In order to refund a Deposit on an inactive or guaranteed invoice in Apex please follow the below steps:
- In order to remove a Deposit that was posted incorrectly, open the specific reservation and click on the "Invoice" tab. Note that Supervisor Authorisation is not required to perform this action.
- Next select the payment amount, the line item will be highlighted in green.
- Click on the "Correct" button and confirm the correction by selecting "Yes" on the confirmation window.
- The "Correction Reason" window will appear, please enter the reason for the correction and select "OK".
- The transaction will be corrected and greyed out on the invoice. The corrected amount will be removed and the total of the invoice will have changed.
- A deposit can only be corrected on the date it is posted, should the error only be discovered the following day (after end of day) a reversal needs to take place. Please see below for reversal instructions.
- Should night audit already have taken place a reversal needs to occur. Reversals differ according to the payment type used on the invoice. Please see the differences below.
Cash Payments
- To reverse a Cash Deposit payment a negative Cash payment needs to be posted on the invoice. This is a separate setting that needs to be activated, please navigate to Administration -> General Administration -> Systems Defaults and Policies.
- On the "System Settings" page ensure the setting "Allow Debit Cash and Cheque" is ticked and save the changes.
- Open the reservation and select the "Post Deposit" button, the deposit payment window will open.
- Select the currency and the payment type "Cash" from the list of payment options.
- Type in the reference and the amount that needs to be reversed with a (-) minus in front of the amount, then select the "Post" button.
- Should Supervisor Authorisation be required enter your details.
- A confirmation window will appear click "Yes" to continue.
- The "Cash" amount will reflect as a charge and the original outstanding amount will display on the invoice. You can now continue to post the correct deposit amount as normal.