To set up a Tenancy on a nightly invoicing basis - click on the ‘Benefit’ icon in the applicable tenancy record.

Make sure you complete:

- Benefit Contribution

- Frequency

- Last charge (when was the last time you raised a charge against that tenancy)

- Who pays the housing benefit?

- Benefit reference

- Benefit nominal

2160- on agent version

4000 range- agent version but property set with Guaranteed Income

4000 range- landlord version

- Benefit VAT code (1- VAT-able, 9- not VAT-able)

- Tick Requires Benefit Invoice (to produce invoice record in Sage)

After all information is there select ‘Update with Benefit’

Your tenancy record is now updated with benefit information. You can ‘Save and Exit’ or you can activate your tenancy.

To receipt money paid by the council, click on ‘Benefit Invoice’ in the ‘Tenancy’ module

 Select contact, and tenant (optional) and when you enter the nights to be charged, the system will automatically work out the charge.

i.e. if the last charge was 31.12.14, it will create from 01.01.15 and if you enter in date as 26.01.15 it will work out 25 nights (see previous example) and ‘Post’ – it will ask

Click ‘Yes’. The invoice has now been posted in sage.