(WIP) Deferring charges for new machines to the second month of operation

Overview

New machines may start operating in one month, but the finance company may not invoice them until the second month. The best way to handle this is to put all your new machines on a seperate meter charge run. Then click the in progress button instead of the finalise button on the meter charge run. Next month, when you do you next meter charge run, you can enter a linked meter charge run and pickup up the charges that are waiting from last month. The charges for the two months will be on one invoice for the new machines.

Note. You could setup the machines to be on a bi-monthly charge cycle. But remembering to change the cycle back and the process of changing the machine back to a monthly charge cycle at a future time is clumsy. 

Procedure

Create a meter run set that extracts all machines created this month.

Extract all new machines onto a seperate meter charge run

When posting the meter charge run, select the in progress button instead of the finalise button

In the following month, after you have extracted a meter charge run that includes the new machines. Click on the linked meter charge run field and select the meter charge run from last month that has been set to be in progress without being charged

Then continue with the seconds months meter charge run as usual

All of the charges from the first month will be merged with the charges for the second month for those machines that were created part way through the last month

The finance company ends up with one charge for those machines covering the two months.