EZLynx Accounting: Pay Commission Only to a Premium Finance Company
Modified on: Wed, 10 Apr, 2019 at 2:43 PM
Some agencies have policies that were financed and then cancelled or endorsed causing premium and commission to be paid back to the customer.
In this scenario:
- The carrier pays the premium directly to the premium finance company instead of the agency.
AND
- The agency is responsible for paying their owed commission to the premium finance company instead of the customer.
This means that a user must create a credit financed invoice. This requires a negative receivable to the finance company, not a payable.
To create a credit invoice:
- Locate the customer, and at the policy, click the blue Actions link and select Edit.
- Verify the Billing Type is set to Agency and the Billing Company is correct.
- Set Generate Invoice to Yes, and Save Policy.
- Enter the owed commission in the Billing Premium & Gross Commission fields as a negative dollar amount.
- Next, set the Invoice Type to Premium Finance, and choose the Premium Finance Company.
- At Paid to, select Agency.
- Enter the owed commission as a negative dollar amount in the Amount Financed field.
- When ready, click Actions, and select Create Invoice.
- EZTip: It's a good idea to take note of the unique Invoice Number, since this information is needed later.
Next, create the Check to the Premium Finance Company:
- Click the Accounting icon on the left navigation bar, and hover to select Payables.
- On right, click Add Check, and enter the required data.
- From the Check Overview page, click the blue Actions link, and Select Line Items.
- In the pop-up, type the Invoice Number from earlier into the Search bar.
- Check all applicable items, and click Add in the middle, and Next on the Left.
- Verify the total to be paid is a positive dollar amount and equals the total the agency owes to the finance company.
- Click Save, and then Submit from the blue Actions menu.
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