1. From the payer account (either landlord or tenant) From landlord: - Right-click Payments and select Credit Note
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From tenancy: - In the Accounts Functions panel, click Invoicing and select Credit Note
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To find a paid credit note: - Click Filters and untick Only show outstanding invoices
This will show all invoices ever created against the account - Tick next to the invoice that needs to be credited and click Next
- Enter a reason for the credit
- Click Finish
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3. Recovering | the money from the supplier An option to recover supplier payments is offered if the payment has been made to the supplier past the point of ABA/BACS and Cheques Run | - Select from options 3a or 3b to confirm the correct process
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- If you will deduct this amount from future payments to the supplier - see step 4
- If the supplier will be returning the refund to the bank account - see step 5
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4. Deduct amount from future payments to the supplier | ?If you can deduct the amount of the credit note from your next payment to the supplier, you can create a recovery payment | . This - this is ideal if you pay the supplier frequently | .
This does not apply if the invoice was originally paid by BPAY
| .- When prompted to Recover supplier payment from future payments,
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- a future works order to the same supplier is raised, costing £80.00 and paid
- the system will only pay out £10.40 to the supplier while the £69.60 is recovered back in to the client/trust account
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| Once the credit note is created, the funds will be available to return to the landlord/tenant immediately |
| . Best - best practice is to ensure any credit notes or recovery payments are monitored to ensure that the money is eventually recovered from the supplier |
| . Otherwise, - otherwise the agent may need to cover this cost |
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| The funds from the credit note will not be available to release to the landlord/tenant |
| , until the credit has been fully recovered from the supplier |
| . This - this means a recovery payment has been processed through the ABA & Cheque Run |
| . This - this is to prevent the Trust Account being becoming overdrawn |
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| title | 3b. The supplier will be 5. Supplier returning the refund to the bank account If you don't pay the supplier very often, or they were paid by BPAY | , you should select No to create a recovery payment (see below).This will then create - follow the instructions below This process creates an invoice on the supplier ledger - showing that they owe this money and you are expecting it to be returned to the bank account | . - When prompted to Recover supplier payment from future payments, click No
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| Once the credit note is created, the funds will be available to return to the landlord/tenant immediately |
| . Best - best practice is to ensure any credit notes or recovery payments are monitored to ensure that the money is eventually recovered from the supplier |
| . Otherwise- otherwise, the agent may need to cover this cost |
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| The funds from the credit note will not be available to release to the landlord/tenant until the credit has been fully recovered from the supplier |
| . This - this means the supplier needs to have returned the refund to the trust account to pay the invoice |
| . This - this is to prevent the Trust Account being becoming overdrawn |
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