From any screen within RMSWeb
Click once on Setup on the Navigation bar
Choose Accounting from the list
Choose Late Fees from the sub list
Click once on Add
Late Fees are designed to automatically charge to an annals account if their rent is not paid within a specific time frame. Late Fees are associated directly to Sundries - mainly the sundry charge that you have created for Long Term resident repeat charges.
1. Enter the Description.
2. Associate a GL Code from the Drop Down List
See G/L Acc Codes under the Chapter - Accounting for information on how to create a new general ledger code if required.
3. Select your preferred Due Date
Their are two (2) options
X number of days from the date a charge was created
X days after the start next month.
4. Enter the Fee Amount
Their are two (2) options
A percentage of the total charge
A currency Amount
5. Click once on Save/Next to enter further Late Fees. Click once on Save/Exit when complete.
You will now need to associate your Late Fees to Sundries in your system. See Sundries on information on how to achieve this.
Late Fees Search Screen:
The Late Fees search screen will show a list of all late fees by default.
You may filter the Late Fees list to find the fee you are after by using the Filter By option on the bottom left hand side of the screen.
Filter Option is Description.
The columns on this screen are able to be widened by click, hold and drag mouse function, left or right, the column you wish to decrease or increase.
To move the column order, click and hold the column title you wish to move, keeping the mouse button down drag the column left or right to the desired area you wish for it to show, release the mouse button to drop the column into position.
