COM91013 - Payments: payment returned by the bank - debt management office (Action Guide)


To deal with a returned payment where the Debt Management Office banked it and recorded the payment on a company's record using IVT INP201 (Word 28KB), consider steps 1 - 10 below. The guide is presented as follows


First actions

Steps 1 - 3

Action by the nominated Assistant Officer

Steps 4 - 7

Cheque re-presented or substitute payment accepted

Step 8

Payment deducted from records

Steps 9 - 10


First actions

1.

Follow the instructions at Collection Manual 6.301 onwards as modified by steps 4 - 9 below

2.

Enter details of the cheque in Book 18

3.

Complete Section 1 of form 49 and pass it to the nominated Assistant Officer

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Action by the nominated Assistant Officer

4.

Use Function VPPD (View Payment and Posting Details) Screen D to check which postings are covered by the returned payment

5.

Complete Section 2 of form 49 as appropriate

6.

Make a suitable note on any cleared or uncleared papers held and on IDMS

7.

Use Function RSUS (Record / Amend Suspension) to record a suspension

 

  • Make the suspension effective for 11 days
  • Record the suspension ‘Type’ code as 12
  • Suspend the full returned amount

 

Note: Function DSUS (Display Suspension History) will display full details of the suspension and show ’Returned Pay’t’ under 'Description'

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Cheque re-presented or substitute payment accepted

8.

Where you re-present a returned cheque, or you receive an acceptable substitute payment (cash, banker's draft, postal order) from the company in place of a returned cheque

 

-          Delete the note on cleared or uncleared papers

-          Use Function RSUS (Record / Amend Suspension) to cancel the suspension

 

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Payment deducted from records

9.

Where a payment is to be deducted from your records, the nominated Assistant Officer should

 

  • Notify Banking Operations using a minus IVT INP201

10.

Resume collection of the unpaid liability once Banking Operations have transferred the amount of the returned payment to OAS (Word 28KB)