1 advanced tools for account searches and portfolios dawn gamache cindy bylander
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Advanced Tools for Account Searches and Portfolios
Dawn GamacheCindy Bylander
Searching 2,461 accounts
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Restricting Search to Unpaid
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Move to Statement List - Select
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Move to Statement List - Store
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Move to Statement List - Save
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Move to Statement List - Select
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Choose Additional Accounts
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Add to Saved List
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Add New Accounts
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Use Select List to Create Statements
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Enter Select List Number (Request Seq No.)
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Postcards or Other Statments
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Use the Select List to Create a Payment Agreement
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Importing to Payment Screen
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Imported Accounts
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Pay Accounts
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Wait for it…… Wait for it….. Wait for it…..
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Portfolios – What, Why, When, Where and How
What: A group of accounts payable with one
check or credit card/eCheckWhy:
Users can leave & return without losing their list of accounts
Fiduciaries can create and maintain their own portfolios
Lock (freeze) accounts and amounts due as of a given date
Pay by credit card or eCheck
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Portfolios – What, Why, When, Where and How
When & Where:Batch Payments from within ACT 7
Scan or key in account numbers (as many as you want)
New searches by attorney ID or owner ID Change As Of Date Create Excel spreadsheet Lock the portfolio Post with Portfolio ‘wizard’
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Portfolios – What, Why, When, Where and How
Mortgage Companies or Individuals on Tax Office Web Site
Search by name, account number, location, fiduciary number, add or delete accounts
Change As Of Date Lock the portfolio and pay online by credit
card or eCheck Tax office can post with Portfolio ‘wizard’ Create Excel spreadsheet
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How – Batch Payments:From the ACT 7 main menu select Payment andthen select Batch Payments from the dropdown menu
Portfolios – What, Why, When, Where and How
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Portfolios – Client Preferences, Entitlements
Client Preferences INTERNET_CURR_YEAR: affects all web site data PORTFOLIO_LOCK_AMT: set to either CURRENT
(for locking only current year amounts due) or TOTAL (for locking total amounts due).
Entitlements PORTFOLIO – to access internal portfolio
PORTFOLIO_LOCKBOX – to access portfolio payment wizard
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Portfolios – Tasks/Jobs, Help URL
Tasks Manage Internet Payments
Job (ACT created) Head Cashier
Online Help Link: http://www.acttax.com/tcs/
Batch_Payment_Entry_-_Portfolios.htm
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Create a New Portfolio
Click Create a New Portfolio
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Create a New Portfolio
Enter a Login Name
Enter a Password
Re-enter Password to confirm
Click Create a New Portfolio
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Create a New Portfolio
Click Start Using My Portfolio to open your portfolio.
If people forget their passwords, have them create a new login name and password and re-create the portfolio.
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Change As Of Date for Levy Due
This affects calculations for account on the Account List page.Once submitted, all amounts will be as of the new date until the browser is closed.
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Searches – Available within TCS and for external users
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Searches- Within TCS Only
Includes Owner ID and Attorney searches
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Add Accounts Manually
Select Add Portfolio Accounts
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Add Accounts Manually
Enter Account Numbers (manually or with a scanner)
Click Add These Accounts
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Searching, cont’d.
After the accounts have been added:
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Delete Accounts
Select the accounts to delete by checking the check boxes
Click Delete Selected Accounts
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Create Excel Spreadsheet
Click the Excel version link Click the Download Your Spreadsheet link on
the next page Select Save (not Open)
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Excel Spreadsheet
The .csv file name is auto-generated.
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Portfolio Locks
Create a Portfolio Lock- Lock by amounts due by exact amount- Lock by amounts due and pay off one
account at a time (if you don't want to pay only the locked amount)
- Lock by attorney (inside TCS only)- Lock half-pay amounts due for specific tax
units View Existing Portfolio Locks (a link at top of
page)
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Lock Portfolio Accounts
Select the accounts to lock by checking the check boxes
Click a Lock option
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Lock Portfolio Accounts
Enter a Lock Description
Change Lock Amount as neededto match check amount
Click Lock Accounts & Amounts
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Lock Portfolio Accounts
The Lock ID is used when posting the payments for these accounts for the locked amounts. You can write it down or click View My Existing Locked Portfolios.
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Portfolio Payment Wizard
On the Main Menu, select Portfolio Lockbox from the Payment drop-down list
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Portfolio Payment Wizard
Enter the Lock ID for the portfolio you want to post
Press F8. The number of accounts and total amount locked will appear.
From Lock ID field, press Tab
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Portfolio Payment Wizard
Select Fiduciary (alternate payer)
Choose Payment Type:
check, credit, eCheck, money order, EFT
Enter Check No. and Deposit No.
Change Deposit and Receipt Dates if needed
Check No. needed only if paying by check
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Portfolio Payment Wizard
Change Special Rule if needed (see online help ) Apply By:
- Exact Amount (check amount equals locked amount, posts exact amounts locked)
- By Account (pays one account at a time, over/under amount applied to last account)
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Portfolio Payment Wizard
Leave Process Option set to Edit
Click Submit Lockbox; a Request Seq. appears
Click Refresh Status until End Time Appears
Check lockbox reports in Batch Menu as normal
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Portfolio Payment Wizard
If the Edit reports are correct, post the portfolio
Return to the Portfolio Lockbox screen. From the Lock ID field, press Tab
Click Add Job Request to add a new line
Change Process Option to Post
Click Submit Lockbox; a new Request Seq. appears
Click Refresh Status until End Time Appears
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Pay Locked Portfolio with Credit Card
Some tax offices allow taxpayers or fiduciaries to pay locked portfolios by credit card or eCheck on the website.
(To post these, use the Portfolio Lockbox wizard just shown.)
Click Pay by Credit Card
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Pay Locked Portfolio with Credit Card
Lock ID, user name, locked amount and lock description are givenat top.
Payment amount cannot be changed, unlike credit card payments for single accounts
Fill in payer information asnormal for credit cards
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Pay Locked Portfolio with Credit Card
A typical confirmation page. Lock ID, etc. are given
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Pay Locked Portfolio with Credit Card
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Pay Locked Portfolio with Credit Card
This confirmation page appears afterentering credit cardinformation.
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Pay Locked Portfolio with Credit Card
Even if this had been successful, no pending credit card payment info will appear on the web site or Account Status
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Pay Portfolio with eCheck
Click Pay by eCheck
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Pay Portfolio with eCheck
Same information as when paying by credit card
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Pay Portfolio with eCheck
Same screen as when paying by credit card
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Pay Portfolio with eCheck
Similar screen to what is seen when paying by credit card
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Pay Portfolio with eCheck
Enter Routing Number and Bank Account Number.
Click Submit.
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Pay Portfolio with eCheck
To post the eCheck payment, use the Portfolio Lockbox screen.
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