Examples of Common Payment Segment Types

The following table shows several classic payment segment types used by many organizations:

Payment Segment

Type

Payment Segment

Financial Transaction Algorithm

Normal payment (if you practice accrual accounting). Refer to Accrual versus Cash Accounting for more information.

Payoff = Pay Amount / Current = Pay Amount (no cash accounting)

Normal payment (if you practice cash accounting). Refer to Accrual versus Cash Accounting for more information.

Payoff = Pay Amount / Current = Pay Amount (plus Cash Accounting)

Charity payment

Payoff =0 / Current = Pay Amount (the GL is affected)

Non-CIS Payments (When the FT is created, the distribution code and GL account to credit is retrieved from the pay). Refer to Non CIS Payments for more information

Payoff = Pay Amount / Current = Pay Amount (no cash accounting)