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Meg51
4 years ago

COMMISSION CLAWBACK

My client is a mortgage broker.  He receives upfront commissions on settled loans.   One of his loans has been paid out early and the lender is clawing back 50% of the upfront commission.  The lend...
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    Tracey_H
    4 years ago

    Hi Meg51 

     

    Thanks for your post. It might be worth checking with the accountant about how this needs to be recorded. From an AccountRight perspective though you use the Undeposited funds account for both the Receive Payments and Pay Bills transactions. Then process the $0 bank deposit through Prepare Bank Deposit window.

     

    For example:

    • you've got a commission sale invoice for $10,000, record a Receive Payments transaction and tick the Undeposited Funds option
    • you've entered the debt as a purchase transaction, the lender has taken that $10,000 commission, record a Pay Bills transaction and change the Pay from Account to the Undeposited Funds account
    • go to Prepare Bank Deposit and you'll have the debit and credit transactions for $10,000, select them both and the bank deposit amount will be $0.00. Record the transaction
    • if the lender doesn't take the whole commission, say they only took $5,000, record the Pay Bills transaction for $5,000. In the Prepare Bank Deposit window tick both transactions and the bank deposit will be $5,000 which can be matched in bank feeds

    I would recommend checking with the accountant to make sure this is suitable and accounts for the GST correctly.

     

    Please let me know if you need further help.

     

    If my response has answered your enquiry please click "Accept as Solution" to assist other users find this information.

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Tracey_H
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Hi Meg51 

 

Thanks for your post. It might be worth checking with the accountant about how this needs to be recorded. From an AccountRight perspective though you use the Undeposited funds account for both the Receive Payments and Pay Bills transactions. Then process the $0 bank deposit through Prepare Bank Deposit window.

 

For example:

  • you've got a commission sale invoice for $10,000, record a Receive Payments transaction and tick the Undeposited Funds option
  • you've entered the debt as a purchase transaction, the lender has taken that $10,000 commission, record a Pay Bills transaction and change the Pay from Account to the Undeposited Funds account
  • go to Prepare Bank Deposit and you'll have the debit and credit transactions for $10,000, select them both and the bank deposit amount will be $0.00. Record the transaction
  • if the lender doesn't take the whole commission, say they only took $5,000, record the Pay Bills transaction for $5,000. In the Prepare Bank Deposit window tick both transactions and the bank deposit will be $5,000 which can be matched in bank feeds

I would recommend checking with the accountant to make sure this is suitable and accounts for the GST correctly.

 

Please let me know if you need further help.

 

If my response has answered your enquiry please click "Accept as Solution" to assist other users find this information.

Meg51's avatar
Meg51
4 years ago

Hi Tracey

 

Many thanks for your very neat solution.  I've tried it and it works!  However, I will double check with my Accountant for his final approval.

 

Kindest regards

 

Meg :-)

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