Repeat Charges
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Repeat charges are normally used for long term accounts enabling you to charge rental amounts automatically over a time frame selected.  
 
By marking a reservation as long term and attaching a repeat charge to the account, RMS will record and update when neccessary a Paid To date for the reservations rental.  
 
Repeat charges will automatically be applied to accounts on the startup of RMS each day required.  
 
Initial Transaction:  
The initial transaction area of the repeat charge is only used if you wish a charge to apply to the account straight away.  
 
Daily Rate:  
This option calculates the charge to apply by multiplying the repeat amount by the number of days in each period. If daily rate is not selected, the amount selected wil be applied each period, regardless of any variation in the number of days between periods. eg 30 day/31 day month  
 
Limit last charge to Until Date:  
This option calculates the last charge for the period selected, reducing the repeat charge to reflect the number of days in the final period.  
 
To Add a Repeat Charge:  
1.   Go into the reservation account  
2.   Click once on the Repeat Charge button  
3.   Select Add  
4.   Choose the sundry charge you wish to use from the drop down list  
5.   Set the initial start and end date  
6.   Change the initial charge amount if required  
7.   Select to Use the Amount from Sundry if required, if not take this tick out and enter the amount of the repeat charge  
8.   Select the frequency of your repeat charge i.e. Every _ Month, Every 7 Days etc  
9.   Your starting from date will default to the initial transaction ending date, change if required  
10.   Choose when to finish your repeat charge, most popular is 'Use Departure Date'.  
11.   Tick Daily Rate if required  
12.   Tick Limit last charge to Until Date if requried  
13.   Save and Exit  
 
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Manually Rolling Forward:  
To manually roll a rental forward into the future;  
1.   Go to the reservation account  
2.   Highlight the last repeat charge on the account  
3.   Click once on the Repeat Charge button  
4.   Select the Roll Forward  
5.   Enter the number of days, weeks, months to roll forward  
6.   Save.  
 
Automatically Rolling Forward:  
Under the Setup Menu, Accounts, Setup, Options screen there is an option to roll the rentals forward repeat charges into the future. Here you can nominate your repeat charges to apply to reservation account prior to their due date.  
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