OverviewCreate a Payment Plan (CBAPLAN)
Use the Payment Plan Creation form (CBAPLAN) to establish and maintain payment plans for persons owing money. You can set up a new payment plan or update an existing plan.
You can set up payment plans for specific parties within a case and include fees incurred over multiple cases. Cases can be on the same plan only if they use the same distribution method. You can establish a weekly, monthly, semi-monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly payment schedule.
Multi-Location Accounting Considerations
To create a new payment plan
To set up a new plan:
enter, search for, or add a Plan Owner ID.
Leave Payment Plan Number blank to generate a new plan number.
From the Block menu, select Next.
Enter the Effective Date to establish when you want the payment plan to begin. This is the date after which the first payment is due. The system calculates the remaining due dates from this and displays them in the Scheduled Payments block. Example
Select a Pay Period from the drop down list to indicate how often payments are due. Your options are: Weekly, Monthly, Semi-Monthly, Bi-Monthly, or Quarterly.
Enter the Pay Amount for each payment period.
The Previous Pay Date (date of the last payment), Payments Remaining, and Plan Balance Due are display only fields. After you add fees to the plan, the system calculates how many payments remain and display that and the plan balance still due. After payments are made, the system displays the date of the previous payment.
From the Block menu, select Next to move to the Associated Cases block. In this block, you must enter or search for a Case ID and have the option of entering or searching for a Party ID.
Add fees to the plan by selecting Add/Remove Fees in the navigation frame. Customize the list of fees that display for you to choose from by selecting or not selecting All Fees. The following table illustrates the result of your choices.
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All Fees Checked |
All Fees Unchecked |
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Party ID |
All fees for the Party ID and case fees not related to a party |
Only fees for the entered Party ID |
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No Party ID |
All fees for the entered Case ID |
Only case fees not related to a party |
From the Associated Cases block, you can perform the following tasks in addition to adding or removing fees.
To view all case fees for an existing plan, select View All Plan Fees in the navigation frame.
To view account details of a case and party on the payment plan, highlight a Case ID, then select Account Info (CBAACCD) in the navigation frame.
To view account history for a case and party on the payment plan, highlight a Case ID, then select Account Qry (CBIAHIS) in the navigation frame.
To add fees to be applied periodically to the payment plan, select Periodic Fees in the navigation frame.
Select Next from the Block menu to move to the Scheduled Payments block. The system calculates the schedule of payments based on the fees selected to be added to the plan and the information entered in the Plan block at the top of the form. You can make changes to the Due Date and Amount Due.
When finished working with the payment plan, Exit the Payment Plan Creation form (CBAPLAN).
