Distributing Payments for Unmonitored Non-Billed Budgets
For Non-Billed Budgets, payments are distributed according to the payment and overpayment algorithms on the customer class. The base package payment distribution algorithm applies a payment first towards any SAs that have overdue or current balances (refer to Distributing A Payment for more information). Since the unmonitored Non-Billed Budget SA doesn't have a current balance, it is not considered by the payment distribution algorithm. If there aren't any SAs with a current balance, the overpayment distribution algorithm handles the remaining credit. You can elect to:
- Apply the overpayment to an excess credit SA. This is the method that we strongly recommend because all financial transactions are then a function of the normal payment, overpayment and billing processes.
- Apply the overpayment to the highest priority SA that is eligible for overpayment (as specified on the SA type). You can use this method to apply the overpayment to the unmonitored Non-Billed Budget SA. If you use this method, you must also set up the system to transfer the credit from the unmonitored Non-Billed Budget.
Use An Excess Credit SA. We strongly recommend that payments for unmonitored Non-Billed Budgets are distributed to an excess credit SA. In this case, the Non-Billed Budget is just a shell to hold the covered SAs and recommend a payment schedule; all financial transactions are a function of the normal payment, overpayment and billing processes.
Refer to Overpayment Segmentation for a detailed discussion of overpayment distribution options.