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There are many different charges you can add to a Tariff, which in turn will appear on the bill.

You would create one Tariff with many Cost Definitions.  

The Tariff is held under the Contract, and the Cost Definitions can be under the Organisation, Site, Meter etc.  It is good practice to add them under the Organisation as they are then accessible in one place.

You will probably have one Contract and a few Cost Definitions attached to the Contract, for example  Pence Per Unit, Standing Charge and VAT rate.

See below on how to set these up. 

Cost Definition

Right click on the Organisation

Click Add

Click Cost Definition


Standing Charge Cost Definition

Enter details in the Cost Definition Editor popup:

Name:  Standing Charge

Cost Definition type:  Standing charge

Unit: day

Currency:  GBP

Time zone: GMT


Click 

Enter details in the Register Setup popup:

Register name:  All day

Charge code:  leave blank

Unit rate: enter the rate in pence and ensure 'p' is selected

Equation: will default to the value added in the Unit rate

Start date: enter the date you want to start billing this rate from

End date: enter the date you want to stop billing this rate from

Sun - Mon:  tick the days of the week this charge applies to (in this example all days)

All day: tick all day

From and Until times: greyed out

Click OK to set up the tariff line

Click OK to close the Cost Definition Editor popup 

Unit Rate Cost Definition

Enter details in the Cost Definition Editor popup:

Name:  for example, Unit Rate - Electricity

Cost Definition type:  Energy calculation

Unit: kWh

Currency:  GBP

Time zone: GMT


Click 

Enter details in the Register Setup popup:

Register name:  All day

Charge code:  A  (will appear as the first line on the bill)

Unit rate: enter the rate in pence and ensure 'p' is selected

Equation: will default to the value added in the Unit rate

Start date: enter the date you want to start billing this rate from

End date: enter the date you want to stop billing this rate from

Sun - Mon:  tick the days of the week this charge applies to (in this example all days)

All day: tick all day

From and Until times: greyed out

Click OK to set up the tariff line

Click OK to close the Cost Definition Editor popup 

VAT Cost Definition

Enter details in the Cost Definition Editor popup:

Name:  VAT

Cost Definition type:  Choose VAT RATE

Unit: %

Currency:  p

Time zone: GMT


Click 

Enter details in the Register Setup popup:

Register name:  All day

Charge code:  leave blank

Unit rate: enter the rate in pence and ensure 'p' is selected, for 20% VAT, enter 2000.  Ensure the 'p' field is picked

Equation: will default to the value added in the Unit rate

Start date: enter the date you want to start billing this rate from

End date: enter the date you want to stop billing this rate from

Sun - Mon:  tick the days of the week this charge applies to (in this example all days)

All day: tick all day

From and Until times: greyed out

Click OK to set up the tariff line

Click OK to close the Cost Definition Editor popup

Tariff Entry Lines 

Once you have Cost Definitions, you can now create the Tariff to contain one or more of the Cost Definitions.

Right click on the Tariff

Click Edit


Click 

Standing Charge Tariff Entry

Name: Enter Standing Charge

Line Type: Choose Tariff Charge

Input Source: Choose BillDays

Override Source: Leave blank

Output Name: Enter Standing Charge (the description you want on the Bill)

Tariff Code: Choose otherCharge1

Bill Date Code: Greyed out

Equation / Cost Definition: Tick Cost Definition

Equation: Greyed out

Cost Definition:  Choose Standing Charge

Show: Click to see the Cost Definition (as created above)

Click OK to close the Tariff Entry Setup Editor

To set up another Tariff Entry, click  

Alternatively, click OK to save the Tariff Entry

Unit Charge Tariff Entry

Name: PPU

Line Type:  Choose Tariff Charge

Input Source: Consumption

Override Source: leave blank

Output Name: Enter Pence Per Unit (the description you want on the Bill)

Tariff Code: standardUsage

Bill Date Code: greyed out

Equation / Cost Definition: Tick Cost Definition

Equation: greyed out

Cost Definition:  Choose the Cost Definition, for example Electricity Day and Night

Show: Click to see the Cost Definition (as created above)

Click OK to close the Tariff Entry Setup Editor

To set up another Tariff Entry, click  

Alternatively, click OK to save the Tariff Entry

VAT Rate Tariff Entry

Name: Enter VATRate

Line Type: Choose Tariff Charge

Input Source: Leave blank

Override Source: Leave blank

Output Name: Enter VAT Rate (the description you want on the Bill)

Tariff Code: VAT

Bill Date Code: greyed out

Equation / Cost Definition: Tick Cost Definition

Equation: greyed out

Cost Definition:  Choose the Cost Definition, for example VAT

Show: Click to see the Cost Definition (as created above)

Click OK to close the Tariff Entry Setup Editor

To set up another Tariff Entry, click  

Alternatively, click OK to save the Tariff Entry


Climate Change Levy

Name: Climate Change Levy

Line Type: Choose Tariff Charge

Input Source: Choose Consumption

Override Source: Leave blank

Output Name: Enter CCL (the description you want on the Bill)

Tariff Code: Choose climateChange

Bill Date Code: Greyed out

Equation / Cost Definition: Tick Cost Definition

Equation: ~Greyed out

Cost Definition:  Choose the Cost Definition, for example CCL

Show: Click to see the Cost Definition (as created above)


Click OK to close the Tariff Entry Setup Editor

To set up another Tariff Entry, click  

Alternatively, click OK to save the Tariff Entry


Tariff Editor

Once you have created all the Tariff Entries (with Cost Definitions), click OK to save


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