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      Miscellaneous Charges: Setup

      Learn how to apply manual charges to reservation invoices.

      Miscellaneous Charges allows a user to configure additional charges added to a reservation invoice. These charges cannot or do not fall within the rules or base pricing. The top 5 most commonly used Miscellaneous Charges are:

      Navigate to Accounting

      Using the primary navigation button, click on Campground Setup

      Click on the Accounting tab

      Click on Miscellaneous Charges tab

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      Existing miscellaneous charges are found and can be edited by clicking on the charge.

      To Add a New Miscellaneous Charge

      Click the Add Charge button

      Complete the blank form

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      • Enter a name in the Miscellaneous Charge Name field.
      • Enter a value in the Default Charge Amount field.**
      • Select a Financial Account from the dropdown menu.
      • Select a Deferred Financial Account from the dropdown menu.
      • Select a Revenue Realization option by clicking on the radial button next to your selection**
      • If Taxes apply to this miscellaneous charge, check the applicable box(es).
      • Select the Is charge a deposit? box if this charge will be voided at the end of the guest’s stay to apply towards their bill or be refunded.
      • The Status will automatically be set to “Active” but can be inactivated later if no longer in use.
      • Click the green Add Charge button.

      **Default Charge Amount: When added to a reservation, Miscellaneous Charges we price at the default charge amount but they can be manually changed on each reservation. 

       

      **Revenue Realization: The only configuration that cannot be changed once saved is the revenue realization setting.

      User Permissions

      The ability to create and edit miscellaneous charges is a permission based feature and must be selected under the user's role in order to access this feature.

      Miscellaneous Charge as Deposit

      Using a miscellaneous charge to manually add an additional deposit to a reservation is most often used only for utility deposits. Learn more here about this function.