How do I add a penalty rate?
Rates
Add a penalty rate to bill a penalty. The key to setting up a penalty rate is to select the rates that are subject to penalty so the penalty rate will calculate on the selected rates.
Important! If you do not select the rates that are subject to the penalty, the penalty will not calculate.
For example, Jane has a commercial license and she issues a license to a specific business but the business never pays for the commercial license. If Jane has not added "commercial license" to the rates that are subject to penalty, then the penalty will not calculate for that business.
Adding a penalty rate
1. Open Connect Business License > Organization > Rates.
2. Click New (CTRL+N).
3. Set up the penalty rate number properties on the Rate tab.
4. Set up the penalty rate options on the Penalty tab.
Bill penalty if over x days and under y days
5. Click Save (CTRL+S).
The penalty rate is saved.
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Options
Bill penalty if over x days and under y days
Set up a date range to bill penalty. You can bill penalty based on the number of days that have passed since the license was billed, the number of days since the last payment was paid on the billed license, or both.
I want to bill penalty when a billed license has an unpaid amount
Use this option to bill a penalty on a license with an unpaid amount. Connect will count the number of days since the license billing was recorded. If the number of days with an unpaid amount is greater than the number of days defined on the rate, Connect will bill a penalty.
Do this...
1. Click to select the Bill Penalty If Over x Days and Under y Days checkbox.
Bill penalty if penalty If Over box to enter the number of days since the last payment was received.
2. Use the Bill Penalty If Over box to enter the number of days since the license was billed.
Bill penalty if over box
I want do not want to bill penalty if a payment has been received
Exclude a billed license from penalty billing if a payment has been recorded during a given date range. For example, City ABC has a rate that bills a penalty unless the license owner has made a payment on the billed amount during the last 30 days.
Do this...
1. Click to select the Bill Penalty If Over x Days and Under y Days checkbox.
Bill penalty if over checkbox
2. Use the Under box to enter the number of days the license owner has to make a payment on the billed license.
Under box
I want to bill penalty when a billed license has an unpaid amount for the past x days BUT I want do not want to bill penalty if a payment has been received
Use both options together.
Do this...
1. Click to select the Bill Penalty If Over x Days and Under y Days checkbox.
Bill penalty if over checkbox
2. Use the Bill Penalty If Over box to enter the number of days since the last payment was received.
Bill penalty if over box
3. Use the Under box to enter the number of days since the last payment was paid.
Under box
Rates subject to penalty
Select the rates that are subject to the penalty. The penalty rate will only calculate on the rates that you have selected here. All of the rates that you have set up in the Rates table will be displayed in the Rates Subject to Penalty list.
Rates Subject to Penalty list
For example, City ABC wants to apply a penalty to 100 (Commercial License Fee), 110 (Home Occupation License), and 120 (Apartment License). When Joe sets up a penalty rate, he checks the checkboxes to select the rates for 100, 110, and 120. When Joe runs Calculate Penalty Billings, Connect will calculate penalty billings for rates 100, 110, and 120. Connect will not calculate penalty billings for rates that have not been selected.
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