Adding a miscellaneous charge to a bill

Using Miscellaneous Charges

There are two ways of using miscellaneous charges:

• If you want to use a miscellaneous charge to increase the amount of WIP held against the client's assignment you would raise the charge from the Misc/Est tab on the Assignment page. This will display as a miscellaneous charge on reports, but will not increase the amount recorded as time and expenses. You can then select this amount when billing as you would any other WIP amount. These charges are entered against the logged in employee.

• If you only want to increase the billable amount for a client without affecting their WIP total, you should raise the charge through the Bill Amounts page (Stage 2 of the Billing Wizard). These charges are entered against the default system employee –UNSPEC–.

  Note: Miscellaneous charges previously raised can be viewed in the Misc/Est tab of the relevant Assignment page.

Add a Miscellaneous Charge from the Assignment window

1. Open the Assignment page for the client and click the Misc/Est tab to display it.

2. Click in the empty line at the top of the tab.
   The Code, Employee, Date and Authorization fields will be completed for you.

3. If you want to change the default date click the field to access the drop-down calendar where you can select another date.

4. In the Charge field, enter the amount to be billed.

5. In the Cost field, enter the cost to the practice and then select the required Type from the list.

6. Enter any internal notes in the Comments field.

7. Click anywhere outside the line to save it or press [Enter].
   The new charge is moved to the area below.

8. You can now submit the charge by clicking the Submit button  at the bottom of the page.
   The charge is now ready for authorisation and posting.

9. If you have permission to do this, click the Authorise button  then click the Post Now button.
   This charge will now appear in the Bill Amounts window in the Posted WIP field of the Billing Wizard.

Add a Miscellaneous Charge during billing

1. Create a draft bill for the client or assignment you want to bill.

2. Navigate through the Billing Wizard to Stage 2, Add Bill Amounts or from the Billing Main page by clicking the Bill Amounts button

3. Click the Create a Miscellaneous Charge button from the group of buttons in the top left corner of the screen.
   The Select Client Assignment window will open.

4. From the list, select the assignment to record the charge against. If you require an assignment that isn't listed click the Find button, to access the Find Assignment window. From here you can search for any client assignment in the system.

5. Click OK on the Select Client Assignment window.
   The Create new billing charge window will open.

6. Select the required Type from the list.

8. Enter the amount to be charged in the Amount field.
   If you want to raise a credit note for a client enter a negative amount in the Amount field of the Create New Billing Charge window.

9. Press OK.

10. Enter any internal notes to explain the reason for the charge in the Notes field.

11. Click Close to exit from the Select Client Assignment window.
    This charge will now appear in the Bill Amounts page in the Write-On (Off) field in brackets, for example (200.00). The bill total will increase to reflect the new charge. To view the miscellaneous charge in the Bill Amounts page drill down through client/assignment or group the items by 'Code Type' to show miscellaneous charges as their own item.

Add a Miscellaneous Charge against a job

To set a Miscellaneous Charge against a Job:

1. Ensure that Job Mode is set to Assignments, Schedules, Jobs and Job Time Recording.
2. Open Billing Wizard and click Next until Stage Two – Add Bill Amounts.
3. Click on Create Miscellaneous Charge button.
4. On the Select Client Assignment/Job dialog,click on the arrow to the left of the relevant assignment to display the jobs.
5. Select the relevant job.
6. Click on Add and enter an amount in the Create new billing charge dialog.
7. Close the Select Client Assignment/Job dialog and post the bill.

The Job that was used to create the Miscellaneous Charge is displayed within Stage Two of Billing Wizard or Bill Amounts screen if the user drills down to Transactions level.