which day book the financial transactions should be recorded in.



   +---Record Transactions in---+ 
   |  Member's Local Day Book   | 
   |  Council Day Book          | 
   +----------------------------+ 

Select "Member's Local Day Book" to record the transactions in the day book of the local the member belongs to.

Select "Council Day book" to record the transactions in the council's day book.

Future Dues Paid Thru Date

You are asked for new date that you want to change the current dues paid thru date to.



  Posting Date: 09/07/2000      Day Book: Local 
 
 
  Current Dues Paid Thru Date: 09/30/2000 
 
  Changed Dues Paid Thru Date: 
 
 
 
 
 Change the Dues Paid Thru Date to (MMDDYYYY)? ________ 

Enter the future dues paid thru date in MMDDYYYY format.

The date should be a month end date (e.g. 11302000).

The date can not be more than 48 months in the future.

Proceed with Date Change

You are asked if you want to proceed with changing the current dues paid thru date to the entered date.



  Current Dues Paid Thru Date: 09/30/2000 
 
  Changed Dues Paid Thru Date: 11/30/2000 
 
 
 
  Will create future dues payments for 
  October 2000 thru November 2000 
 
  +Proceed to change Dues Paid Thru Date+ 
  |  Yes                                | 
  |  No                                 | 
  +-------------------------------------+ 
                     Entered month is 2 months in the future 

Select "Yes" to proceed with the dues paid thru date change.

Select "No" to return to the previous prompt.

Press <ESC> to abort this change procedure.

If "Yes", the dues paid thru date is changed, and the current balance and paid forward amounts are updated accordingly.



Class       : APPRENTIC2           Status: GOODSTANDG Employer: 
Dues Pd Thru: 11/30/2000       Dues Group: CTR_APP2    Monthly: $24.00 
Curr Balance: $48.00 credit                  Unapplied/Overpay:  $0.00 
Last Photo  :                                     Paid Forward: $48.00 
 
 Posting Date: 09/07/2000      Day Book: Local 
 
 
 Current Dues Paid Thru Date: 09/30/2000 
 
 Changed Dues Paid Thru Date: 11/30/2000 
 
 
 
 Will create future dues payments for 
 October 2000 thru November 2000 
 
 
 
                   Dues Paid Thru Date changed to 11/30/2000 
                        Press the RETURN key to continue 

Press [Enter] to return to the transaction type menu.


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