Salesperson Commission Maintenance provides tools to set draw amounts for each salesperson in your company. The settings entered in this maintenance window are used in both the Commissions Report and the Salesperson Commissions window to help you determine how much to pay your salesperson in commission.
To maintain salesperson commissions:
From the Maintenance > Price Maintenance > Commissions menu, select Commissions Draw Maintenance to display the Salesperson Commission Maintenance window.
The system displays all users who have the Salesperson check box selected in User Maintenance. The User ID and Name display as entered in User Maintenance.
Locate the salesperson using the User ID column. Use the Filter User ID field to search for a specific user if to many display.
Note: The User ID and Name field are view-only and display based on entries in User Maintenance.
In the Payroll ID # field, enter the salesperson's payroll number. Some companies may require IDs when cutting checks. If populated, the system displays these numbers on the Commission Report.
Note:You cannot mass load payroll ID numbers.
In the Next Draw Amt field, enter the amount to pay the salesperson during the next commission payment.
Use the Carryover Negative Draw check box if users are expected to pay back advance draw amounts. This means you accumulate/carryover negative draw amounts from the next earned commission period.
For example, you have a draw of $100 and only receive $80 in commission for January. You are still paid the full $100. In February, however, you receive $200 in commissions, but must pay back the $20 from January, so you are paid, $180.
To define
when commissions are paid for sales personnel, from the Edit menu, select Commission
Pay Period to display the
Save your changes and exit the window.
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