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Legal Accounting 3
SECTION
3.3.2 - MANAGEMENT FEES
USAGE: To enter Management Fees. These are amounts
charged by your office to the Client against this Securities file.
DISCUSSION: When you start the MANAGEMENT FEES program,
T.L.A. initially asks you for a Register code. If you cannot remember the code,
press <F9> to initiate a search. T.L.A. will check that the code does not refer
to a file that is closed.
Typically, the screen will now look like this:
The file will be displayed with its corresponding
Trust account, the name on the Trust file, the description of the accout and
the amount invested. Also the current Account Balance is displayed on the left
of the screen.
Next you must enter the details of the transaction.
There are several fields to enter:
Name Comments
DATE This field defaults
to today’s date (as per the date at the top right-hand-corner of your screen).
You may change it to any valid date within the calendar (as defined in SECTION 7.1.6.) This is the date you wish to bill the
amount. Aging of the account will start from this date. You may return the date
to today’s date by pressing <F1>.
DESCRIPTION Here you enter the details of the transaction. It
cannot be blank, but you can change it to any 50 character description.
REFERENCE This field will default to
the last reference number you entered, plus one. Depending on your settings in SYSTEM
DEFAULTS (see SECTION 7.1.2) you may be able
to change it to a different, non-zero value. The largest value available is 999999.
FEE This is the
total value you are charging.
At each point, you may cancel the MANGEMENT FEE
by pressing <ESC>. However, it is possible to
return to a specific field by using <CsrUp> or <F8>.
At the end of the MANAGEMENT FEE you will be asked to confirm the update. This is the
point of no return. Once you answer Y, T.L.A. will update all the relevant files.
Up to this point you can cancel or modify the details. After you have updated
the MANAGEMENT FEE, you can only
remove it by entering a negative MANAGEMENT
FEE i.e. the same entry but with a
negative value.
Files updated by the Management Fees program:
Securities
& Investments master-file: The
Security’s balance is updated with the value of the transaction.
Securities
& Investments transaction file: A
transaction is entered with the details of the transaction.
Client/Trust
master-file: The Trust file, which
this Securities file links to, is updated with the value of the transaction.
Audit
transaction-file: Each
transaction creates a line in the Audit file, which can then be printed in the AUDIT
TRAIL.
