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Credit Card Surcharge Setup

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A Credit Card Surcharge may be assessed on designated Subscriber Payments which are made using their Credit Card,

This Surcharge Setup wizard puts in place your Company's decision to assess a Credit Card Surcharge.

Those Surcharges are assessed as a percentage of the Amount being charged on the Credit Card

That Surcharge Amount charged to the Subscriber's Credit Card is in addition to the Amount needed to pay the Balance Due on an Invoice  

 

Credit Card Surcharge preparation procedures:

1.General Ledger Account - For General Ledger System Users only, enter the Account that will be used to track and report Credit Card Surcharge revenue

 

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General Ledger System - Accounts Form - Credit Card Surcharge entry

 

2.Sale-Purchase Item - Enter the Sale Item that will be used to track and report Credit Card Surcharge revenue

 

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Sale-Purchase Items Form - Credit Card Surcharge entry

 

3.The Payment Method Types Form offers a Credit Card Surcharge % field in which the actual Surcharge % Rate may be specified, when appropriate

 

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Payment Method Types Form - Credit Card Surcharge % field

 

Credit Card Surcharge % - Once the Company Settings related to the Credit Card Surcharge have been properly entered, this Credit Card Surcharge % field will be available and is used to the enter the actual Surcharge % Rate, when appropriate.

 

4.The States Form is used to identify which of the United States and its Territories are and are not permitted to actually assess a Credit Card Surcharge  

 

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States Form - Surcharge Exempt State

 

5.Run the Surcharge Setup wizard -

The related Company Settings for the Credit Card Surcharge will be updated automatically when the Surcharge Setup wizard has been executed

 

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Company Settings - Surcharge related settings

 

a.Surcharge_Use - Set theTrue/False setting to indicate whether (or not) a Credit Card Surcharge may be assessed

b.Surcharge_SaleItemID - Enter the Sales-Purchase Item that should used when creating Credit Card Surcharge transactions

c.Surcharge_GLAccount - Enter General Ledger Account that should be used when creating transactions related to Credit Card Surcharge

d.Surcharge_MaxPercent - Set the maximum percentage allowed when entering the Surcharge percentage rate for each Credit Card type

 

E-Payments - Once the steps 1. - 5. have been completed, when the E-Payments Form is used to pay an Invoice, for those States where a Surcharge may be assessed, the E-Payments Form will have some additional fields:

a.Use Surcharge if applies - This box will be Checked automatically if the Subscriber is within a State where a Surcharge may be assessed, but that Check may be removed.

b.Total Amount - This is the sum of the Surcharge plus the Balance Due on the Invoice being paid.

c.Amount - This is the net Balance Due on the Invoice being paid, not including any Surcharge.

 

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E-Payments Form - Surcharge related fields are circled

 

Fully Automated Recurring Billing - When a Credit Card Surcharge is in effect within the Subscriber's State in which a Recurring Revenue Invoice is generated, any of those Invoices that are automatically Paid using a Payment Gateway to execute Credit Card Payments will be assess the associated Credit Card Surcharge.