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1.3.9 Charging Adjustment Specifications

Adjustments to charges include discounts, surcharges, minimum
charges, and zone and priority differential charges.


DISCOUNTS AND SURCHARGES

Discounts and most surcharges are adjustments to charges that
are computed for invoice level cost centers when the
Financial Recap File is created.  They appear at the bottom
of invoices.  Workunit surcharges are handled differently.

You can specify several types of discounts:

o Volume discounts based on a table of thresholds and
  discount amounts may be defined and apply to all invoice
  level cost centers.

o Invoice category discounts may be specified globally or for
  individual invoice level cost centers.

o Fixed percentage discounts may be specified for individual
  invoice level cost centers.

o Lump sum discounts may be specified for individual invoice
  level cost centers.

You can also specify several types of surcharges:

o Fixed percentage surcharges may be specified globally and
  overridden for specified invoice level cost centers.

o Invoice category surcharges may be specified globally and
  overridden for specified invoice level cost centers.

o Workunit surcharges may be specified for all workunits
  charged with a particular algorithm by using the SURC
  computation code and the specifying the surcharge
  percentage as the rate.  They are treated as a special
  charging element and appear on the invoice as line items.

You specify discounts and most surcharges using the
Accounting Options and Cost Center Attributes panels.  You
specify workunit surcharges in the Rate Table panel.

MINIMUM CHARGES

You can specify a minimum charge that will apply to each unit
of work that will be charged with a particular algorithm by
using the JMIN computation code and specifying the minimum
charge as a rate.  Minimum charges are treated as a special
computation code and appear on the invoices as line items.

You specify minimum charges in the Rate Table panel.


ZONE AND PRIORITY DIFFERENTIAL CHARGES

You can adjust charges based on zone and/or priority and
apply them to all units in a particular journal file.  These
adjustments are treated as special computation codes and
appear on the invoices as line items.

You must specify the zone or priority charge differentials in
the CA MICS ZONE or JOBGROUP parameters and then request zone
or priority charging for the journal file in the Rate Table
panel.

You can use control variable charging as an alternative to
this feature if you want to apply the differential charges to
one particular charging element (such as CPU time) rather
than to all charging elements for a workunit.