Direct Charge

Definition

A direct charge is a condition category that is applied in your bank / company for one-off activities. This can include, for example, a percentage rate or fixed rate charge for the provision of credit. A direct charge could also be a charge for copying a bank statement.

Note Note

The statements relating to checks / check management and standing orders apply for banks only.

End of the note.

Use

To create conditions for the calculation of direct charges , proceed as follows:

Note that for direct charges the differentiation type must always be ‘Feature’, so that this can correspond to the Customizing settings.

The following settings are necessary for bank statement duplicates:

Choose Conditions Charges → Edit Direct Charges,and thenCreate Condition .
As the first differentiation type, enter ‘Feature’.
As the differentiation value, enter ‘Bank Statement’.
As the second differentiation type, enter ‘Activity’.
As the differentiation value, enter ‘Create Duplicate’ (D1).

The following settings are necessary for issuing and locking checks:

As the first differentiation type, enter ‘Feature’.
As the differentiation value, enter ‘Check’.
As the second differentiation type, enter ‘Activity’.
As the differentiation value, enter ‘Create’ (01) or 'Lock' (05).
Note:
- ‘Direct charges’ are always linked to features. If features are not defined, no automatic charge postings are generated.
- You want to define different charges for issuing checks, for example, a different charge for Euro checks than for crossed checks. In this case, instead of choosing the differentiation type Activity , choose the differentiation type Position Type . The direct charge specified then applies for issuing checks of the selected position type.

Structure

It is possible to levy a charge in the following areas:

Bank statement:
- For the creation of a bank statement duplicate
Check (cheque) management:
- For issuing checks
- For locking checks
Account closure

Standing orders

Overview of possible differentiation types:

Operation	1. Diff. type	1. Diff. value		2. Diff. value
Bank statement	Feature	Bank statement	Activity	Creating duplicate
Check (Cheque) Management	Feature	Check (cheque)	Activity	Create / lock
			Position type	Euro-check / order check...
Account closure	Feature	Account closure	Activity	Execute
			Medium	Document / EFT / online...
			Transaction type	Account closure internal / account closure external ...
Standing Order	Feature	Standing Order	Activity	Create / change / delete

Caution Caution

The differentiation type feature is used exclusively for the determination of the transaction type for charge posting (assignment: Feature - charge transaction type).

In a condition group, the differentiation types for all 'Direct Charges' conditions must be identical (to ensure uniqueness).

This does not apply if the condition is a markup condition.

End of the caution.