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tvandestreek
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ACH Remittance Advise

We are in the process of moving to 7.4 and thought that there was an option to generate and send ACH payment information to vendors.  I have found where this can be generated but not how it can be sent.  Does anyone know if this is an option in 7.4?

 

Thanks.

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Cyn
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Registered: 07-02-2009
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Re: ACH Remittance Advise

Hello

 

Yes, in 7.4 we have added an ACH Remittance feature.  Here is some information on it.

 

Print ACH Remittance in the Activities section of the AP module gives users the ability to print AP check batches with EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) payment method.  Typically when a user generates an EFT batch (also commonly referred to as ACH – Automated Clearing House), the system is designed to extract all the check information onto a file during post. The system generated file extract can then be submitted to any bank institution as a form of a check payment. During this file generation process however, the user does not have the ability to print a paper copy of the checks.  The remittance screen enables users to print a paper copy of the posted ACH checks and since it is only a copy, a ‘*VOID*’ text will be displayed on the body text portion of the check printout.

 

The screen’s functionality is similar to the ‘AP Print Checks’ (Multiple Batch) screen where batches of system checks may be processed in one print run, as long as they share a common cash account.  Other similarities include the following where users are able to:

 

  • Select a check form type to determine the printed from layouts of the check and its detail lines.
  • Select an overflow form type to determine the printed form layouts of the overflow check detail lines.
  • Select a flag to allow printing zero amount checks.

Add check comments on the fly

 

Thank  you

Cynthia Bolick

QA Sage 500 ERP

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Ralph
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Registered: 10-29-2008
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Re: ACH Remittance Advise

We are hoping to upgrade from 7.30.5 to 7.40.3 soon, and I am wondering about the current status of EFT/ACH functionality in Sage 500.  Would it be possible to get some clarification?

The ACH remittance advice feature/functionality was added in the August 2011 update.  I am wondering about this post from the "Ideas" site, in which the poster indicates that they are spending many hours each day manually sending emails containing ACH remittance advice to vendors since it cannot be sent from within Sage 500.  I assume the poster might be referring to printing ACH remittance advice out to PDF files, and then emailing those files, but I am not sure about that.  Here is a link to the post:

https://www11.v1ideas.com/SageERP/MAS500/Idea/Detail/2740

The poster does not mention what version of Sage 500 they are referring to.

As of 7.40.3, is EFT/ACH functionality, including remittance advice, fully automated within Sage 500?  Or are some Sage 500 users finding that there is still a need to manually send emails to vendors regarding ACH payments?