Legal Accounts
Manage accounts and financials.
Finance General
All other finance enquiries
WIP and Matter Limits
Reversing a Posting / Reversing a Reversal Posting
Running Ad-Hoc Interest on a matter with an interest Scheme
Closing Transaction periods
Setting up Make Tax Digital (MTD)
Supplier Refunds
Changing branch
Authorising E-Chits
Closed matters with balances
Outstanding Allocation cannot close the matter
Creating a Chart of Accounts
How can I Sign up for Making tax Digital (MTD) on HMRC Government Gateway portal
Grade Rate: Time rate for emails is different from Default Rate
Configuration of E-Chits
Rebuilt Retained Profit in error
Unreconciled items warning on matter completion
Closing a matter with outstanding allocations
Clearing down Firm Credits from Pay Supplier screen
Default Bank
Moving DPS – FD from Cash Accounting to Accrual Accounting
Delete a case with account postings or time
Client money Ring Fence/Earmark Undertaking
Does DPS have a BACS Export function?
Matter Balances report does not match TB figure
Global document or transaction search
Adding and amending pre-set payment details and payees
Using Cost Centres
In Legal Aid the Delete button for time is greyed out
Invoice document posted in purchase ledger error - Could not find part of the path
Moving all WIP under one Fee earner to another
Adding a New Supplier
User KPI's by day
Setting up Cost Centres
Entering matter number doesn't find Ledger Card
Exporting Timesheet (WIP) to Excel - Raw data version
Errors when pressing Process button in Payment Processing
Delete a CHQRUN from payment processing screen
How do I get a matter balance list
How do I delete an e-chit from the Admin screen ?
How many postings did we make last year?
Making a Supplier Payment for more than the Supplier Invoice
E-chits - Payment Type / Reference
Removal of an old Supplier Firm Credit note
Where is the list of matter types or categories on the system
Import journal not importing excel document
Running a matter ledger card over a date range
How to write off an ODR posting
LAA Funds Control matter not appearing in OTO matter selection
Moving time between matters
Unable to run Client Statement in Credit Control Module
Moving time from one database to another
Journaling to Control accounts
Old supplier invoice needs to be removed from creditors management screen.
Supplier Payment Post button greyed out and tries to prompt Export to Excel button
Stop calculating interest on a matter
Less on Account pop up not appearing for one of our accounts users
Posting supplier invoices error 'Invalid value for SourceFileName field. Max allowed length is 100'
Payroll Journal import
Posting manually calculated interest
Case user does not have e-chits option available under User Menu or Accounts button in matters Case
Setting clearance days for cheques
Overdrawn clearance warning when posting DTC (Deposit to Client) Posting
The system is asking for a supervisor user ID and password, when trying to reverse a posting
Matter ledgers are missing Debit (DR) and Credit (CR) columns
DPSSQLConfig Category In / Out in Accounts Set Up shortcut screen
Setting up a foreign currency client account
How to delete an e-chit when the delete box is missing from the Admin e-chit screen
How to correct a client to office transfer and client receipt postings made in error
Client account posting query
Using the supplier’s invoice reference instead of the BACS reference typed in by the user
Reversals still showing on matter ledger
Journal Import
WIP approaching or gone over the Credit limit
Adding invoice documents to e-chits
VAT
Finance queries related to VAT
VAT Return no open obligation available
Adjusting VAT Return Form Totals
Checking VAT Return has been submitted to HMRC
The VAT return includes the previous VAT quarter transactions
VAT Return summary and VAT nominals do not agree but the total to HMRC is correct
Flagging items in database as in VAT Return prior to switching on MTD
Write off a disbursement with No VAT on a bill
VAT and financial Implications of deleting an old rejected bill from task list in matters case
Cash Accounting Part Payment not showing on VAT Return
Adding VAT on billing to a non VAT Disbursement incurred
Unused VAT codes
Post and pay a no VAT counsel fee via the supplier
Submit a VAT return
Do Not Reclaim VAT until Disbursements are Paid Out
Billing
Billing within DPS One Office
Showing Big Notes on a billing guide
Using Fixed Fee Billing
Partially billed time recording following running Multi Client Billing (MCB)
Setting up Fixed Fee Billing
Foreign exchange gain on supplier payment not to be applied to client matter, following billing
WIP not available to post - Billing to a period end
How do I enable Client Billing?
Deletion of billed time picked up in error in Multi-Client-Billing
Adding new Bill narratives
Bill request print preview cuts off bill narrative or crashes when requesting via DPS Outlook Office Add-In
Adding Details narratives to bills (Profit Costs/Expenses)
Changing Fee earner Targets
WIP duplicated after reversing bill
Cost of Sale (COS) posting type and Multi Client Milling (MCB)
Bill Print Preview error - Missing Profit Costs - Input string was not in correct format
Client name not appearing on bill print
Bill print preview shows template misaligned (white section to right)
Can Cost of Sale (COS) and Anticipate Cost of Sale (COA) be picked up in a bill?
Authorising Bills
Outstanding Bill Request
Reverse a paid bill
Bill Write Off Function to write off bad debt
Reversing a credit allocation against a client bill
Write off time, work in progress (WIP)
How to raise a credit note to reduce profit costs
Bill requested which needs to be rejected and resubmitted
Credit note a paid bill
Cannot edit time as it's in a bill
Matter ledger imbalance with a Negative Bill summary, positive DPU Summary
Anticipated Expenses
Post a bill request
Bad Debt Bill Write off nominal missing
Saving bill as Microsoft Word document
Error when posting bill on selecting WIP and bill to an amount (write up/down time)
Allocating office credits to bills
Can't bill time as it has a zero value
How to raise a pro forma invoice
Posting a credit note in the same period as the bill
Dealing with an unpresented cheque on a closed matter
How to Reverse a DUU when Billed
Amount on Account - Changing the amount
Applying and posting penalty interest on late payment of bills
Duplicate bills posted at exactly the same time, effecting Office Ledger and Office balance Summary mismatch
Duplicate bills posted to ledger at exactly the same time - Ledger Summary and Office Balance still match
Quick bill error
Issue Bill No has already been used – Are you sure you want to use it again?
Edit unbilled time entries to nil to close the matter
Disbursements
Articles regarding disbursements
Control Inspect Balance
Unbilled disbursement control differs from the matter balance report paid disbursements
Moving Disbursements using OTO Transfer
CTO Sweep Allocations
How to cancel a DIN / DUB supplier invoice, unpaid and billed
Attaching a disbursement to a bill
Reversing an OCT (Office to Client Disbursement) or OTC (Office to Client Transfer)
Unable to close matter - Allocations won’t match off
Unable to reverse DPU showing as billed when it is not
DPU and negative – DUB balance should be nil
Transfer a disbursement from one matter to another
How to pay an anticipated disbursement not linked to a supplier
Disbursements are not listed in the Bills screen
Unbilled disbursements list and check to unbilled disbursements nominal
Original billed anticipated Disb has been reduced, and now cant clear ledger
DUU e-chit request posted as DIN
How do I credit a bill which includes an OTN disbursement, and the bill is paid by NTO?
Allocating a credit part payment against an unbilled disbursement
Adding Expert Disbursements to a publicly funded Certificated Civil LAA Matter
Unable to pick up Office to Office (OTO) Disbursement posting in bill
How to I allocate Disbursement Invoices to a Firm Pre-Payment
Allocation issue - Office Matter balance is nil, Negative Unpaid Bill balance and Positive DPU Balance
E-chit type = OLD. Unable to post to matter
Misspelt wording contained in Disbursement in bill
Migration to DPS has not added anticipated Disb as a supplier
Bank Reconciliations
Articles regarding bank recs
Moving money between banks
Saving and Posting a Bank Rec
I can't find a payment on my bank rec
Viewing historic bank reconciliations
My Bank Reconciliation Post button is greyed out
Missing posting on Bank rec
Client receipt reconciled in error
CTO Sweep posted to wrong Bank
Completing a bank reconciliation
Crime
Help with CDS6 and Crime Billing
CDS6 - Duplicate UFN, Duplicate Bills from previous CDS6
CDS6 Import posted, but OTO transfer was not selected before importing.
CDS6 Billed Disbursement Correction
Unable to post pending e-chits in CDS6 Import - 0.00 value e-chit
Billed and unpaid items in CDS6 module
Submitting the CDS6 Online
What happens when you come to raise the CDS6?
CDS6 Import
Choosing to allocate the bills and the payment
VAT on Crime Travel
Crime Billing Module - Set up and the Open File
Crime Billing Module - Billing Procedure
How do I remove old CDS6 Imports that have been manually posted
Month/Year End
Procedures and issues regarding month end and year end
Year End processing
Year end change
Profit and Loss Nominal Brought forward balance not clear to zero at Year End
Suggested Reports to Run at Year End
Month End Reports
Year End run before journals were posted
Unable to post Month End Bank Rec
Month End Procedure
Closure of transaction periods prior to running Year End process
Open the new year posting periods
Year End Journals report
Year End Error message - Default Retained Profit nominal not found for Branch XXX
Year End Warning/Error
Client Balances
Guides and issues relating to client balances
Changing default banks/moving balances between banks
Matter balances report not matching 3-way reconciliation
Clearing a Client residual balance
Switching Client Bank
Need to reduce office matter balance (DPU) to Zero by reducing Profit Costs
Highest lowest and average client account balances
Overdrawn office account balance warning
Unexpected negative office matter balance, following billing foreign client with vatable anticipated disbursements
Balance Checks
Reporting
Manage and configure reports
Amendments to SSRS Report subscriptions
New / Variation of existing DPS Report
How to add an Ad-Hoc report
Reports - How to run a WIP report
DPS Mobile - Time Report
Bills Day Book report
Report for Disbursements Paid
Set budgets and report on budget
Run and print a Supplier Balance Report
Data Integrity Report
Exporting DPS reports to Excel to view more columns of data - Raw data reporting
Cost Centre Reporting
Fee earner is missing from reports
What bills is the Profit Cost Months report made up of
Running a WIP report for a user who has just left
Profit Cost Months report gives different results when selecting different Fee Earner Selections
Reporting on reversals
DPS Reports Client statement not giving any results
Reporting on billing for a whole client
Create a new data source in SQL server reporting services window and load new report files
Access to reports
Difference between client nominal and matter balance report
Nominals
Articles regarding nominals
Nominal to Office Transfer
Working with Nominal Accounts
Reversing a Nominal to Office 'NTO'
How to Open A New Bank Account Nominal
Nominals not clearing down to zero
Profit and Loss nominals have the wrong opening balances
Office to Nominal Transfer
Nominal Movement Report
How to Post a DUB and Nominal Receipt
Nominal List
Unable to change nominal to different type
Nominal Ledger Enquiry by Type
Bank nominal balance and current balance do not match
Assigning Default Profit Cost nominal to Fee Earner set up
