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Accounting

The Rentmoji full-fledged Accounting module records and tracks the daily transactions to and from the system. All the receivables and payables that have been paid and unpaid can be managed in this module.

  • Amount that needs to be received by the PM company is termed as receivable. Amount receivable from the tenants and owners are recorded in this section.

    • Monthly rent amount auto-generated by the system will be displayed in this section.

  • Step 1: Navigate to receivables under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the receivable listing, click on add receivable button.

    Step 3: In the receivable creation screen, input the tenant name (min 3 characters to auto populate) against whom the receivable needs to be created.

    Step 4: Input the amount receivable.

    Step 5: Input the GL account against which the receivable needs to be mapped.

    Step 6: Click save to create the receivable which will be displayed in the receivable listing page as unpaid.

  • Step 1: Navigate to receivables under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the receivable listing, search for the receivable by either inputting the unit name or click advance search to search by tenant name.

    Step 3: Click on the particular payer name in the search result grid listing to view the receivable details.

  • Step 1: Navigate to receivables under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the receivable listing, search for the receivable by either inputting the unit name or click advance search to search by tenant name.

    Step 3: Click on the particular payer name in listing to navigate to receivable detail page.

    Step 4: In receivable detail screen, click on receipt button.

    Step 5: All the details will be pre-populated. Click save to create a receipt against the receivable and mark the amount as paid.

  • Amount that has been received by the PM company is termed as receipt.

  • Step 1: Navigate to receipts under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the receipt listing, click on add receipt.

    Step 3: Select add tenant receipt.

    Step 4: Input the tenant name (min 3 characters) to select the tenant against which receipt needs to be recorded.

    Step 5: On selecting the tenant, the unpaid receivables will be auto populated in the grid listing below.

    Step 6: Total amount to be paid will be auto populated in the amount field. Amount can be edited to make a partial payment. On adjusting the amount, the amount settled and final total amount will change accordingly.

    Step 7: Individual receivables that need to be paid or which need not be marked as paid can be updated with $0. Change the amount on top (step 6) accordingly.

    Step 8: Check if the total amount and amount field on top (step 6) are the same. Receipt can be created only if these 2 amounts are the same.

    Step 9: Input reference and remarks if required.

    Step 10: If there is any unused prepaid amount, it will be displayed above the grid with reference description so that it can be utilized.

    Step 11: Click save to create the receipt against the receivables.

  • Step 1: Navigate to receipts under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the receipt listing, click on add receipt.

    Step 3: Select add tenant receipt.

    Step 4: In receipt creation page, input the tenant name.

    Step 5: In the receipt for section, click and enable the prepayment toggle button.

    Step 6: Input the prepayment amount.

    Step 7: Adjust the top amount to match the bottom total amount.

    Step 8: Click save to record a prepayment which is a credit amount and can be utilized when the next receivable is created.

  • Step 1: Navigate to receipts under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the receipt listing, click on add receipt.

    Step 3: Select add owner receipt.

    Step 4: Input the owner name (min 3 characters for autocomplete option)

    Step 5: Select the cash GL account

    Step 6: Input the amount to be recorded as paid.

    Step 7: On selecting the owner the properties will be listed in the property field dropdown, search the specific property.

    Step 8: Select the GL account.

    Step 9: Click on save to create the owner receipt.

  • Step 1: Navigate to receipts under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the receipt listing, search and click on particular receipt that needs to be reversed.

    Step 3: In receipt detail screen, click on reverse button.

    Step 4: On the confirmation pop up, click yes to successfully reverse a receipt.

  • Step 1: Navigate to receipts under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the receipt listing, click on un-deposited filter block to view the list of receipts that have not been deposited.

    Step 3: Check and select the receipts.

    Step 4: Click on list actions.

    Step 5: Select deposit option.

    Step 6: In the deposit detail page, review the number of receipts selected and total amount to be deposited. Changes can be made by unchecking or removing the unwanted receipts from the list.

    Step 7: Next input the mandatory fields for adding to deposit and click save to create a deposit for the receipts selected.

  • Late fee amount will be charged to the resident if they fail to pay the rent even after the grace period set for each property. Based on the late fee settings, percentage of rent amount (Base late fee to be paid) and/or Daily Late Fee is charged.

  • Step 1: Navigate to late fee under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the late fee listing screen, click pending to charge late fee filter block to view the late fee that have not been charged.

    Step 3: To view the details of the late fee charged, click show more. Row panel will expand to display the details.

    Step 4: Select the late fee charges that need to be posted.

    Step 5: Click on charge late fee button at the bottom.

  • All the receipts that have been deposited will be displayed in this section to keep a track of the bulk receipt deposits made.

  • Step 1: Navigate to deposits under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the deposit listing page, click on the deposit number to view the list of receipts and total amount deposited.

  • The Rentmoji Payables section gives a glance of all payables or bills that are created. Payables can be searched and perform actions like edit, delete and write check.

    • Payable is the amount that needs to be paid out to owners, vendors, management company and in cases residents as well.

  • Step 1: Navigate to payables under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the payable listing, click on + new payable button.

    Step 3: Select the payee to whom a payable need to be created among vendor, owner, tenant and company. Input the mandatory fields.

    Step 4: In the items section, input the property address and other mandatory fields.

    Step 5: Click add more to add multiple row items following step 4.

    Step 6: Click on save to create payable.

  • Step 1: Navigate to recurring payables under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the recurring payable listing, click on new recurring payable button.

    Step 3: Choose the payee for whom the recurring payable needs to be set.

    Step 4: Input the frequency and payable generation date and other mandatory fields.

    Step 5: Add line items including property, amount and gl account.

    Step 6: Click save to create a recurring payable which will be displayed in the recurring payable listing.

  • Payments are made to record a payable as paid.

  • Step 1: Navigate to payment under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the payment listing, click on write check button.

    Step 3: In the write check screen, select the bank account from the dropdown to which the check needs to be recorded.

    Step 4: Select payment type, either check or ACH.

    Step 5: Search for the payables by the search filters which needs to be marked as paid.

    Step 6: Utilize the advance search to further search for a particular payable.

    Step 7: Select the payable from the result list that need to be marked as paid.

    Step 8: Click the edit icon if the amount needs to be paid partially.

    Step 9: Click on continue to proceed to the next step in the check writing wizard.

    Step 10: In the confirmation step, input the check date and review the payable in the list against which check will be written.

    Step 11: Click on continue button to proceed to next step.

    Step 12: On clicking continue button, a confirmation message will pop up. Click yes.

    Step 13: On confirmation, the check is written successfully and check can be printed by clicking the print check button.

    Step 14: Click on finish to complete the check writing process.

  • Step 1: Navigate to payment under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the payment listing, click on check in the listing that needs to be edited.

    Step 3: In check detail page, click on edit button to edit the check no., date and memo.

    • Once a check is written, the amount cannot be edited. Check needs to be deleted and written once again.

  • The commission amount from rent generated each month, application fee and markup amounts of work orders carried out are posted as an income to management company.

  • Step 1: Navigate to post management fee under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the post management fee screen, all the pending management fee unposted items will be listed by default.

    Step 3: If required, select a particular property for which management fee is yet to be posted.

    Step 4: Click on show more to view the expanded details of the management fee with the commission type highlighted.

    Step 5: Select the unposted line item.

    Step 6: Click on post fee. Management fee will be posted as a payable to the management company in the payables section that can be paid by writing a check. Refer Payables and write check section.

  • Amount after paying out the management fee and maintenance needs to be paid out to the owner.

  • Step 1: Navigate to pay owner under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the pay owner screen, all the pending owner payable unposted items will be listed by default.

    Step 3: If required, select a particular property or owner for which owner payable is yet to be posted.

    Step 4: Click on show more to view the expanded details of the owner payable not yet posted.

    Step 5: Select the unposted line item.

    • Post owner payable only after posting the management fee. It will be highlighted in red text.

    Step 6: Click on post owner payable. Owner payable will be posted as a payable to the owner in the payables section that can be paid by writing a check. Refer Payables and write check section.

  • Journal entries are created based on the Debit and Credit Accounts selected while recording the transactions through Payables and Receivables.

    All the receivable and payable transactions will be recorded as a journal entry for tracking accounts.

  • Step 1: Navigate to journals under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the journals listing, click on add journal.

    Step 3: Select the journal type. Journals can be recorded for fund transfer and adjustments as well.

    Step 4: Input the mandatory details for adding a journal.

    Step 5: Click on save to create the journal entry.

  • GL Accounts stands for General Ledger Accounts. Every monetary transaction is categorized into different GL accounts. Each GL account will have an account number assigned to it.

    Each GL account has a type, such as income, expense, liability, equity etc. Each GL account can also have sub accounts.

  • Step 1: Navigate to GL accounts under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the GL accounts listing, click on add GL accounts button.

    Step 3: Input the mandatory details for the new GL account.

    Step 4: Click save to create a new GL account.

  • The annual planning for the current year can be set by recording the opening ledger balance for each GL account.

  • Step 1: Navigate to Financial year under accounting module.

    Step 2: In the financial year listing, click on add financial year button.

    Step 3: Input the mandatory details for the new financial year and set it as current year.

    Step 4: Click save to create a new GL account.

    • The maximum date range for a financial year is 12 months.

    • There can be only 1 current year at a time.

    Step 5: After adding the financial year, click on edit in the ledger opening balance section.

    Step 6: Input the opening balance for each GL account and click save.