Background Information:
Process Name: |
Create New Batch Payment Deposit |
Role: |
• Internal user |
Objective(s): |
To create a new batch payment deposit which, when submitted, will apply the Employer’s payment to its account. |
Before you begin: |
• An Employer has made a payment via cash, paper check, cashier’s check, or money order. |
What happens next: |
• The batch payment will process during the nightly batch process. • The payment is applied to the Employer’s account on the next business day, following the nightly batch process. |
How to do it:
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User Action |
System Response |
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1. |
Click the Employer Services left menu item from the Staff Portal Home screen. |
SUITS displays the Employer Service Maintenance screen. |
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2. |
Click the Payment Batch Deposit hyperlink. |
SUITS displays the Manage Payments Functions Maintenance screen. |
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Click the Employer Payment Batch Header hyperlink. |
SUITS displays the Employer Payment Batch Header Lookup screen. |
There is also the option to create a payment batch for Agents by selecting Agent Payment Batch header from this screen. The rest of the process is the same. |
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Click the New button. |
SUITS displays the Employer Payment Batch Header screen. |
Notice that the Status of the new record is “Incomplete”. |
5. |
Enter the number of items in the batch. |
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Enter Batch Total in the Deposit Details panel. |
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Click the Add button in the Payment Details panel. |
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8. |
Enter Voucher ID in the first row of table in the Deposit Payment Details panel, if applicable. |
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9. |
Enter Employer Account ID. |
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10. |
Enter Payment Amount. |
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SUITS will allow users to enter payment amounts even if the Employer does not have a debt or payment due. The payment will still apply to the Employer’s account as credit. |
11. |
Enter Payment Transaction Date. |
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Enter Check Number, if applicable. |
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Select Payment Method Code from the dropdown menu. |
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Repeat Steps 8-13 to enter each manual payment. |
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Click the Submit button. |
SUITS displays the Confirmation screen. |
The Confirmation screen displays the message: “The payment has been received and will be processed in the next batch cycle. The results will be available in the next business day”. Payment Batch Header ID: 422
Deposit Amount: $1,000.00 Items In Deposit: 1
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16. |
Click the Finish button. |
SUITS displays the Staff Portal Home screen. |
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