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TBS Accounts Receivable (TM)
A simple Accounts Receivable program.
Version 1.0
Version Release Date
1.0 November 1990
TBS Accounts Receivable Copyright 1990 Taylor Business Software
Copyright 1990 Taylor Business Software
All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
TBS Accounts Receivable is a trademark of Taylor Business Software.
All trademarks and registered trademarks referenced within this docu-
ment are the property of their respective owners.
TAYLOR BUSINESS SOFTWARE
16835 ALGONQUIN, SUITE 180
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92649-3812
Sales: Monday - Friday
714-840-5021 Voice 9 AM - 5 PM Pacific Time
Technical Support: Monday - Friday
714-840-6435 Voice 9 AM - 4 PM Pacific Time
Bulletin Board: 24 Hours a day
714-840-3767 300-1200-2400 Baud, 8 Bits, No parity, 1 stop bit
November 1990 Release
TBS Accounts Receivable Copyright 1990 Taylor Business Software
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Title
1 Introduction
1-1 Features of TBS Accounts Receivable
2 Installation
2-1 System Requirements
2-2 Installing TBS Accounts Receivable
3 Getting Started
3-1 Menu
3-2 Add/Change Customers
3-3 Add/Change Salespersons
3-4 Add/Change Terms Codes
3-5 Add/Change Sales Tax Codes
3-6 Add/Change Control Data
3-7 Add/Change Open Invoices
3-8 Enter Invoices & Credit Memos
3-9 Print Sales Journal
3-10 Post Invoices, Credit Memos
3-11 Enter Cash Receipts
3-12 Print Cash Receipts Journal
3-13 Post Cash Receipts
3-14 Print Aged Trial Balance
3-15 Print Statements
3-16 Print Sales Tax Report
3-17 Print Sales History
3-18 Print Collection Letters
3-19 Print Customer List
3-20 Print Mailing Labels
3-21 Print Salesperson List
3-22 Print Terms Code List
3-23 Print Sales Tax Codes
3-24 Month End Processing
3-25 Year End Processing
3-26 Quit
APPENDIX A Customer Support Information
APPENDIX B Printer Control Codes
APPENDIX C Who is Taylor Business Software
TBS Accounts Receivable Copyright 1990 Taylor Business Software
SECTION 1
THIS IS TBS Accounts Receivable(TM)
Thank you for your interest in TBS Accounts Receivable(TM). TBS
Accounts Receivable is a program designed to track the amounts due a
company from its customers and clients, and to print statements and
collection letters to facilitate collection of those monies. This
program will run on IBM PC, XT, AT, and compatible computers.
TBS Accounts Receivable is a simple, yet powerful, Accounts
Receivable management program. A on-line, context sensitive help
system provides help with the press of the F1 key. TBS Accounts
Receivable was written to provide a simple, straightforward, menu
driven system to allow for all operations, such as entering informa-
tion, and printing reports. The only limit that you have on the amount
of information that you can enter is the amount of disk space avail-
able to you.
This document describes the installation and usage of TBS Ac-
counts Receivable. It also describes many features and functions of
the program. Once you begin using TBS Accounts Receivable, you'll
discover more about how it works from the on-line help facility and by
experimenting with the various commands.
The TBS Accounts Receivable program will interface with the
following products from us:
TBS Accounts Receivable ---> TBS General Ledger
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\---> TBS Invoicing ----> TBS Inventory Control
(TBS General Ledger will be available in December 1990, TBS Invoicing
will be released in January 1991)
A note to users of color monitors - This program will use a color
monitor and display information in different colors. If you have a
color monitor and the program runs in black and white, run the program
COLOR.COM immediately before you run this program. There are certain
menu programs that leave the status of the color registers in such a
state that programs that run after them wind up in black and white.
If you are using a menu program, set the commands up as:
COLOR
AR
TBS Accounts Receivable Copyright 1990 Taylor Business Software
SECTION 2
INSTALLATION
2-1 System Requirements
TBS Accounts Receivable requires an IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or
compatible computer with 512K RAM (or more) to work properly. In
addition, version 2.0 or greater of PC-DOS or MS-DOS is required. TBS
Accounts Receivable requires approximately 400K of computer memory to
contain the program's executable code and common data. Additional
memory is allocated as required.
TBS Accounts Receivable works well with the IBM Monochrome Dis-
play Adapter (MDA), Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), Enhanced Graphics
Adapter (EGA), Video Graphics Array (VGA), and compatibles. Other
video adapters that can emulate either the MDA or CGA should work
properly.
2-2 Installing TBS Accounts Receivable
Installing TBS Accounts Receivable is a very simple process.
Basically, we will be creating a subdirectory on the hard disk and
coping the contents of the floppy disk to the subdirectory. The fol-
lowing makes the assumption that you will be copying from drive A: to
your hard disk C:, and that the name of the subdirectory you will be
using is AR.
C:>MD AR
C:>COPY A:*.* C:\AR
PLEASE NOTE!
There may be important information on this release of TBS Ac-
counts Receivable that did not make it into this manual. Please check
the READ.ME file on your distribution diskette for the most current
data. Thank you!
TBS Accounts Receivable Copyright 1990 Taylor Business Software
SECTION 3
GETTING STARTED
To start TBS Accounts Receivable, enter the following commands
(assuming that the subdirectory that TBS Accounts Receivable was
installed in is \AR):
C:>CD \AR
C:>AR
3-1 Menu
The following menu will be displayed:
+----------------------------+
: Taylor Business Software :
: 16835 Algonquin, Suite 180 :
: Huntington Beach, CA 92649 :
: (714) 840-5021 Sales :
: (714) 840-6435 Support :
+----------------------------+
: Todays Date is: 0/00/00 :
+----------------------------+
: :
: Accounts Receivable :
: :
: Enter Your Company Name :
: :
: Quit this Application :
: :
+----------------------------+
Enter Todays Processing Date (in the format of MMDDYY). The
first time you use this product, select Enter Your Company Name. You
can enter your company name and address, and control codes to set your
printer into condensed print and return to normal print. If you enter
a condensed print control code, all reports that are wider than 80
columns will print in a condensed format, all reports less than 80
columns will print in full size print. See the appendix on printer
control codes for additional information. The date that you enter on
this menu, and the company name that you enter, will be displayed at
the top of the various reports. Additionally, the statements will
print on blank paper, and will print out your company name and address
at the top of the statements.
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Select Accounts Receivable and the following menu will be displayed:
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
: Taylor Business Software :
: 11/07/90 Accounts Receivable Menu Ver: 1.0 :
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
: Enter Invoices & Credit Memos Add/Change Customers :
: Print Sales Journal Add/Change Salespersons :
: Post Invoices, Credit Memos Add/Change Terms Codes :
: Add/Change Sales Tax Codes :
: Enter Cash Receipts Add/Change Control Data :
: Print Cash Receipts Journal Add/Change Open Invoices :
: Post Cash Receipts :
: Print Customer List :
: Print Aged Trial Balance Print Mailing Labels :
: Print Statements Print Salesperson List :
: Print Sales Tax Report Print Terms Code List :
: Print Sales History Print Sales Tax Codes :
: Print Collection Letters :
: Month End Processing :
: Quit Year End Processing :
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
3-2 Add/Change Customers
This option starts by listing the customers that have been en-
tered into the system already.
The following keys can be used at this point:
INS to Insert (Add) a new record
DEL to delete the highlighted entry
ENTER to change the highlighted entry
PAGE UP to scroll up
PAGE DN to scroll down
UP ARROW to move the highlighted selection bar up
DOWN ARROW to move the highlighted selection bar down
ESC to return to the menu
F1 for help
CTRL+END deletes from cursor to end of current field
CTRL+HOME deletes contents of field cursor is in
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The data entry screen follows: (Press F1 for help on any field)
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
: Add/Change Customers - Record will be Added :
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
: Cust. Id........: :
: Name............: :
: Address 1.......: Current.: 0.00 :
: Address 2.......: 30 Days.: 0.00 :
: City............: 60 Days.: 0.00 :
: State...........: Zip: 90 Days.: 0.00 :
: Contact.........: 120 Days: 0.00 :
: Phone No........: (000) 000-0000 Total...: 0.00 :
: Fax Number......: (000) 000-0000 Credit Limit: 0 :
: Ship Via........: :
: Salesperson.....: (F2 to List) :
: Terms Code......: (F3 to List) :
: Sales Tax Code..: (F4 to List) :
: Tax Exempt No...: :
: Type Code.......: Month Year Last Year :
: Discount Rate...: 0.00 Sales.: 0.00 0.00 0.00 :
: Last Sale Date..: / / Cost..: 0.00 0.00 0.00 :
: Last Pymt Date..: / / Profit: 0.00 0.00 0.00 :
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
The Salesperson, Terms Codes, and Sales Tax Codes information can
be displayed by pressing the appropriate function key. If you have
not set up these files, you can add records at this time by pressing
the INS key. To select a record from the display screen, highlight it
and press the enter key.
Certain information on this screen, such as the total due and the
profit amounts, is for display purposes only.
3-3 Add/Change Salespersons
+--------------------------------------------------+
: Add/Change Salespersons :
: Record will be Added :
+--------------------------------------------------+
: Salesperson Code: :
: Name............: :
: Address 1.......: :
: Address 2.......: :
: City............: :
: State...........: Zip: :
: Phone...........: (000) 000-0000 :
: Commission Rate.: 0.00 :
: Sales Amounts :
: Month to Date...: 0.00 :
: Year to Date....: 0.00 :
: Last Year.......: 0.00 :
+--------------------------------------------------+
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3-4 Add/Change Terms Codes
+-----------------------------------------------+
: Add/Change Terms Codes :
: Record will be Added :
: Terms Code...: :
: Description..: :
: Discount %...: 0.00 :
: Day of Month? :
: Discount Days: 0 _ Yes No :
: Due Days.....: 0 _ Yes No :
+-----------------------------------------------+
The Discount Days can be either the number of days until the
discount can no longer be taken (such as 2% 10 days), or if the Day of
Month? is answered Yes, it is assumed that it is the day of the month
(such as 2% 10th of the month). The due days, the number of days
until the invoice is due, makes the same assumption if the Day of
Month? is answered Yes.
3-5 Add/Change Sales Tax Codes
+----------------------------------------+
: Add/Change Sales Tax Codes :
: Record will be Added :
+----------------------------------------+
: Tax Code...: :
: Description: :
: Tax Rate...: 0.00 :
: Sales Information :
: Month Year :
: Taxable....: 0.00 0.00 :
: Non-Taxable: 0.00 0.00 :
+----------------------------------------+
The Tax Code is a 4 character field. I recommend that you use
the first two characters as the state abbreviation. The last two
positions are for states such as California where different counties
have different tax rates. For example:
Code Description Rate
CALA California - Los Angeles 6.75
CAOC California - Orange County 6.25
The Print Sales Tax Report will print out the total sales for the
month for each Sales Tax code, (to help you to fill out the required
forms).
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3-6 Add/Change Control Data
+-------------------------------------+
: Add/Change Control Data :
: Record will be Added :
+-------------------------------------+
: Interface to TBS GL?....: Y Yes No :
: Cash in Bank Account....: :
: Accounts Receivable.....: :
: Inventory Account.......: :
: Cash Discount...........: :
: Bad Debt Account........: :
: Freight Account.........: :
: Sales Tax Account.......: :
: Miscellaneous Account...: :
: Default Sales Account...: :
: Cost Of Goods Sold......: :
: Finance Charge Account..: :
: Finance Charge Percent..: 0.00 :
: Finance Charge Days.....: 0 :
: Finance Charge Minimum..: 0.00 :
: Minimum Statement Amount: 0.00 :
: Print Name on Statements: Yes No :
+-------------------------------------+
This screen allows you to enter the General Ledger Account Num-
bers for the various items described, as well as information about
finance charges and statements. If you specify that the program is to
interface to the TBS General Ledger, it must be installed in the same
sub-directory as the Accounts Receivable program.
3-7 Add/Change Open Invoices
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
: Add/Change Invoices :
: Record will be Added :
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
: Cust ID......: (F2 to List) :
: Invoice No...: Invoice Date.: / / :
: Tran Type....: 1 2 1 = Invoice 2 = Credit Memo :
: Customer PO..: :
: Saleperson...: (F3 to List) :
: Due Date.....: / / (Date that payment is due) :
: Discount Date: / / (Last date discount allowed) :
: Invoice Amt..: 0.00 :
: Disc Allowed.: 0.00 :
: Paid to Date.: 0.00 Last Payment.: / / :
: Disc to Date.: 0.00 :
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
Use this option to enter your existing invoices into the system
when you first start to use this program.
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3-8 Enter Invoices & Credit Memos
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
: Enter Invoices/Credit Memos :
: Record will be Added :
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
: Cust. ID....: (F2 to List) :
: Customer Discount: 0.00% :
: Credit Available.: :
: :
: :
: Invoice No...: Invoice Date.: / / :
: G/L Period...: 0 G/L Account..: :
: Cust. P.O....: :
: Tran Type....: 1 2 1=Invoice 2=Credit Memo :
: Saleperson...: (F3 to List) :
: Sales Tax....: (F4 to List) :
: Terms Code...: (F5 to List) :
: Terms Days...: 000 Disc. %: 0.00 Disc. Days: 0 :
: Inv. Subtotal: 0.00 Invoice Cost.: 0.00 :
: Sales Tax Amt: 0.00 Sale Taxable?: Yes No :
: Freight Amt..: 0.00 Discount Amt.: 0.00 :
: Miscellaneous: 0.00 :
: Invoice Total: 0.00 :
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
The customer discount amount shown is for information purposes
only - it is assumed that you have applied the discount when you enter
the invoice subtotal amount. The Discount Amt. is the terms discount
that the customer can take if they pay the invoice on time. The G/L
Account is the account number for the Sales or Revenue account that
you want this invoice charged to.
3-9 Print Sales Journal
This report lists the invoices and credit memos that you have
entered, and prints a G/L Summary information. If you are not using
the TBS General Ledger, you can use this information to enter the
sales data into your General Ledger.
3-10 Post Invoices and Credit Memos
This step posts the invoices and credit memos to the Open Invoice
file, and updates the totals in the Customer, Salesperson, and Sales
Tax files. It then purges the transaction file. You should print the
Sales Journal before you run this step.
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3-11 Enter Cash Receipts
+---------------------------------------------------------+
: Enter Cash Receipts :
: Record will be Added :
+---------------------------------------------------------+
: Customer ID : :
: Invoice Number: Balance: 0.00 :
: Check Number..: :
: Payment Amount: 0.00 Payment Date..: / / :
: Discount Amt..: 0.00 :
+---------------------------------------------------------+
This step allows you to enter payments for the invoices to your
customers. Once you enter the Customer Id (and F2 will display your
customers) and the Invoice Number (F3 to display), the current balance
due for that invoice will be displayed.
3-12 Print Cash Receipts Journal
This step prints a Cash Receipts Journal, listing the payments
that you have entered into the system.
3-13 Post Cash Receipts
This step posts the Cash Receipts to the Open Invoice file, and
updates the totals in the Customer file. It then purges the transac-
tion file. You should print the Cash Receipts Journal before you run
this step.
3-14 Print Aged Trial Balance
This report allows you to specify a range of customers, then it
prints out a report listing the amount due you in periods of 30 days,
up to 120 days. It also list the actual number of days old that a
invoice is, as well as the customers phone number if you want to use
this report to call your delinquent customers.
3-15 Print Statements
The statements list the invoices to the customer, showing the
charges and payments, then they display the total due in the aging
periods. The statements print on 8.5 by 11 inch paper, and should fit
in a window envelope.
3-16 Print Sales Tax Report
This report list the taxable and non-taxable sales for each of
the Sales Tax Codes for the Month and Year to Date. The Sales Tax
Liability is the Taxable Sales times the Tax Rate. This report should
be printed at the end of each month.
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3-17 Print Sales History
This report lists the Month to Date, Year to Date, and Last Year
Sales and Cost information from the customer file. This enables you
to determine how profitable each of your customers is. This report
should be printed at Year End.
3-18 Print Collection Letters
The collection letters target just those invoices that are more
than 30 days past due, and can be used to reinforce the statements for
collection of your slower paying customers, or in place of statements.
3-19 Print Customer List
This allows you to enter a range of customers, then prints a
report showing the customers name and address, contact, salesperson,
terms code and phone number.
3-20 Print Mailing Labels
This allows you to enter a range of customers, then prints mail-
ing labels on 3.5 x 15/16 labels.
3-21 Print Salesperson List
This report shows the salesperson name and address, the commis-
sion rate, and the Month Sales, Year to Date and Last Year sales. If
you pay your salesmen a commission, you can use this report to compute
those commissions.
3-22 Print Terms Code List
This report list the various terms codes that you have entered in
the system.
3-23 Print Sales Tax Codes
This report list the various sales tax codes that have been set
up on the system. (This report just shows the Tax Code, a description
and the tax rate. To see the taxable and non-taxable sales, print the
Sales Tax Report).
3-24 Month End Processing
This step should be run after you have printed the Aged Trail
Balance, Statements, Sales Tax Report, and, if you want it, the Sales
History report. This step sets the Month to Date sales amounts in the
Customer, Salesperson, and Sales Tax files to zero, and deletes any
fully paid invoices. This step should be run once a month, except at
year end.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU BACK UP YOUR DATA FILES BEFORE YOU RUN THIS STEP!!!
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3-25 Year End Processing
This step should be run after you have printed the Aged Trail
Balance, Statements, Sales Tax Report, and the Sales History report.
This step copies the Year to Date amounts to the Last Year columns,
then it sets the Month to Date and Year to Date sales amounts in the
Customer, Salesperson, and Sales Tax files to zero, and deletes any
fully paid invoices. This step should be run at year end in place of
the Month End Processing step.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU BACK UP THE ASSET FILES BEFORE YOU RUN THIS STEP!!!
3-26 Quit
This returns to the opening menu, where you can change the work
date, (use the ESC key to back up to the work date field) or quit the
TBS Accounts Receivable program completely.
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APPENDIX A
CUSTOMER SUPPORT INFORMATION
If you have problems with TBS Accounts Receivable, please read
this manual first to make sure that you do understand everything. We
have tried to provide a bug-free product but sometimes we make mis-
takes. If you think you have found something please take the time to
contact us and explain it to us. Make sure that you include the fol-
lowing information to help us evaluate your situation:
1. Your product SERIAL NUMBER (Registered Users have serial numbers)
2. Version of DOS you are using
3. Machine type, memory, monitor type, hardware description
4. Any application executed before TBS Accounts Receivable
5. Your address and telephone number (when corresponding)
6. Where, when and how you obtained TBS Accounts Receivable
7. Which version of TBS Accounts Receivable you are using
8. Printouts of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files
Users will always receive a response to their questions. Non-
registered users will receive a written response if they enclose a
self-addressed, stamped envelope with their inquiry.
TBS Accounts Receivable Copyright 1990 Taylor Business Software
APPENDIX B - PRINTER CONTROL CODES
Printer control codes allow you to put your printer in condensed
mode and back into normal mode. When entering control codes with
values less than 32, enter the value by holding the ALT key down and
entering the number on the numeric keypad. For example, most Epson
and Epson compatible printers use CHR(15), or CTRL+O, to place the
printer into condensed mode, (and CHR(18), or CTRL+R, to quit con-
densed mode). To enter this value, hold down the ALT key, enter 15 on
the numeric keypad (not the numbers above the letter keys), then
release the ALT key. To set a HP LaserJet to print 16.7CPI, one com-
mand is ESC&k2S, or "27 38 107 50 83", to return to 10CPI is ESC&k0S
or "27 38 107 48 83". Here, you would hold down the ALT key, enter
each set of numbers, and release the ALT key. Or enter ALT+27 &k2S.
Numeric Values for different control codes are:
Decimal Control Key Decimal Control Key
0 CTRL @ 17 CTRL Q
1 CTRL A 18 CTRL R
2 CTRL B 19 CTRL S
3 CTRL C 20 CTRL T
4 CTRL D 21 CTRL U
5 CTRL E 22 CTRL V
6 CTRL F 23 CTRL W
7 CTRL G 24 CTRL X
8 CTRL H 25 CTRL Y
9 CTRL I 26 CTRL Z
10 CTRL J 27 CTRL [ or ESC
11 CTRL K
12 CTRL L
13 CTRL M
14 CTRL N
15 CTRL O
16 CTRL P
For a complete listing of ASCII values, most printer manuals have
a ASCII table as a appendix in the manual.
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APPENDIX C - WHO IS TAYLOR BUSINESS SOFTWARE
Taylor Business Software is a company that has been providing
programming solutions to business needs since 1979. Our emphasis has
been primarily in the accounting field, and lately we have decided to
expand into other areas, one of them being shareware. We are always
looking for new ideas for additional applications to develop, and we
encourage your asking if you can not find an existing application to
meet your specific needs.
Taylor Business Software can assist you in the following areas:
Custom developed applications
Consulting
Data conversions
Experience in both DOS and Xenix environments
Modifications to Open Systems Accounting Software
Please feel free to ask for quotes for custom developed applica-
tions, or for modification to this or any other product that we pro-
vide.
Taylor Business Software
16835 Algonquin, Suite 180
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Phone (714) 840-5021
Shareware Programs Available as of 11-10-90
License Current
Description Fee Version
------------------------ ------- -------
TBS Maillist $10.00 1.4
TBS Business Maillist 15.00 1.0
TBS Fixed Assets 25.00 1.0
TBS Accounts Receivable 35.00 1.0
TBS Vehicle Maintenance 25.00 1.4
TBS Inventory Control 20.00 1.0
TBS Home Inventory 10.00 1.0
TBS Video Tape Inventory 10.00 1.0
To obtain a shareware copy of any of these products, contact the
dealer that you purchased this program from, or send a $2.00 handling
fee for each program that you wish to try to the above address for
Taylor Business Software.
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