Interest may be charged to claims both manually and automatically. Manual interest may be entered anytime using this transaction. When you enter the transaction, the interest date will be brought forward to the transaction date and interest charges will be calculated to the transaction date.
Select INT
from the Enter Transaction Code selection and click the button:
to display the Interest Charge - INT screen:
The field will reflect the date of your transaction.
CollectMax
will automatically fill in the calculated interest amount in the field. You may choose overwrite this amount with a different
amount.
The field displays the dated interest has been applied through.
This date is reflected on the Claim screen as Interest Last Update.
The date should reflect the date you would like to calculate
interest through. The field will default to today's date. If you change
the date by typing, an OK button
will appear to the side of the
Verify the
date is correct and click the OK button. Notice the amount field will
reflect a new amount based on this new date. You may also use the button to select the interest thru
date.
Enter any notes regarding this INT transaction in the Note field:
Click to save this INT
transaction. Note the changes on the claim tab reflecting the new interest
amount and Last Update date.