Accounting > Revolving
Receivables > Enter a Customer's Revolving Terms and Conditions
Use this routine to establish new revolving plans
and maintain existing plans for customers. With this routine, you can
set up a customer's revolving charge plan that can later be used to finance
a purchase. You can also use it to change certain settings for the customer's
existing plan, such as the MMP (Minimum Monthly Payment) Monthly payment amount due from customer for their revolving charge account
amount, MMP % or term, plan closed date, insurance plan, and remarks.
Changes that you make on this screen are not applied until the next time
the customer's account is cycled.
CustomerEnter
the code of the customer to establish or maintain a revolving plan for
that customer. You can click the Search button to access the Search
for a Customer routine.
NameAfter you indicate the customer
code, the customer's name from Customer
Settings displays.
Co-signer, Co-applicantIf the
customer's request for credit includes a co-signer, the customer ID and
name is displayed below the customer name. If a co-applicant exists, the
name displays below the customer name.
If Account Comments were entered for this customer via Customer
Settings, the Comments button is active. When you click the Comments
button, you access the read-only Customer
Credit Comments window.
Co-applicant/Co-signerIf there is an additional
applicant on this customer's credit application, the appropriate field
label (Co-applicant or Co-signer) displays, along with the co-applicant
or co-signer's name. If there is no additional applicant, no field label
displays here.
Customer Store, Home, Work, & Cell TelephoneThe following
information displays for the customer you indicated: the store assigned
to the customer, the home, work, and cell telephone numbers.
Specify the code of the new revolving plan being
established or existing revolving plan to be edited. You can click
the Search button to select a code from the Read-Only
Lookup Window. Note that the lookup window displays only those
plans that are available to the customer based on the state, store,
customer age, etc.
The system
ensures that a master revolving plan exists for a customer whenever
any revolving plan is created, provided you are using the Master Plan
feature. If you indicated a revolving plan in the Master Plan field
of your Revolving
Receivables Control Settings, and you do not select the master
plan's code in this field, the system automatically selects it for
you when you Save your changes on this screen.
Specify the code of the new
revolving plan being established or existing revolving plan to be edited.
You can click the Search button to select a code from the Read-Only
Lookup Window. Note that the lookup window displays only those plans
that are available to the customer based on the state, store, customer
age, etc.
The system ensures
that a master revolving plan exists for a customer whenever any revolving
plan is created, provided you are using the Master Plan feature. If you
indicated a revolving plan in the Master Plan field of your Revolving
Receivables Control Settings, and you do not select the master plan's
code in this field, the system automatically selects it for you when you
Save your changes on this screen.
For existing plans, the date that the plan was activated for this
customer displays. For new plans, today's date populates the field.
You cannot edit this field.
ClosedThis field is active only
for existing plans. If you enter a date in this field, the current revolving
plan for this customer is terminated on that date and cannot be used for
financing or deposits on orders after that date. When you enter a date,
the Enter Reason
Code window prompts for the entry of the reason you are terminating
the plan.
Current Due $For existing
plans, the amount currently due from the customer for this plan is displayed.
Last Charge $The date and amount of the
last charge to the customer's account is displayed.
Last Payment $The date
and amount of the last credit/payment to the customer's account is displayed.
This amount includes customer returns.
RemarksYou can enter or update revolving
remarks for new and existing plans. Up to 50 characters can be entered
in this field. Click the Action button to access the Description
Field - Language Translation Entry screen.
Balance
Current $The total
revolving amount due for the plan displays. This is the sum of the long
term and short term amounts due. For new plans, this amount is zero (0.00).
Highest $This field
displays the highest amount that the customer's revolving balance has
ever been since the plan became active.
For new plans, the default is
the lowest minimum monthly payment allowed as set in the Calculate
MMP field of Revolving
Payment Plan Settings. Plans can be edited here as follows:
Using
A Percentage - cannot be changed
As
a Fixed Term - can be changed
Per
Sales Order - cannot be changed
Using
a Fixed Table - can be changed but note that this may be overridden
by subsequent purchases
As
a Fixed Amount - can be changed.
Per
Sales Order Using a Fixed Term - cannot be changed
For
existing customer plans, the MMP amount can be edited for fixed term,
fixed table, and fixed amount plans only. The amount you enter here
cannot exceed the balance due. If you change the MMP for a fixed amount
plan, the system issues a reminder message stating that subsequent
purchases may override the new amount you entered.
This field is inactive for plans that calculate the MMP based on
a fixed term or on fixed MMP table settings. If the plan calculates
the MMP using a percentage (of the plan balance), the percentage from
the plan
settings defaults here. You can edit this field to establish a
different percentage rate for this customer's plan.
Use this optional field
to specify the insurance purchased with this revolving plan. The code
you enter is used when insurance premiums for the plan are calculated.
To access a list of insurance codes, click the Search button and select
from the Read-Only
Lookup Window.
Entry in
this field is evaluated against the cutoff age, if any, established
in Revolving Receivables Insurance Code settings. If the age has been
exceeded, the insurance plan is not available for selection for this
customer. If no date of birth was entered for the customer and the
insurance plan has an established cutoff age, that insurance plan
is unavailable for selection for the customer.
If insurance has already been associated with the selected plan for
this customer, the code displays here. You can edit or remove the
insurance for existing plans if the Change
or remove insurance on a customer's revolving plan is checked
in your extended
security settings.
If Revolving Terms and Conditions;
Apply Insurance to all Plans is checked in your security settings
and you edit or remove the insurance for an existing plan, your changes
are applied to all plans for that customer.
If the Insurance Required field
is enabled in your Revolving
Receivables Control Settings, you cannot remove insurance from
an existing plan. If you are editing a plan without insurance, you
must add it in order to save your changes.
If you add, change, or remove insurance from a plan in this routine,
the system offers the option to print the appropriate insurance form
when you click the Save button. (See Save below.)
When
you click the Save button additional prompts can appear, depending
on whether you edited the Insurance field.
When
you click the Save button after adding or changing the insurance
code, the system asks Do you wish to print an Insurance
Letter? Yes No Click
Yes to print the letter via enhanced laser printing.
When
you click the Save button after removing insurance from the plan,
the system asks Do you wish to print an Insurance Cancellation
letter? Yes No Click
Yes to print the letter via enhanced laser printing.
To remove a customer's active plan, click the Delete button. Plans
with a balance due greater than zero cannot be deleted. Zero balance
plans with a corresponding pending plan also cannot be deleted. Once
you click the Delete button, the system prompts for confirmation that
you want to delete the plan.