How do I add interest on the client cash account, income or receipts?

This article will guide you through how to add and keep track of transactions in to the estate

• Where do I add income and receipts?
• How do I add interest on the client cash account?
• How do I add income related to assets?
• How do I add a receipt?
• How do I add sums received?
• Where can I view and manage income and receipts?
• What will it look like within the estate accounts export?

Where to find income & receipts 

• Open the case you wish to add income to – How do I find a case I’m working on?
• Click Income & receipts on the left hand side menu

• Click Add new income

Adding interest to the client cash account

This type of income allows you to add any interest accrued on the client cash account 

• After clicking to add new income, choose income for the category

• Within Asset type choose Client cash account 

• Once you have chosen Client cash account this will automatically update the Asset* field to Client cash account
• Enter the Full income value* 
• Income source* will automatically update to Interest
• Enter all other relevant information and click Save

• This income will show on the Client cash account, Reconciliation and Income & receipts tabs within the estate accounts area. Where can I find this?
• The client cash account interest will also be accounted for within Distributions
• On the estate accounts exports it appears in the Income, sums received & receipts section with the description Client cash account 

Income related to assets

This type of income allows you to either add income directly in to an account before it's closure or, relate income to an asset for example a vehicle and then choose where that money was deposited 

• After clicking add new income, choose income for the category

• Choose the Asset type the income relates to from the dropdown menu

• A list of assets within the type of category you have chosen will appear

• Choose which item you want to relate the income to
• Enter all further relevant information
• Dependent on the asset type, the income can be sent to either:
  • Client cash account
  • Back in to the asset value
  • Other 

• Click Save
  
  

Receipt

This type of income is to show any money received into the client cash account after death

• Choose Receipt for the category
• Enter information into all relevant fields 

• All receipts will show as deposited into the client cash account
• Click Save

Sums received

This type of income is to show any money received after the date of death that was paid directly in to the deceased's bank account before its closure

• Choose Sums received for the category

• Choose the associated bank account from the Asset dropdown menu
• Enter information into all other relevant fields 
• Click Save

View and manage income transactions within a case

• Click the Income & receipts section on the left hand side menu:

• This will take you to an overview: 

• To edit an item click View, once open make the required changes and click Save
• To delete, click on the three dots to the right of the relevant item and choose Delete

View client cash account interest, income and receipts within estate accounts summary and the estate accounts output

• Click into Estate accounts on the left hand side menu and from there you can view all estate accounts tabs

• Within Income & receipts you will see the items you have added summarised by category
• Within Reconciliation you will see a total for all income and receipts and a separate total for any income received outside the client cash account
• Within Client cash account, you will see any income deposited into client cash account
• To view the full set of accounts, click Export and choose to view in pdf or excel