Reconciliation Codes

This help topic is applicable to the following TireMaster applications:

TireMaster Point of Sale

TireMaster Plus

TireMaster Corporate

Reconciliation codes make it possible for you to track the credits you expect to receive from vendors when you perform national account, government support, and adjustment sales. They also define how these types of sales post to the general ledger.

You need to create a reconciliation code for each vendor with whom you do national account, government support, or adjustment sales. Once you create a reconciliation code for a vendor, you need to assign it to the following:

Items in the vendor’s product line

Customers who have national account or government support agreements with the vendor

Reconciliation codes are sometimes called recon codes.

Reconciliation codes define the following:

How national account, government support, and adjustment sales post to the general ledger

How credits resulting from national account, government support, and adjustment sales post to the general ledger

The chart of accounts in the startup database for new TireMaster Plus and TireMaster Corporate systems includes the accounts shown below. You can assign these accounts to your reconciliation codes, or you can add your own general ledger accounts for tracking national account, government support, and adjustment sales. TireMaster Point of Sale uses preset GL accounts for reconciliation codes.

Major

Minor

Account Name

2000

100

Accounts Payable - General

2000

999

Accounts Payable - Expected Credits

4500

0

NA/GS/ADJ Gain/Loss

4510

0

NA/GS/ADJ Commission

You also need to assign GL classes to your reconciliation codes. Depending on which GL classes you assign, you can track profit information for national account, government support, and adjustment sales separately from the profit information for the rest of your sales. The startup database for new TireMaster systems includes GL Class 3 - NA/GS/ADJ Sales. For more information, see GL Classes.

The process of setting up a reconciliation code includes assigning a vendor and defining the general ledger accounts to which national account, government support and adjustment sale activity posts.

To add a reconciliation code

1. Select Vendors > National Accounts. Then Natl/Recon Codes/Credits screen opens.
2. Click Add. The National Recon Code Edit screen opens.
3. Enter the following information:
a. In the RecCode field, type a unique two-character code.
b. Type a description for the reconciliation code.
c. Click Lookup, and search for the vendor you want to associate with the reconciliation code. For more information, see Vendor Searches.
Note: This vendor is the local or regional distributor for the national vendor.
4. Assign GL accounts to the reconciliation code. Account assignments vary, depending on your TireMaster application,

If you're running TireMaster Point of Sale, Closedclick here. Select the following preset accounts: National AR 2000–999, Government AR 2000–999, Adjustment AR 2000–999, Commission Sales 4510–0, Cost Offset 4500–0, and Profit Offset 4500–0.

If you're running TireMaster Plus, Closedclick here.Click an account field, press , and select an account for posting expected credits, commissions, and profits or losses from the list that appears.

If you're running TireMaster Corporate, Closedclick here.Click an account field, press , and select an account for posting expected credits, commissions, and profits or losses from the list that appears.

5. Under Commission Percentages, type the expected commission percentage for each type of sale (optional).
Note: The percentages entered here are used to calculate the value that appears in the Com column on the National Credits screen.
6. Assign GL classes to the reconciliation code. GL class assignments vary, depending on your TireMaster application:

If you're running TireMaster Point of Sale. Closedclick here.Assign GL class 3 to each sale type.

If you're running TireMaster Plus, Closedclick here.Click the field for a sale type and press . Then select a GL class from the list and click OK. For more information, see GL Classes.

If you're running TireMaster Corporate, Closedclick here.Click the field for a sale type and press . Then select a GL class from the list and click OK. For more information, see GL Classes.

7. To save the reconciliation code, click OK.

The new code can be assigned to items in the vendor’s product line and customers who have national account or government support agreements with the vendor.

When the need arises, reconciliation codes can be updated and removed from TireMaster.

In rare instances, you might need to update the settings for a reconciliation code. Such changes are needed if a mistake was made when the code was originally set up or if a vendor’s business is renamed.

To update a reconciliation code

1. Select Vendors > National Accounts. Then Natl/Recon Codes/Credits screen opens.
2. Select the reconciliation code you want to update, and click Edit. The National Recon Code Edit screen opens.
3. Make the needed changes. For more information, see National Recon Code Edit Screen.
4. To save your changes, click OK.

If a reconciliation code has never been used, it can be deleted. If a reconciliation code has transaction history, you can make it inactivate. For more information, see Make a Reconciliation Code Inactive .

To delete a reconciliation code

1. Select Vendors > National Accounts. Then Natl/Recon Codes/Credits screen opens.
2. Select the code you want to delete, and click Delete. Confirmation message appears.
3. Click Yes. The code is removed.
4. Close the Natl/Recon Codes/Credits screen.

If you no longer use a reconciliation code, you can inactivate it.

To make a reconciliation code inactive

1. Select Vendors > National Accounts. Then Natl/Recon Codes/Credits screen opens.
2. Select the reconciliation code you want to make inactivate, and click Edit. The National Recon Code Edit screen opens.
3. Clear the Active check box and click OK.
4. Close the Nat’l/Recon Codes/Credits screen.

If you assign the wrong reconciliation code to a work order in error, you can change it point of sale.

Note: To change a work order’s reconciliation code, you must belong to a security group assigned the permission Work Order Change Recon Code. This permission is available in TireMaster 9.4.0.

To change a work order’s reconciliation code

1. Click Invoicing. The Open Work Order List opens.
2. Select the work order for which the reconciliation code needs to be changed, and click Select. The Invoice Entry screen opens.
3. Click the button that displays the reconciliation code (upper-left corner of the screen). The Customer Recon Codes screen opens.
4. Select the code that should be assigned to the work order, and click OK. The following message appears: “All prices will be reset to default values. Any changes you have made will be overwritten.”
Note: If you need to remove a reconciliation code from a work order, click Cancel on the Customer Recon Codes screen. Then click No to create a regular work order.
5. Click OK. The new reconciliation code appears in the upper-left corner of the screen and prices for the items on the work order are recalculated.
6. Click Quit to close the work order, or complete the invoice. For more information, see Complete an Invoice.