SuiteApp: Electronic Bank Payments
Scenario
User may need to know how to recognize Customer Refunds through Electronic Bank Payments.
Note: For the steps below, the EFT Payment Batch Approval Routing preference is not enabled (Payments > Setup > Electronic Payments Preferences > General Preferences tab).
Solution
I. Create Company Bank Details
- Navigate to Payments > Setup > Company Bank Details > New
- Name: Enter Bank Name
- GL Bank Account: Select GL Bank Account
- Legal Name: Enter Company’s Legal Name
- Print Company Name: Enter Company Name that should appear on email notification
- File Cabinet Location ID: Enter File Cabinet Location ID
- EFT Template: Select desired EFT Template
- Click Save
Note: The page reloads and additional information is needed to be entered on subtabs. - Click EFT Template Details tab
- Enter mandatory details related to your Company's Bank Account.
- Click Save
II. Create Customer record with Bank Payment Details
- Navigate to Lists > Relationships > Customers > New
- Company Name: Enter Customer's Name
- Primary Subsidiary: Select Primary Subsidiary
- Enter other mandatory details
- Click Bank Payment Details (Credit) tab
- EFT Customer Refund Payment: Enter Checkmark
- Click Save
- Click Bank Payment Details (Credit) tab
- Click New Bank Details button
- Payment File Format: Select the same EFT Template as in step I.7
- Type: Select Primary
- Enter other mandatory details of the Customer's Bank account
- Click Save
III. Create a Credit Memo and Customer Refund
A) Create standalone Credit Memo
- Navigate to Transactions > Customers > Issue Credit Memos
- Customer: Select Customer created in step II
- Click Items tab
- Item: Add any Item and enter Quantity or Rate to be reimbursed
- Enter other mandatory details
- Click Save
or
B) Create Credit Memo from Invoice
- Navigate to Transactions > Sales > Create Invoices > List
- Click View by the invoice that needs to be (partially) reimbursed
- Click Credit
- Click Items tab
- Item: Adjust if needed Quantity or Amount to be reimbursed (per line)
- Click Save
Create Customer Refund
IV. Process Customer Refunds via Electronic Payments
- Click Refund on the Credit Memo created in this step A) or B)
- Account: Select same Account as the GL Bank Account in step I.3
- Click Apply tab
- Apply: Enter Checkmark by Credit Memo
- Click Refund Method tab
- Refund Method: Select Cash
- Check #: Make sure this stays blank
- For Electronic Bank Payment (Direct Debit): Enter Checkmark
- Click Save
IV. Process Customer Refunds via Electronic Payments
- Navigate to Payments > Payment Processing > Customer Refund Payments
- Bank Account: Select Bank Account created in step I
- Navigate to Select Transactions section
- Pay: Enter Checkmark by Customer Refund created in step III
- Click Submit
- Click Refresh until File Processed? shows Processed
- File Reference: You can download the Payment File for the bank