Creating a Trust to Receivables Transfer

How To

LEAP provides the ability to easily transfer funds from the Trust Account to the General Account for the payment of costs and expenses in finalized invoices. The Trust to Receivables Transfer function simultaneously completes both the Trust Payment Paid and the General Account Payment Received transactions on the matter. Learn how to create Trust to Receivables Transfers for single or multiple matters in LEAP.

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Before you create a Trust to Receivables Transfer, please ensure the following:

The Client has sufficient details, i.e Street Address;
Available Trust Funds from cleared receipts to use; and
Invoice Status is Final - Printed/Sent.

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Create a Trust to Receivables Transfer - Single Matter

LEAP provides the ability to easily transfer funds from the Trust Account to the General Account for the payment of costs and expenses in finalized invoices using these steps:

Open the matter.
Click LEAP Accounting.

LEAP Accounting will open in a new window.
Click the Trust Funds > Trust Accounts tabs.
Click Trust to Receivables.

The Trust to Receivables Transfer will open in a new window.
The default Trust Account is used under Trust Funds.

Click next to Trust Funds to change the Trust Account and click Select. You will need to ensure that the funds have been entered into the correct Trust Account.
Your firm's details should automatically appear in Pay To and Address.

If not, please enter your firm's or branch's details in Pay To and Address.

Click next to either Pay To or Address to select your firm's Card.
Enter or click to select a Payment Type.

(Optional) Once you've chosen the Payment Type, you may wish to enter the Payment Type Details which may automatically display for you to complete. If not, click and complete the details required and click OK.

A General Bank Deposit will need to be created if the Payment Type is Cheque or Cash.
Depending on the Payment Type selected, the default General Account is used and Undeposited or Deposited will be selected.

Click next to default General Account to change the General Account and click Select.
Enter or edit the Reason.
An automatic sequential number is filled in Trust Reference No.

Untick Auto checkbox if you would like to update the reference number manually.
An automatic sequential number is filled in General Reference No.

Untick Auto checkbox if you would like to update the reference number manually.
Enter or click to select a Transaction Date.
The Entry Date will always display the current calendar date and can't be changed.
Select the type of Trust Funds you would like choose from the drop-down list:
- All Available - Default, all available Trust Funds
- Retained Only - Use only Retained Trust Funds
(Optional) Click next to Filter By Batch No. to display invoice(s) by Batch No.

The Select Batch will open in a new window.
Enter the amount to be transferred to an invoice in the Apply column of the table.

A Trust to Receivables Transfer cannot be processed unless a finalized invoice exists for the matter.

If no entries appear, check the following:
- Ensure the correct Trust Funds account has been selected.
- Where trust funds were recevied by cheque, ensure the cheque is cleared.
- Confirm there is finalised invoice.
(Optional) Click Apply All to apply all available Trust Funds to invoices ordered by Creation Date, with the oldest invoice showing first until the Trust Account figure is 0 for the matter.

Click the drop-down arrow and select Clear Applied to clear all applied amount.
Click Save & Close.
Both the Trust Payment Paid and General Account Payment Received will open in new windows.

Click Save & Close for both windows.

The trust payment paid will appear on the Trust Accounts ledger and the general account payment received will appear on the Expenses & Receivables ledger.

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If you receive the warning that 'There is an invoice is less than 7 days old' while creating a Trust to Receivables transfer, please note that this refers to 7 business days, excluding weekends and public holidays.

If you wish to proceed with applying the funds, click Yes to continue.

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To print the Trust to Receivables transfer, open the trust payment paid and click the Printer icon in the top left. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Printer icon to access other print options such as Print Cheque and Save as PDF to Correspondence.

Create a Trust to Receivables Transfer - Multiple Matters

One trust to receivables transfer can be created to apply to multiple matters. Using the procedure below to create a transfer will display the trust payment paid and the general account payment received for each individual matter.

From LEAP Matter List, click the LEAP Menu > Accounting > under Trust Accounting > Trust to Receivables Transfer.

The Trust to Receivables Transfer will open in a new window.
The default Trust Account is used under Trust Funds.

Click next to Trust Funds to change the Trust Account and click Select. You will need to ensure that the funds have been entered into the correct Trust Account.
Your firm's details should automatically appear in Pay To and Address.

If not, please enter your firm's or branch's details in Pay To and Address.

Click next to either Pay To or Address to select your firm's Card.
Enter or click to select a Payment Type.

(Optional) Once you've chosen the Payment Type, you may wish to enter the Payment Type Details which may automatically display for you to complete. If not, click and complete the details required and click OK.

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A General Bank Deposit will need to be created if the Payment Type is Cheque or Cash.

Depending on the Payment Type selected, the default General Account is used and Undeposited or Deposited will be selected.

Click next to default General Account to change the General Account and click Select.
Enter or edit the Reason.
An automatic sequential number is filled in Trust Reference No.

Untick Auto checkbox if you would like to update the reference number manually.
An automatic sequential number is filled in General Reference No.

Untick Auto checkbox if you would like to update the reference number manually.
Enter or click to select a Transaction Date.
The Entry Date will always display the current calendar date and can't be changed.
Select the type of Trust Funds you would like choose from the drop-down list:
- All Available - Default, all available Trust Funds
- Retained Only - Use only Retained Trust Funds
(Optional) Click next to Filter By Batch No. to display invoice(s) by Batch No.

The Select Batch will open in a new window.
Enter the amount to be transferred to an invoice in the Apply column of the table.
(Optional) Click Apply All to apply all available Trust Funds to invoices ordered by Creation Date, with the oldest invoice showing first until the Trust Account figure is 0 for the matter.

Click the drop-down arrow and select Clear Applied to clear all applied amount.
Click Save & Close.
Both the Trust Payment Paid and General Account Payment Received will open in new windows.

Click Save & Close for both windows.

The trust payment paid will appear on the Trust Accounts ledger and the general account payment received will appear on the Expenses & Receivables ledger.

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To print the Trust to Receivables transfer, open the trust payment paid from the matter and click the Printer icon in the top left. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Printer icon to access other print options such as Print Cheque and Save as PDF to Correspondence.

Reverse a Trust to Receivables Transfer

After a Trust to Receivables Transfer has been processed, it essentially becomes two separate transactions:

a Trust Payment Paid, and;
an General Account Payment Received

Each of these transactions need to be reversed separately and you will be prompted to do this when you save one part of the reversal:

See Creating a Trust Payment Paid > Reverse a Trust Payment Paid for more info.

See Creating an General Account Payment Received > Reverse an General Account Payment Received for more info.

Adjust the Transaction Date to group the reversal with the original transaction in the Trust Bank Reconciliation, if required.

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When reversing a transaction, please ensure that the reversal date matches the original transaction date. Once processed, a reversal cannot be changed, modified, or undone.
If you are reversing a multi-payment, all portions of the payment for all matters will be reversed.

Create a Trust to Receivables Transfer - Single Matter

Open the matter.
Hover over the Trust Funds tab and click Trust Accounts.
Click Trust to Receivables.

The Trust to Receivables Transfer will open in a new window.
The default Trust Account is used under Trust Account.

Click the drop-down list and select to change the Trust Account.
Your firm's details should automatically appear in Pay To and Address.

If not, please enter your firm's or branch's details in Pay To and Address.

Click next to either Pay To or Address to select your firm's Card.
Enter or click the drop-down list to select a Payment Type.

(Optional) Once you've chosen the Payment Type, you may wish to enter the Payment Type Details which may automatically display for you to complete. If not, click and complete the details required and click Add.

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A General Bank Deposit will need to be created if the Payment Type is Cheque or Cash.

Depending on the Payment Type selected, the default General Account is used and Undeposited or Deposited will be selected.

Click the drop-down list to change the General Account.
Enter or edit the Reason.
An automatic sequential number is filled in General Reference No.

Untick Auto No. checkbox if you would like to update the reference number manually.
An automatic sequential number is filled in Trust Reference No.

Untick Auto No. checkbox if you would like to update the reference number manually.
Enter or click to select a Transaction Date.
The Entry Date will always display the current calendar date and can't be changed.
Select the type of Trust Funds you would like choose from the drop-down list:
- All Available - Default, all available Trust Funds
- Retained Only - Use only Retained Trust Funds
Enter the amount to be transferred to an invoice in the Apply column of the table.
(Optional) Click Apply All to apply all available Trust Funds to invoices ordered by Creation Date, with the oldest invoice showing first until the Available figure is 0 for the matter.

Click the drop-down arrow and select Clear Applied to clear all applied amount.
Click Save.

The trust payment paid will appear on the Trust Accounts ledger and the general account payment received will appear on the Expenses & Receivables ledger.

Create a Trust to Receivables Transfer - Multiple Matters

Click > Accounting > under Trust > Trust to Receivables Transfer.

The Trust to Receivables Transfer will open in a new window.
The default Trust Account is used under Trust Account.

Click the drop-down list and select to change the Trust Account.
Your firm's details should automatically appear in Pay To and Address.

If not, please enter your firm's or branch's details in Pay To and Address.

Click next to either Pay To or Address to select your firm's Card.
Enter or click the drop-down list to select a Payment Type.

(Optional) Once you've chosen the Payment Type, you may wish to enter the Payment Type Details which may automatically display for you to complete. If not, click and complete the details required and click Add.

Click to edit heading

A General Bank Deposit will need to be created if the Payment Type is Cheque or Cash.

Depending on the Payment Type selected, the default General Account is used and Undeposited or Deposited will be selected.

Click the drop-down list to change the General Account.
Enter or edit the Reason.
An automatic sequential number is filled in General Reference No.

Untick Auto No. checkbox if you would like to update the reference number manually.
An automatic sequential number is filled in Trust Reference No.

Untick Auto No. checkbox if you would like to update the reference number manually.
Enter or click to select a Transaction Date.
The Entry Date will always display the current calendar date and can't be changed.
Select the type of Trust Funds you would like choose from the drop-down list:
- All Available - Default, all available Trust Funds
- Retained Only - Use only Retained Trust Funds
(Optional) Click next to Filter By Batch No. to display invoice(s) by Batch No.

The Select Batch will open in a new window.
Enter the amount to be transferred to an invoice in the Apply column of the table.
(Optional) Click Apply All to apply all available Trust Funds to invoices ordered by Creation Date, with the oldest invoice showing first until the Available figure is 0 for the matter.

Click the drop-down arrow and select Clear Applied to clear all applied amount.
Click Save.

The trust payment paid will appear on the Trust Accounts ledger and the general account payment received will appear on the Expenses & Receivables ledger.

Reverse a Trust to Receivables Transfer

After a Trust to Receivables Transfer has been processed, it essentially becomes two separate transactions:

a Trust Payment Paid, and;
an General Account Payment Received

Each of these transactions need to be reversed separately and you will be prompted to do this when you save one part of the reversal:

See Creating a Trust Payment Paid > Reverse a Trust Payment Paid for more info.

See Creating an General Account Payment Received > Reverse an General Account Payment Received for more info.

Adjust the Transaction Date to group the reversal with the original transaction in the Trust Bank Reconciliation, if required.

Click to edit heading

When reversing a transaction, please ensure that the reversal date matches the original transaction date. Once processed, a reversal cannot be changed, modified, or undone.
If you are reversing a multi-payment, all portions of the payment for all matters will be reversed.

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If a cheque receipt has not already been cleared, you will be able to do so by following the steps below:

Open the Trust Funds receipt.
Click the ellipsis button and select Cheque Cleared.
Click Save & Close.

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