Builder's Allowance

To enter a builder's allowance An amount specified by a contractor to cover goods on an order. The amount covers the contractor's costs for specific items. If the contractor's customer selects alternate items and the cost exceeds the builder's allowance, the customer assumes the difference., use the Additional Order Detail screen, available from order entry.  Use builder's allowances with the following:

• delivery-type orders

• multi-ship-to sub-documents

To specify a builder's allowance, you must have permission via the Allow Change to Builder Allowance in the User and/or User Group files.

For example, assume a contractor is building 12 homes, allotting $12,000 for 12 refrigerators ($1000 each).  When the contractor places the order for the appliances, you create a multi-ship-to master document.  Later, when the contractor arranges for delivery of the refrigerators, you create a multi-ship-to sub-document for each destination, assigning a builder's allowance of $1000 to each.  If the contractor's customer then purchases a refrigerator exceeding $1,000, the customer is responsible for the difference.  

The Additional Order Detail screen and the Payments tab in Enter a Sales Order both include the builder's allowance when calculating the amount due.  However, STORIS' Standard Print forms do not include the builder's allowance.  To create a form that includes the builder's allowance, use the Forms Designer.

 To be eligible for shipment, the sum total of the builder's allowance and all deposits must cover the entire total for the order.  That is, you cannot print a ship ticket for a sub-document with a builder's allowance for which a balance is due.

You cannot file an order or print a delivery ticket for an order that contains both a builder's allowance and a non-delivery line item.