This release includes a new module for AU Customs that allows a future date of payment to be set for N10/20.
Expedient will allow a scheduled payment date to be set when ‘Pay Entry’ is selected in the Nature 10/20 screen.
The pop up on Pay Entry will show either a calculated future payment date, based on the site, or based on the client. This date can be changed or removed in the Pay Entry screen. Once the Pay Entry is saved, Expedient will store the date and show it in the N10/20 screen. On saving the Pay Entry screen, Expedient will create a Scheduled Payment event in the Job.
A background process is running to trigger payments on the scheduled date. When an Entry is found with a Scheduled Payment date of ‘today’, Expedient will trigger the payment, the job will show a Payment Lodged event, and the scheduled payment date will be removed from the N10/20 screen.
It is possible to cancel a Scheduled Payment. Where the user option SCHEDPAYDQ is ticked, and there is a Scheduled Payment date in the N10/20 screen, the Communications option ‘Cancel Scheduled Payment’ is available in the Nature 10/20 screen. This option removes the Scheduled Payment date and creates a cancellation event in the job.
As a site, Expedient can store how scheduled payment dates are calculated. For example for sea import jobs, the scheduled payment date could be ETD Destination plus 3 days, for air import jobs the scheduled payment date could be ETD Destination minus 2 days. The defaults can be set up in Administration -> Company Details Menu -> Scheduled Payment Details
These defaults can also be set for the client on the Entry within the Customer Masterfile, Importer tab
The Customer Masterfile can show if the system default is setting the Scheduled Payment date, or if the Client has their own default.
Expedient uses these defaults to set the Scheduled Payment date in the Pay Entry screen. The calculated date can be changed or removed before saving the Pay Entry screen. If the date is removed the payment will be made immediately.
The Scheduled Payment date has been added as a column in Import Workflow. This column is hidden by default.
The screen Enquiry Only -> Customs Entry Enquiry has also been updated to include Scheduled Payment date in the query and as a column in the results