Working with Contributions (WCON)

Purpose: You can use the Work with Order Contributions function to review overpayments that have been applied as contributions, to convert a contribution to a refund, or to advance to standard Order Inquiry.

Overview: An overpayment on an order is eligible to be applied as a contribution if the customer is prepaying for an order (using cash or check), and the Method for Processing Overpayments in Order Entry (D70) system control value is set to permit contribution processing.

If you are processing overpayments as contributions and would like them to post automatically to the general ledger (G/L), you must define a G/L number in the Pay Type table for any prepaid payment types you use. You should also set the Deferred Liability Cash Post Method (C48) system control value to ORDER.

The system writes a record in the Order Contributions table. You can review this information through the Work with Order Contributions function, or through standard Order Inquiry. Contribution totals are also included in the Daily Cash Receipts Journal.

You can change a contribution to a refund (if you have authority) through Work with Order Contributions or through standard Order Inquiry.

Once you have applied an overpayment as a contribution, the system does not consider the contribution amount as applied to the order when, for example, it computes a refund amount if the order is canceled or additional payment required for an exchange.

For more information:

• defining a Contributions general ledger number for a pay type: Working with G/L Accounts (WGLA)

• working with payment types in Order Entry: Entering Orders

• reviewing contribution information in standard Order Inquiry: Reviewing Financial Information on an Order

• printing the Daily Cash Receipts Journal: A/R Printing Functions

Work with Order Contribution Screen

Purpose: Use this screen to review overpayments that have been applied as contributions in your company, to convert a contribution to a refund, or to advance to standard Order Inquiry.

How to display this screen: Enter WCON in the Fast path field at the top of any menu or select Work with Order Contributions from a menu.

Field	Description
Customer #	A unique number to identify the customer who places an order. Numeric, 9 positions; optional.
Order #	A unique number to identify an order. Numeric, 8 positions; optional.
Contribution amount	The amount of the overpayment that has been applied as a contribution. Numeric, 11 positions with a 2-place decimal; optional.
Date posted	The date the contribution was posted to the general ledger. Numeric, 6 positions (MMDDYY format); optional.
Date converted	The date a contribution was converted to a refund. Numeric, 6 positions (MMDDYY format); optional.

Screen Option	Procedure
Convert a contribution to a refund	Select Convert To Refund for a contribution to convert it to a refund. If you do not have authority to Convert Contribution Authority (A41), a message displays:   User Not Authorized to Convert Contributions to Refunds.
Advance to standard Order Inquiry	Select Order Inquiry for a contribution to advance to standard Order Inquiry. See Reviewing Financial Information on an Order.