FINANCIALS - Charms Office

as donations from organizations, and payments tovendors.o Checks can be printed for designated Withdrawaltransactions. Fill in the Description. Assign the transaction toa Budget Line, if desired. Fill in the Amount, Check Number,Payee, Invoice Number (if applicable), and set the Mark ForPrinting? toggle switch to YES. Click the green EnterTransaction button. Once the transaction has been entered,click on the green Checkbook icon to the right of the title barat the top of the screen, to print the actual checks. Multipletransactions can be entered and then printed all together, atone time. NOTE: Checks for Printing are the typedesigned as a Three-Part Check for Laser/Inkjet Printers,with the check in the top third, and two receiptsunderneath. See your Financial Institution for details. Besure to print on plain paper first, to test for alignment,before using your actual bank issued checks.o Withdrawals paid to clinicians, private teachers, etc. can bedesignated as a “1099 transaction” once you have entered thenecessary information for these recipients in the Contactsarea of Charms.o A Transaction Summary appears at the bottom of thisscreen. Click on Deposit Number (or Deposit Amount) tosee detail for that deposit. (You can combine deposits overseveral days into one deposit by clicking Modify DepositDates).o Click a Withdrawal Amount to see the details for thewithdrawals on that date.o You can display the Current School Year’stransactions (default), Last School Year’stransactions, All Transactions, Last Month,Current Month, or a Custom Date Range.o You can search the organization’s (Bank) Acct. Ledgersby Your Check Number, Student Check Number,Deposit Amount, Withdrawal Amount, and partialStudent Name or Description Entered. Why No Modify Button?o Standard Accounting Practices - No Editing!o Adjusting Entries – in order to correct a posting error, thetransaction must be DELETED from the Ledger to which it9 Page

was originally posted and then reposted correctly. Bothactions will be recorded in the AUDIT TRAIL.o WARNING – Do not delete student money transactions fromthe Bank ledger – delete them from the student ledgers soboth entries are deleted! Transfer Between Accounts / Budgetso FINANCES Account Ledger Transfero This area can be used to transfer lump sums from one(Bank) Account Ledger to another, from one BudgetCategory to another within the same (Bank) Acct.Ledger, or from one Budget Category to another fromdifferent (Bank) Account Ledgers.o Income and Expense Issues – Transfers can only be madefrom Income Budget to Income Budget or from ExpenseBudget to Expense Budget. Transfers cannot be made fromIncome to Expense or vice versa.III. Taking Online Paymentso There are five separate options for online payments – Trippayments, Fixed Payment items, Miscellaneous payments,Fundraising payments and Store purchases.o Each Trip, Fundraiser, or Fixed Payment you create offers achoice whether or not you would like to accept onlinepayments. Those preferences can be set or edited from theSetup screens for each respective Ledger.o The option to accept online payments for the MiscellaneousLedger, is either turned ON or OFF. This preference is seton the main Finances Menu screen, which is accessed byclicking on the FINANCES icon. Scroll down to the bottomof the Set Financial Defaults area.o For the Online Store, the preference is set by going to theONLINE STORE icon Control Panel tab choosing fromthe dropdown menu in the Credit Payment Option field. Thisoption applies to ALL items in the Online Store. There is nooption to set payment preferences for each individual itemthat is sold.10 P a g e

Setup PayPal Merchant Accounto Go to the Hub icon Resources tab Accept Credit Cardstab Click on the PayPal icon to access a short video on howto setup a PayPal account, and the information we need inorder to link it to your Charms account.o You must sign up for a PayPal Merchant Account.o Website Payments standard (no need for anything else)o Send us the PRIMARY email address associated with yourPayPal account, your Business Name, and API credentialsrequested, to charmssupport@charmsmusic.com. Ouroffice will activate the link between your PayPal accountand your Charms account.o Blue payment buttons will appear on the Adult/Student sideFinances Screen and in the Online Store.o Persons making payments DO NOT have to be a member ofPayPal, and never have to join.o Try not to use eChecks!! They don’t clear instantly.o PayPal charges 2.9% plus .30 per transaction! To coveryour costs, there are two options:1. Add a shipping/handling charge for automaticsurcharge (doesn’t affect posted payment inCharms). Your state may have laws against this!Currently, adding a surcharge for credit cardtransactions is limited (i.e., prohibited except forstate agencies) in the states of CA, CO, CT, FL(under litigation), KS, ME, MA, NY, OK and TX.Please check with your state Consumer Creditagency. SETUP Profile Adult/Student Preferences Add handling charge: Yes/No Amount or percentage: Enter amount Optional notice to purchaser2. In states where a surcharge is prohibited,consider raising prices incrementallyacross the board, by 3% or more, tocompensate for anticipated PayPal fees.So, a T-shirt normally costing 12 mightbe priced at 13 instead, to all buyers,regardless of payment method.11 P a g e

Posting Paypal Transactionso Adults/Students that pay online, MUST select a specificFixed Payment, Trip, Fundraiser or Online Store Order toapply the payment toward, or choose to make a Misc.Payment to the student’s Misc. Ledger. Once that selection ismade, and the payment process completed, Charms willAutomatically post the Payment to the appropriateStudent Ledger ONLY, since the money still resides inPayPal until you transfer the funds.o If the Adult/Student does not make a selection for theapplication of their payment, but still completes the paymentprocess, Charms will not know where to post the payment, sowhile it may process through the actual Paypal site, it will notpost to the Student Ledger. To locate any of these orphanedtransactions, regularly balance your Charms Credit SummaryReports , found under the Statements tab, against the actualTransaction Report from the Paypal company.o The Account Ledger side of the Paypal transactions mustbe posted MANUALLY. Charms does not post theParent/Student payments to the Acct. Ledgers automaticallyfor several reasons. Not all Charms users utilize the Acct. Ledgers area.Charms doesn’t know which Acct. Ledger or specificBudget Line, the transaction should be posted to. (it willvary depending upon what the parent chooses to pay for)Most importantly, Charms doesn’t post the deposit to anyAcct. Ledger, because the actual money IS NOT in theactual Bank Acct. yet. Paypal HOLDS the funds in thePaypal Acct. until they are contacted and authorized, totransfer those funds into the Bank Account, which leadsus to the next step.o When Paypal is authorized to move funds from the PaypalAcct. into the actual Bank Acct., those deposits will need tobe posted to the appropriate Charms Acct. Ledger and Budgetline (if Budgets are being used.) Posting the funds transfer,as several separate deposits into the Acct. Ledgers, may needto be done in order to apply the correct amounts to multipleBudget lines that may need to be credited. (This is wherethose Charms Credit Summary Reports, found under theStatements tab, will really come in handy)o Another method, would be to post the fund transfer as aLump Sum Deposit into a single Acct. Ledger/Budget Line,and then use the Transfer option under the Acct. Ledger tab12 P a g e

to redistribute the appropriate amounts to the correct BudgetLines. Tech Support for Paypalo For PayPal specific issues, YOU must contact PayPaldirectly.o Charms only provides the link between YOUR PayPalaccount, and Charms.o We cannot access your PayPal account! AffiniPayo Go to Hub Resources tab Accept Credit Cards tab Clickon AffiniPay icon for informationo AffiniPay works differently from PayPal. They start thepayment process in Charms, and enter their credit card inCharms to complete and post the transaction.o The big difference between AffiniPay and PayPal, is in howyou receive your funds from them. PayPal holds moneycollected until it is requested for transfer. AffiniPayautomatically sends the days collected money straight to yourbank account in one batch within 2-3 business days, and theDeposit is automatically posted to the default Acct.Ledger in Charms, as well as to the appropriate StudentLedger.o Once your AffiniPay account is set up and linked to yourCharms account, a default Charms Acct. Ledger, must bechosen to receive the payments from AffiniPay.o Contact AffiniPay at 855-656-4684 for registrationinformation School Payo Go to Hub Resources tab Accept Credit Cards tab clickon SchoolPay icon for information.13 P a g e

o The big difference between School Pay and PayPal, is in howyou receive your funds from them. PayPal holds moneycollected until it is requested for transfer. School Payautomatically sends the days collected money to your bankaccount in one batch within 2-3 business days, and theDeposit is automatically posted to the default Acct.Ledger in Charms, as well as to the appropriate StudentLedger.o Once your School Pay account is setup, you need to indicatewhich Charms bank ledger will be receiving the transactionsfrom School Pay Payments.o For more information on setting up a School Pay account,call 1-888-886-9729 for personalized service. RevTrako RevTrak is another online payment processor that integrateswith Charms. This system is primarily used for District-WideImplementation. For more information, visitwww.revtrak.com.IV. The Miscellaneous (Misc.) Ledger Student Misc. Ledgerso FINANCES Misc. Ledger tab Misc. Ledgers Select astudent from the dropdown menu. Remember your Filters!o Six Different Transaction Functions Available: Make Deposit - Collect money from a student formiscellaneous purposes.Make Withdrawal - Refund money to a student formiscellaneous purposes.Misc. Credit - Add CREDIT, instead of money, to thestudent’s ledger. This is not a Deposit of funds thatwould apply to your Acct. Ledgers. This is a CREDITfor funds that were previously deposited.Misc. Billing - Bill an amount to a student formiscellaneous purposes.Transfer Money – Transfer money to other ledgers, topay Fixed Payments, Trips or Fundraisers, or totransfer money from one student to another.Bill & Collect - A fast one-step way to entercompleted transactions.14 P a g e

o Entering transactions on the various sections follow thesame conventions as the other transaction screens. Select adate, a (Bank) Acct. Ledger if needed, a budget line ifneeded, enter a check number, deposit number, etc. Beaware however, that the Balance shown in the Misc.Ledger is REVERSED from the other ledgers. Anegative number here, indicates Money Owed, and apositive number indicates a Credit Balance.o Any Misc. Bill that is applied to a student’s ledger, is enteredas a negative amount and immediately reduces any creditbalance on that Misc. ledger, toward payment of the Misc.Bill, regardless of what the credit balance was originallyintended to be used for. If the existing balance on the Misc.Ledger is insufficient to pay the Misc. Bill in full, any futurepayments made to the Misc. Ledger will be immediatelyapplied toward the Misc. Bill first, until it has been paid infull.o We recommend that you do not use this screen if a studentpays money for a fundraiser, or for a trip, or the fullamount of fixed payments. Use the Fundraiser, Trip, orFixed Payment screens instead. It’s faster and easier thatway.o This screen is generally used when a student hasmiscellaneous money to deposit, such as trip overages orprivate lesson payments, fundraising profits, or needs tocollect money paid towards fixed payments that can’t bepaid in full yet.o You can, however, use this screen for ALL studenttransactions if you really want to. Transferring Moneyo FINANCES Misc. Ledger tab Misc. Ledgers ChooseStudent Name from dropdown menu Transfer Money tabo To transfer money collected to another ledger or student,select Transfer Money. There must be a positive balance tobe able to transfer money.o Transfer Money To: The fixed payments owed, tripbalances, fundraising balances, and all your otherstudents are listed in the drop down list. Select theledger or another student, to which you want totransfer money.15 P a g e

o Enter the amount to transfer. (If a fixed payment isselected, there is no need to enter the amount.) Ifthere is not enough money in the account totransfer, you will be notified.o If the funds need to be shifted in budget lines,choose the "from" and "to" destinations as well.o You can only shift budgets from income to incomeor expense to expense.o Click Transfer to record the transfer transaction.Entries are made in the appropriate ledger and anegative entry is posted to the student’s Misc.Ledger, but money is not posted again to any(Bank) Acct. Ledger. An entry is made in the AuditTrail to show the transfer.o If you want to transfer money to pay multiple fixedpayments at one time, click the link to TransferMultiple Fixed Payments. Check the paymentsyou wish to pay. The total will automaticallydisplay in the amount box. Choose your budget areatransfer destination, if it applies. Click Transfer torecord your transfers.o You can also reach this screen under Misc. Ledger Multiple Transferso If transactions that have been paid by transfer aredeleted, both sides are deleted. Setup Miscellaneous Itemso FINANCES Misc. Ledger Setup Misc. Itemso Charms provides an easy way to bill students formiscellaneous items that do not necessarily need tobe setup as Fixed Payments. This is generally usedfor recurring items such as reeds and otheraccessories, lost items, repairs, cleaning, NSFcharges, etc. You can create a name for this billingitem, and select it on the Misc. Ledgers screen tobill to a student.o NOTE: Miscellaneous items are not tracked throughthe Charms fixed payment reporting system.16 P a g e

o Simply enter the name for the item, and the amountof the item. (Enter as a positive number.)o Once entered, Charms displays a list of your Misc. Items atthe bottom of the screen. The far left-hand column showswho created the item, and when. Click the pencil icon tomodify the item, click the red X to delete the item. Changingthe amount of the item, will NOT adjust existing studentbillings or payments.o When a student is billed for a Misc. Item, it will beshown in the transaction listings at the bottom oftheir Misc. Ledger as a NEGATIVE AMOUNT(amount owed.)o TIP: You might consider using the Online Storefor some of the frequently purchased items, as analternative to Misc. Billing. Globally Posting Payments or Creditso FINANCES Misc Ledgers Global PostMoney/Creditso To save time, enter one description and post moneyor credits to several students at once. Rememberyour Filters! The Total Amount Collected and thenumber of entries posted, will be displayed to theright of the green Enter Payments button. Clickingon the Enter Payments button, resets the AmountCollected and the Items Posted, to zero.o You can also use this screen to post non-moneycredits to a student’s ledger when no money hasbeen exchanged. Example: The booster club wishes to give ascholarship to 10 students. The money hasalready been accumulated in the (Bank)Acct. Ledgers. Enter the amounts in thewhite box, and choose “Don’t Post Money”so the transactions will only add to thestudents’ balances, without affecting the(Bank) Acct. Ledger balance.o You can also use this screen to post bills ofdifferent amounts to several students at once.17 P a g e

Example: Several students were caughtspraying graffiti on the playground and willbe fined 10 for each letter they sprayed.Enter a negative number in the white boxesfor the appropriate students, choose “Don’tPost Money,” so the transactions will onlypost the bill and not affect the (Bank) Acct.Ledger balance. Global Billing (All Same Amount)o FINANCES Misc. Ledger Global Billingo When billing many students for the same thing,whether a miscellaneous item you already created,or a random amount, select the item by name andenter the quantity OR enter a description and enterthe dollar amount.o Click the switch next to the students that you wishto bill. Remember your Filters! Click Enter torecord your bills. This will redirect you to the Misc.Summary ReportPop Quiz: How do I global bill for different amounts? Reviewing Student Miscellaneous Transactionso FINANCES Misc. Ledger Misc Ledgers select studento The bottom of the screen shows all transactionsposted to the student's Misc. Ledger. Each lineshows the Paid Date, Notes (Description), Applied, Running Bal., Payee, Paid By (Cash orCheck), Deposit Number, where the money wasPaid To (Posted), and where the transaction cameFrom.o In the “From” column, the following abbreviationsare used: F: Fixed Payment LedgerML: Miscellaneous LedgerLB: Library for lost itemsG-MB: Global Misc. Bill18 P a g e

T: Trip LedgerFR: Fundraising Ledger screen for theselected student. GM: Global Collect Money S: Transfer to Studento If the deposit was made to a (Bank) Acct. Ledger,click the deposit number to see the detail of thatdeposit in the (Bank) Acct. Ledger.o To delete a transaction, select the X. To print areceipt, click the dollar sign. Deleting here alsoremoves the transaction from the (Bank) Acct.Ledger.o Deleting a transfer will remove the transaction fromboth ledgers involved in the transfer. Miscellaneous Ledger Summarieso FINANCES Misc. Ledgers Misc. Summaryo This screen displays a balance for each student whohas transactions posted to his/her Misc. Ledger.Remember your filters!o From this main Summary report, you can choose toPrint, get a Detail Report (Magnifier), or export toExcel.o Click on the student name, to open that person’sMisc. Ledger screen.o From the print version, Report Options allows youto access filters, Hide Zero Balances, ID numbers,and Names, Include Inactive Students, and export toExcel. Detail Reportso FINANCES Misc Ledger Detail Reporto This screen allows you to PRINT sta

6 P a g e track who owes you money on one or all of the four ledgers, but will not produce a Profit/Loss statement or a Balance Sheet. Audit Trail o All transactions in Charms are posted to a read-only Audit