{"id":7410,"date":"2021-05-21T01:24:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.26.62.22\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=7410"},"modified":"2022-09-27T05:01:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T05:01:44","slug":"troubleshooting-rounding-on-claims","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"http:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/nz\/hc\/accounting\/troubleshooting-rounding-on-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubleshooting Rounding on Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first rule around dealing with any rounding adjustments is that the contract amount must remain the same. Under no circumstances should this change. Not only because your contract is a legal document but also because claim stages are communicated to financial providers and payments are scheduled based on these amounts. Any variation in these amounts submitted to your financial institutions may hold up payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Checks to make <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For each claim it is best to make some checks to avoid the rounding issue only being found at the end when you need to finalise the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Job List<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Job Number<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Claims<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Does the contract amount match the contract amount in claims tab (Inclusive of GST in AU\/NZ).<\/li><li>Has the correct Claim Stage been selected.<\/li><li>Are any approved variations included in applicable claim stage.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Correcting Rounding at progress claim stage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you find that rounding has affected the total amount due on a particular claim, you can try the below process<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Adjust the Actual Data Figure to make sure the total matches the progress claim amount expected.<\/li><li>Use the plus or minus correction button to make the small adjustments to the figure and click recalculate.<\/li><li>If the above steps are unsuccessful you may need to add a variation to ensure the amount is as expected on the claim stage progress payments identified at contract.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adj-claim-1024x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adj-claim-1024x534.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adj-claim-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adj-claim-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adj-claim-50x26.jpg 50w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adj-claim-16x8.jpg 16w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adj-claim-60x31.jpg 60w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adj-claim-100x52.jpg 100w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/adj-claim.jpg 1449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rounding Issue won&#8217;t allow finalisation of Job<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have sent out all progress claims and payments have been made from the customer or their financial provider and you have a <em>small<\/em> amount still showing to claim or has been claimed but will not be paid you should tidy this up to allow you to finalise the job. Anything you do to tidy up small amounts should have memo&#8217;s indicating it is an adjustment to allow finalisation of the claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\">Do not adjust the contract amount in order to finalise a job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you have a small amount to claim, do the claim or variation so that there is a $0 amount to be claimed on the job for the contract amount and variations. <a href=\"https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/au\/hc\/accounting\/draws\/make-draw\/\">Make a Claim<\/a><\/li><li>Any small amounts owing or a small credit transactions can be identified on the Accounts Receivable report generated from <a href=\"https:\/\/central.xero.com\/s\/article\/Accounts-Receivable-Invoices-report-older-version\">Xero.<\/a><\/li><li>Click on the invoice\/credit to open.<\/li><li>In the receive a payment\/refund a payment section at the bottom of the transaction fill in the fields. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Payment-claim-adj-1024x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Payment-claim-adj-1024x409.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Payment-claim-adj-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Payment-claim-adj-768x307.jpg 768w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Payment-claim-adj-50x20.jpg 50w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Payment-claim-adj-1536x614.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Payment-claim-adj-16x6.jpg 16w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Payment-claim-adj-60x24.jpg 60w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Payment-claim-adj-100x40.jpg 100w, https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Payment-claim-adj.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\"><li>In the paid to field <strong>select<\/strong> the account &#8220;write off small amounts&#8221;<\/li><li>Click <strong>add Payment<\/strong><\/li><li>Generate a <strong>Sync<\/strong> with Xero in G.J. Software or allow overnight sync.<\/li><li>Go ahead and <a href=\"https:\/\/help.gjgardner.com\/us\/hc\/accounting\/how-to-finalise-a-job\/\">Finalise Job<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\">If you do not have write off small amounts as part of your dropdown option, and do not know how to add it, please contact your Systems Support person<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first rule around dealing with any rounding adjustments is that the contract amount must remain the same. Under no circumstances should this change. 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