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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Payment Methods</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Payment methods</Level1>
		</Keyword>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Several methods are available to pay open purchase invoices and to collect the payments on open sales invoices. For example, you can use checks, <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000436" role="glossary">trade notes</Link>, bank orders, payment slips, automatic direct debits, and so on. Each method requires specific details which you can define in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0140s000" role="session">Payment/Receipt Method (tfcmg0140s000)</GUIRef> session</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>For each payment method or receipt method, the details include:</ListIntro>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0140s000#tfcmg003.repa" role="formfield">Receipt/Payment</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>Whether the payment/receipt method is used for payments to suppliers or for receipts from customers. A payment to a customer is viewed as a negative receipt and a receipt from a supplier is viewed as a negative payment.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0140s000#tfcmg003.auto" role="formfield">Kind of Payment/Receipt</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>Whether the payment/receipt method is used in an automatic payment or direct debit procedure, for trade notes or for manually entered payments or receipts.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0140s000#tfcmg003.sess" role="formfield" Update="No">Session to Create Payments/Receipts</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>The session in which SSA ERP must generate the payment document or the receipt document during the automatic payment/direct debit procedure. Different sessions and payment reports can be required for each payment document.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0140s000#tfcmg003.rgr2" role="formfield">Additional Report</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>The type of additional reports or ASCII files SSA ERP must generate for diskette payments or electronic payments .</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0140s000#tfcmg003.typp" role="formfield">Output Type</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0140s000#tfcmg003.dev1" role="formfield">Device for Payments/Receipts</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>The way in which you transfer the payment file to the bank</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0140s000#tfcmgtrdsteps" role="groupbox">Steps</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>The steps that SSA ERP must perform for the payment document or the receipt document. For each step, SSA ERP updates the document status and if applicable, creates financial postings in the general ledger. Some steps are mandatory, other steps are optional. You can select the optional steps.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="" role="manual">Check master</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>. If you use pre-numbered payment documents, including trade notes, the payments can be are made through checks. For each bank/payment method, the available checks and used checks are registered in the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#CheckMaster.tf" role="glossary">check master</Link> which you can define in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg2115s000" role="session">Check Master (tfcmg2115s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Intermediate steps</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>A payment can go through several stages before the total procedure is completed.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListTitle>Payment steps</ListTitle>
			<ListItem><List><ListIntro>For payments, the following steps are available:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.received" role="enum">Document Received</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.acc.sent" role="enum">Document Accepted/Sent</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.paid" role="enum">Document Paid</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
				</List>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.paid" role="enum">Document Paid</GUIRef> step is mandatory and is always carried out.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>Only if a payment must get the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.chst#anticipated" role="enum">Anticipated</GUIRef> status, one or both of these actions are taken. In practice, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.received" role="enum">Document Received</GUIRef> step is only used for posting trade notes and similar documents. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.acc.sent" role="enum">Document Accepted/Sent</GUIRef> step is used for most of the other ways of payment, such as checks, bank orders, and so on.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListTitle>Receipt steps</ListTitle>
			<ListIntro>For receipts, the following steps are available:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.to.cust" role="enum" Update="No">Document Sent to Business Partner</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.acc.by.cust" role="enum" Update="No">Document Accepted by Business Partner</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.to.bank" role="enum">Document Sent to Bank</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.paid" role="enum">Document Paid</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.paid" role="enum">Document Paid</GUIRef> step is mandatory and is always carried out.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListTitle>Trade notes steps</ListTitle>
			<ListIntro>For trade notes, many intermediate steps are available. Select the steps for the trade note statuses that you want to control. For example, in addition to the steps for payments and receipts, you can select:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.collateral" role="enum">Document Collateral</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.endorsed" role="enum">Document Endorsed</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.discounted" role="enum">Document Discounted</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.matured" role="enum">Document Matured</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.void" role="enum">Document Void</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/cmg.step#doc.settled" role="enum">Document Settled</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>if you select intermediate steps, SSA ERP generates anticipated payments or an anticipated receipts or you can create these manually. For some intermediate steps, you must change the status manually by using the following sessions:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg2512m000" role="session">Anticipated Payment Status (tfcmg2512m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg2116s000" role="session">Anticipated Payments (Details) (tfcmg2116s000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg2513m000" role="session">Anticipated Receipt Status (tfcmg2513m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg2117s000" role="session">Anticipated Receipts (Details) (tfcmg2117s000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg2111s000" role="session">Anticipated Receipts (tfcmg2111s000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg2110s000" role="session">Anticipated Payments (tfcmg2110s000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>If you do not select intermediate steps, SSA ERP immediately posts the payment amount or the receipt amount to the control accounts in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr" role="module">Accounts Receivable</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acp" role="module">Accounts Payable</GUIRef>. You do not need to carry out a reconciliation for these payments.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Financial postings</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>For every step that requires financial postings, SSA ERP posts the amounts to the following ledger accounts and dimensions:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The control accounts you defined for the business-partner groups in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr" role="module">Accounts Receivable</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acp" role="module">Accounts Payable</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><List><ListIntro>The ledger accounts and dimensions that you select for the payment method in one of the following sessions:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0145s000" role="session">Data by Bank/Payment Method (tfcmg0145s000)</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0146s000" role="session">Posting Data by Bank/Payment Method (tfcmg0146s000)</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0514m000" role="session">Trade Note Posting Data by Payment/Receipt Method (tfcmg0514m000)</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
				</List>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>SSA ERP creates financial postings for the following transactions:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Payments through bank orders and checks.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Receipts through direct debits and checks.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000437" role="glossary">Trade notes payable</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000442" role="glossary">Trade notes receivable</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>For details, refer to:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000332" role="manual">Financial postings for payments</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000333" role="manual">Financial postings for receipts</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000410" role="manual">Trade notes financial postings</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
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