I. INTRODUCTION
As a general rule, only one party is responsible for all the charges on a rental agreement. On a bill-to rental, the responsible party is the Bill-To customer; on all others it is the renting customer. There are exceptions to this general rule and they include:
By definition, a voucher splits the rental charges between two parties, the voucher issuer and the renter. CARS+ automatically handles this split based on how the voucher is set up in the system. But there are other rental situations where charges may be split between two parties. These situations include:
These situations do not involve a voucher which defines who pays for what (a Stated Value Voucher is defined as a Form of Payment, not a voucher, in CARS+). In these cases, the "split" of the charges is usually negotiated at the counter at the time of RA close. Typically nothing special needs to be done to handle these situations. The counter agent simply enters a partial payment for the charges that the renter is going to pay, and the balance is invoiced to the other party (the bill-to, SVV or Corporate charge card). But accounting wise, due to the general rule stated above, all charges are shown as the responsibility of the bill-to party. The partial payment made by the renter is shown in the system as a partial payment against the bill-to's obligation.
But there are rental operations where this default logic on non-voucher split charges is NOT correct. The partial payment made by the renter must NOT be shown as a partial fulfillment of the Bill-to's obligation but as a payment of the renter's own financial responsibility. This often occurs when:
CARS+ can be configured so that charges can be split between the renter and a second party on non-voucher rentals. This chapter explains how that is done.
II. SET-UP
To turn on the features described in this chapter, contact your Thermeon Customer Support representative and ask that the GVT value "SPLITCHG" be turned on.| OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567 1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32.00/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201 Total T&M 175.00 6 Notes * Total Non-T&M 89.75 FOP 2 Discount * 3 Tax/Surcharge 8.75 A-T&M Charges name: SMITH Subtotal-1 273.50 C-Option Charges date: 06-15-16 Less Dep/Reimb * D-Payments odom: 10058 Less Payments * E-Other Charges veh#: 582431 4 Change Back * F- RA Open Bill-To: 123456 Balance 273.50 O-Other Windows N-Notes F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT |
Documentation Note: For the remainder of this chapter, the documentation will speak of the splitting of charges between the renter and a "bill-to" party. The phrase "bill-to party" will be used to refer to both an actual bill-to customer and SVVs or rental car branded forms of payment.
| OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567 1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32.00/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201 To--------------------------------------------------------------------------- To| Renter Renter | 2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to | 3 Ta|TIME 1 5 Days 35.00 175.00 175.00 | Su|FUEL 1 Item 2.00 32.00 32.00 | Le|CHILD SE 1 5 Days 7.00 35.00 35.00 | Le|Sales TA 1 Pct 5.00 8.75 8.75 | 4 Ch|SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 5.25 5.25 | Ba|AIRPORT 1 Pct 10.00 17.50 17.50 | | | | | | | | | | 273.50 | F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT |
| OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567 1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201 To--------------------------------------------------------------------------- To| Renter Renter | 2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to | 3 Ta|TIME 1 5 Days 35.00 175.00 175.00 | Su|FUEL 1 Item 2.00 32.00 32.00 | Le|CHILD SE 1 5 Days 7.00 35.00 5 35.00 | Le|Sales TA 1 Pct 5.00 8.75 1.75 7.00 | 4 Ch|SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 5.25 5.25 | Ba|AIRPORT 1 Pct 10.00 17.50 17.50 | | | | | | | | | | 36.75 236.75 | F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT |
REVENUE SPLITS REMOVED, USE SHIFT-F7 TO RESET SPLITSThis screen can also be used to split a single charge between the two parties. For example, if the original reservation for the rental illustrated here was for just 4 days and the fifth day is to be paid by the renter, enter the number of TIME days the renter is to pay for in the "Renter to Pay" column. In the illustration below, entering "1" for the TIME charge, splits the $175.00 charge with $35.00 owed by the renter and the remaining $140.00 owed by the Bill-To party. In this case, because the TIME charge is subject to the Surcharge and Location fee in addition to Sales tax, both of those charges are automatically split as well.
| OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567 1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32.00/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201 To--------------------------------------------------------------------------- To| Renter Renter | 2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to | 3 Ta|TIME 1 5 Days 35.00 175.00 1 35.00 140.00 | Su|FUEL 1 Item 2.00 32.00 32.00 | Le|CHILD SE 1 5 Days 7.00 35.00 5 35.00 | Le|Sales TA 1 Pct 5.00 8.75 2.50 6.25 | 4 Ch|SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 5.25 1.05 4.20 | Ba|AIRPORT 1 Pct 10.00 17.50 3.50 14.00 | | | | | | | | | | 77.05 196.45 | F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT |
SPLIT CHARGES ACCORDING TO THE RESERVATION? Y/NIf answered "Y" (yes), any days beyond the reserved period will automatically appear in the "Renter to Pay" column. Options that were reserved will be split as well, but items that were added to the rental when it was opened will appear as 100% owed by the renter. The above screen is what you would see by answering "Y" on a 5 day rental based on a 4 day reservation where a child seat was NOT reserved but added at the time of open.
| OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567 1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32.00/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201 To--------------------------------------------------------------------------- To| Renter Renter | 2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to | 3 Ta|TIME 1 5 Days 35.00 175.00 1 35.00 140.00 | Su|FUEL 1 Item 2.00 32.00 10.00 22.00 | Le|CHILD SE 1 5 Days 7.00 35.00 5 35.00 | Le|Sales TA 1 Pct 5.00 8.75 3.00 5.75 | 4 Ch|SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 5.25 1.05 4.20 | Ba|AIRPORT 1 Pct 10.00 17.50 3.50 14.00 | | | | | | | | | | 87.55 185.95 | F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT |
| OPTION: __ PAYMENTS F2=NEXT 4 F4=PREV 4 Page:01 Amount/FOP/#/Exp/Settled Auth#/Amt Curr Code/Frgn Amt/Exch Rate/DCC? PmtDate/Time/Drw 1 */*/*/*/* 2 */* 3 */*/*/* 4 */*/* 5 */*/*/*/* 6 */* 7 */*/*/* 8 */*/* 9 */*/*/*/* 10 */* 11 */*/*/* 12 */*/* 13 */*/*/*/* 14 */* 15 */*/*/* 16 */*/* Renters Revenue Amt: 87.55 Renters Balance Due: 87.55 |
| OPTION: __ PAYMENTS F2=NEXT 4 F4=PREV 4 Page:01 Amount/FOP/#/Exp/Settled Auth#/Amt Curr Code/Frgn Amt/Exch Rate/DCC? PmtDate/Time/Drw 1 */*/*/*/* 2 */* 3 */*/*/* 4 */*/* 5 */*/*/*/* 6 */* 7 */*/*/* 8 */*/* 9 */*/*/*/* 10 */* 11 */*/*/* 12 */*/* 13 */*/*/*/* 14 */* 15 */*/*/* 16 */*/* Renter Revenue Amt: 87.55 Renters Balance Due: -12.45 |
| OPTION: __ PAYMENTS F2=NEXT 4 F4=PREV 4 Page:01 Amount/FOP/#/Exp/Settled Auth#/Amt Curr Code/Frgn Amt/Exch Rate/DCC? PmtDate/Time/Drw 1 273.50/SVV/STATED VALUE VOUCHER/*/* 2 */* 3 */*/*/* 4 */*/* 5 */*/*/*/* 6 */* 7 */*/*/* 8 */*/* 9 */*/*/*/* 10 */* 11 */*/*/* 12 */*/* 13 */*/*/*/* 14 */* 15 */*/*/* 16 */*/* Renter Revenue Amt: 87.55 |
The full amount of the rental will initially be shown as having been paid by the SVV or Charge account. But because there is no partial payment on another FOP, this RA cannot be saved as is. To correct this:
| OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567 1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201 To--------------------------------------------------------------------------- To| Renter Renter | 2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to | 3 Ta|TIME 1 2 Week 210.00 420.00 420.00 | Su|TIME 1 Days 35.00 __ | Le|LDW 1 1 Week 84.00 84.00 84.00 | Le|LDW 1 6 Days 14.00 84.00 84.00 | 4 Ch|MILES/KM 1 Item .20 60.00 60.00 | Ba|SALES TA 1 Pct 5.00 32.40 32.40 | |SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 14.40 14.40 | | | | | | | | 694.80 | F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT |
| OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567 1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201 To--------------------------------------------------------------------------- To| Renter Renter | 2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to | 3 Ta|TIME 1 2 Week 210.00 420.00 210.00 | Su|TIME 1 Days 35.00 2 70.00 140.00 | Le|LDW 1 1 Week 84.00 84.00 84.00 | Le|LDW 1 6 Days 14.00 84.00 84.00 | 4 Ch|MILES/KM 1 Item .20 60.00 60.00 | Ba|SALES TA 1 Pct 5.00 32.40 3.50 28.90 | |SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 14.40 2.10 12.30 | | | | | | | | 75.60 619.20 | F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT |
| OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567 1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201 To--------------------------------------------------------------------------- To| Renter Renter | 2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to | 3 Ta|TIME 1 1 Week 180.00 180.00 180.00 | Su|TIME 1 Days 30.00 __ | Le|LDW 1 1 Week 84.00 84.00 84.00 | Le|LDW 1 Days 14.00 | 4 Ch|MILES/KM 1 Item .20 60.00 60.00 | Ba|SALES TA 1 Pct 5.00 16.20 16.20 | |SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 7.20 7.20 | | | | | | | | 347.40 | F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT |
| OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567 1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201 To--------------------------------------------------------------------------- To| Renter Renter | 2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to | 3 Ta|TIME 1 1 Week 180.00 180.00 | Su|TIME 1 Days 30.00 2 60.00 150.00 | Le|LDW 1 1 Week 84.00 84.00 84.00 | Le|LDW 1 Days 14.00 | 4 Ch|MILES/KM 1 Item .20 60.00 60.00 | Ba|SALES TA 1 Pct 5.00 16.20 3.00 14.70 | |SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 7.20 1.80 6.30 | | | | | | | | 64.80 315.00 | F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT |
| OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567 1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201 To--------------------------------------------------------------------------- To| Renter Renter | 2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to | 3 Ta|TIME 1 1 Week 180.00 180.00 | Su|TIME 1 Days 30.00 2 60.00 150.00 | Le|LDW 1 1 Week 84.00 84.00 84.00 | Le|LDW 1 Days 14.00 | 4 Ch|MILES/KM 1 Item .20 60.00 60.00 | Ba|CUS SV A 1 Item 50.00 -50.00 -10.00 -40.00 SALES TA 1 Pct 5.00 16.20 2.50 12.70 | |SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 7.20 1.50 5.10 | | | | | | | | 54.00 271.80 | F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT |
REVENUE SPLITS REMOVED, USE SHIFT-F7 TO RESET SPLITS
A. If the RA is closed but has not yet had its charges printed on a Tax Document: Both the RA and the splits can be edited. In the case of the split screen, the previous splits will be removed, and all the charges will once again display with everything being owed by the Bill-to party.
B. If the RA is closed and has had its charges printed on a Tax Document: The Tax Documents must first be voided. Use the program Cancel Tax Documents to void the required tax documents associated with this RA.
1. When accessing a closed RA that has had it's charges split by either the Edit Closed RA or Edit Posted RA, you will be presented with a pop-up window that will ask:
EDITS WILL BE MADE TO:
The Renter's ChargesIndicate the edits that are to be made by selecting one of the four responses above.
The Bill-to's Charges
To Both
To fields that do not affect charges
- If you select the first, the program will check that the Tax Document for the renter's charges has been voided. If it hasn't, you will receive a message with the Tax Document number that must be voided and the RA will NOT be displayed.
- If you select the second, the program will check that the Tax Document for the bill-to's charges has been voided. If it hasn't, you will receive a message with the Tax Document number that must be voided and the RA will NOT be displayed.
- If you select the third, the program will check that all Tax Documents have been voided. If they have not, you will receive a message with the Tax Document that must be voided and the RA will NOT be displayed.
- If you select the last, no charges will be displayed on the Shifted/F7 screen for editing..
NOTE: Because of the unique way that fuel and mileage charges are calculated, if you intend to edit the check-in odometer or check-in fuel tank level you MUST ask for the ability to change the splits for BOTH parties (and therefore all Tax Documents must first be voided). Access to those fields will be blocked unless all Tax Documents have been voided.
VII. OTHER CHANGES RELATED TO THE SPLIT CHARGE FEATURE2. Using the 7 day rental example from above, here is how the edits will be displayed:
Before doing the splits and before saving the closed RA, the screen will look as follows on a 7 day rental:
OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567
1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32.00/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201
To---------------------------------------------------------------------------
To| Renter Renter |
2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to |
3 Ta|TIME 1 1 Week 180.00 180.00 180.00 |
Su|TIME 1 Days 30.00 __ |
Le|LDW 1 1 Week 84.00 84.00 84.00 |
Le|LDW 1 Days 14.00 |
4 Ch|MILES/KM 1 Item .20 60.00 60.00 |
Ba|SALES TA 1 Pct 5.00 16.20 16.20 |
|SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 7.20 7.20 |
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| 347.40 |
F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT
After doing the splits and before saving the closed RA, the charges will appear as shown below. At the counter, a Tax Document for $64.80 will be printed for the renter and in the back office, a second Tax Document in the name of the bill-to party will print for $315.00.
OPTION: __________ RA CLOSE #A1234567
1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32.00/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201
To---------------------------------------------------------------------------
To| Renter Renter |
2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to |
3 Ta|TIME 1 1 Week 180.00 180.00 |
Su|TIME 1 Days 30.00 2 60.00 150.00 |
Le|LDW 1 1 Week 84.00 84.00 84.00 |
Le|LDW 1 Days 14.00 |
4 Ch|MILES/KM 1 Item .20 60.00 60.00 |
Ba|SALES TA 1 Pct 5.00 16.20 3.00 14.70 |
|SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 7.20 1.80 6.30 |
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| 64.80 315.00 |
F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT
Let's suppose that there turns out to be some problems with the renter's credit card payment of $64.80, a problem that requires that the Tax Document be voided and these charges edited. But there is nothing wrong with the Tax Document and the charges that were billed to the Bill-to party. You must:
- Void the Renter's Tax Document (the Tax Document for the Bill-To can be left alone)
- Call the RA up on to the Edit Closed RA screen and announce that you intend to edit the Renter's Charges. The screen will look as follows:
OPTION: __________ EDIT RA CLOSE #A1234567
1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32.00/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201
To---------------------------------------------------------------------------
To| Renter Renter |
2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to |
3 Ta|TIME 1 Week 180.00 |
Su|TIME 1 2 Days 30.00 60.00 60.00 |
Le|LDW 1 Week 84.00 |
Le|LDW 1 Days 14.00 |
4 Ch|MILES/KM 1 Item .20 |
Ba|SALES TA 1 Pct 5.00 3.00 3.00 |
|SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 1.80 1.80 |
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| 64.80 |
F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT
In this case, only the two days that had been charged to the renter and the associated taxes are open for change. The charges associated with the Tax Document that was issued to the bill-to party and which was not voided, do not appear on the screen. If you do nothing, these two additional days will now be invoiced to the bill-to party as the screen displays and a second Tax Document for the bill-to party will print for these charges. But let's assume that the issue here is that the renter was only required to pay for one of the two days he was invoiced for, by entering a "1" in the Renter to Pay column for the option TIME will produce the following:
OPTION: __________ EDIT RA CLOSE #A1234567
1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32.00/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201
To---------------------------------------------------------------------------
To| Renter Renter |
2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to |
3 Ta|TIME 1 Week 180.00 |
Su|TIME 1 2 Days 30.00 60.00 1 30.00 30.00 |
Le|LDW 1 Week 84.00 |
Le|LDW 1 Days 14.00 |
4 Ch|MILES/KM 1 Item .20 |
Ba|SALES TA 1 Pct 5.00 3.00 1.50 1.50 |
|SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 1.80 .90 .90 |
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| 32.40 32.40 |
F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT
As a result, two new Tax Documents will now be created; one for the renter for the 1 day of charges and taxes and a second Tax Document in the name of the Bill-to Party for the remaining day and taxes. The system will now have two Tax Documents for the bill-to (the original for 5 days and this new one for 1 day) and one Tax Document for the renter.
User Note: If you ask to edit the renter's charges and no Tax Document has yet been issued for the Bill-To Party, even though you just asked for just the renter's charges, both the renter's and bill-to party's charges will display (like the second screen example above).
The following screen shows the same RA if it is the bill-to's charges that need editing not those of the renter:
OPTION: __________ EDIT RA CLOSE #A1234567
1 Miles/Fuel/Chg 10325/4/32.00/P 5 Empl/Drw ALEX/201
To---------------------------------------------------------------------------
To| Renter Renter |
2 Di|Option Qty Charge to Pay Charge Bill-to |
3 Ta|TIME 1 Week 180.00 |
Su|TIME 1 5 Days 30.00 150.00 150.00 |
Le|LDW 1 1 Week 84.00 84.00 84.00 |
Le|LDW 1 Days 14.00 |
4 Ch|MILES/KM 1 Item .20 60.00 60.00 |
Ba|SALES TA 1 Pct 5.00 14.70 14.70 |
|SURCHARG 1 Pct 3.00 6.30 6.30 |
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| 315.00 |
F1=CLOSE RA F2=SWIPE F3=ERASE F4=CALCULATE F12=CHECK AUTH ESC=EXIT
Obviously, if the charges for both the renter and the bill-to are to be edited, both Tax Documents must be voided and all charges will appear like they did on the first screen illustrated above.
A. The program Post Tax Documents is designed to export the split charges with the tax documents.
B. Not all Tax Document print programs support the split charge logic. Please contact your Thermeon Customer Support representative if you have questions.