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Where can I find the number of 1099/1098 tax forms issued by the credit union for a previous tax year?
Tool number 1014: 1099/1098 Tax Information Report is the tool you can use to find this information. If you select the summary tab you will get your overall numbers. This report also displays information from your credit union's tax file, to be used when verifying tax information for reporting to members and the IRS. Three reports are available: one for 1099-INT information, one for 1099-R information, and another for 1098 information. You can even print the report for a single Social Secur More...
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What should I pay special attention to during 2020 year-end processing, in regards to this year's 1099-MISC changes and the new 1099-NEC form?
When using Tool #990 Work With Accounts Payable Vendors to verify your 1099 vendor information, take special care that you are entering the correct 1099 box number from the 2020 1099-MISC form instructions; especially paying attention to box numbers that changed, including 7, 9, 10, 12, and 14. As an example, if your vendor reports Gross Proceeds Paid to an Attorney , that was previously box 14 and is now reported in box 10, so in order to report this correctly you must change the 14 to 10 on t More...
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Do we incur any fees for missing our year end deadlines?
Yes, if data is received late or needs to be recreated due to a missed deadline, your credit union may incur a fee of $100 or more. For deadlines refer to the Year-end Processing Guide, which is sent to your credit union every fall.
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What causes a member check to be returned as 'Refer to Maker'?
Previously, credit unions used Code 38 for “Return to Maker”, but this code is no longer available in the system. This change was initiated by a Reg CC change in 2018. Now, if you are presented with a situation where you need to return a check to another institution, it is recommended that you use one of these codes to clarify the reason for the check return. Some codes allow you to make the change in CU*BASE. Others require that you contact your Check Item Processor. Read below for More...
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I haven't been using Tool #360 "End of Month Processing" to close my G/L and would like to start. Does it matter what month I start with?
No, you can start with the most recent month you consider your books to be closed and no longer need to be able to post entries to that month. (You don't need to run it multiple times for multiple months to catch up. )
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In CU*Spy on the End of Month tab I don’t see reports that I manually pulled and sent to MONTHxx. Is this only showing the automated reports?
Reports are categorized in CU*Spy according to the type of report, not the output queue to which they were printed. If a particular on-demand report also happens to be set up for Monthly Automation via the Report Scheduler, even if it is scheduled to print to the MONTHxx OUTQ it will still go to the same category in CU*Spy as always, not to the End of Month tab. Hint: When you are checking your automated reports to make sure they all ran, rather than try to remember where they normally get place More...
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In CU*Spy on the End of Month tab it looks like the LCLMBE Closed Member Report and LCLACE Member Closed Account Report are getting pulled every day. But on the Report Automation Tools Standard Reports feature (Tool #759 Report Automation - Standard Reports) it says MONTHLY.
The Closed Account Report and the Closed Membership Report have two versions. LCLACE and LCLMBE are the daily reports that run at EOD. These reports show closed accounts and closed memberships for a single day. LCLAC and LCLMB are the reports that are run from the CU*BASE menu and via Report Automation, and these show closed accounts and closed memberships for a given month.
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I have an online credit card loan account where the balance from the previous month end was paid in full by the payment due date, yet the member still incurred a finance charge. Why?
Credit card finance charges can be confusing as they are different from a normal simple daily interest consumer loan, because billing cycles play a part in the finance charge calculation. Both current and previous billing cycles are required for the calculation to qualify for a configured grace period. Grace period flags are determined by the credit union and disclosed in their credit card disclosures. Finance charges are waived if the account qualifies for the grace period configured in the loa More...
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On some of my 1098 tax forms, members who just opened a loan this year are seeing an amount under “Box 2. Outstanding Mortgage Principal” that they don’t understand. Where does this figure come from?
The IRS, which makes changes to tax form layouts almost every year, recently added this new informational box to form 1098 to report the balance on a mortgage account as of January 1 of that same tax year. Each year on January 1 we capture the loan balance on all loan accounts in a special file, and then when tax forms are created at the end of the year we can use that figure. Therefore, for loans that were opened in a prior tax year, this balance is usually easy for members to understand. More...
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The list of reports set in the Report Scheduler (Tool #759 Report Automation - Standard Reports) look to be set up correctly, but I can't see them in my MONTHxx OUTQ and they aren’t on the End of Month Tab in CU*Spy. How can I check to make sure they were run automatically as expected?
See the related AnswerBook item below.
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If I have already closed my Year-End general ledger Income Statement, is it possible to create and close another income or expense entry for the closed year?
Yes. You will want to ensure that no other users are performing any general ledger processing when these steps are taken! The first step is to use Tool #202 Chart of Accounts/Budget Groups Maint and update the Current process month and year to 12/YY (December of the closing year). In addition you will want to flag the line item Current Processing year/month is equal to period 13 Y/E. Then create and post your entry using Tool #61 Create/Post GL Journal Entries. Remember to also post the ne More...
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Should I review my automated report settings before the end of the month?
Yes! We want to stress that this is not a save it and forget it process. It is important that you review your settings before the end of the month. You may decide to adjust them slightly, or select to remove them from the automation process. Additionally, you should check to make sure that no one accidentally deleted your settings.
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I have a member who is requesting a copy of his statement from November of last year. I went in to Phone Operator to see if I could get a copy for him, and noticed that a statement was not produced for November. Why is this?
The most likely reason is that the member did not have any activity for the month that would trigger a statement, based on the CU's configuration. Most credit unions have their statement configuration set up to print a monthly statement only if the member has a checking account, and only if there is activity on that account, saving postage costs on months when there is no activity. You can verify this by viewing his Share Draft Transaction Inquiry in Phone Operator, then compare that to yo More...
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I am doing my due diligence work on my year end processing. When I compare the report I get from Tool #1014 with the PVEOYTAXF report in CU*Spy, they do not match. Why is that the case?
These reports do not necessarily match. The report generated by Tool #1014 1099-1098 Tax Information Report displays information from your credit union's tax file, to be used when verifying tax information for reporting to members and the IRS. Three reports are available: one for 1099-INT information, one for 1099-R information,1098, and 1099-SA information. You can even print the report for a single Social Security number, if you need to check on a certain member's information. This in More...
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When looking at the ATM/Debit or Credit Card Activity screen, what does the indicator in the Type and Transaction Description mean?
The fields are related to Process Codes, in that they are derived from the code attached to the message received from the plastics processor (vendor, or switch). The Type you see in the initial Type column of the Activity screen relates directly to the Transaction Description when you view additional transaction details. Transaction types may not apply to all vendors. Examples of these labels are as follows: DEP (Deposit Transactions) ATM/DEP A deposit made at an ATM. ATM/DEP - including a $ More...
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I noticed a value in the "Int accrued since write-off" field on a written-off loan, but that amount doesn't match what I would have expected, since this loan was written off a few years ago.
Remember that this new value only started being calculated with the implementation of the 22.05 release in May of 2022. However, if you had been tracking this manually via a spreadsheet since write-off, use these steps: Launch Tool #1030 Write-off/Chart-off Loan History Maint Enter the written-off loan account number Calculate the sum of whatever amount appears in the Int accrued since write-off field now plus your tracked figure, and enter that total into the field Click Update (F5) to More...
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What do the various device and print job statuses on the iSeries mean?
When a device first connects to the iSeries, a virtual device is created - consider it a placeholder for that workstation or printer. Only one device can exist for each ID, which is why only one person can sign into a printer at a time. Throughout the virtual devices lifecycle, there are several different statuses that device can be in. Read below for some details! Workstations VARY ON PENDING - this is the default status of the virtual device. This status means the device is ready and wai More...
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My member gets a Social Security (SSA) deposit via ACH. We use an ACH distribution to pay the member’s loan payment, but the loan payment was not made. Why did this happen and what benefits are there to using an Automated Funds Transfer (AFT) instead?
Prior to the 16.10 release, the SSA began using multiple Company IDs, and it was recommended that credit unions consider using Automated Funds Transfers (AFTs) to handle distributions. Beginning the 16.10 release a new cross-reference system will be implemented that will automatically funnel all incoming company IDs from the Social Security Administration and treat them as if they came from one, consistent company ID we’re referring to as the “Primary ID.” With the changes ma More...
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My member closed their account in November and received a November Statement but did not receive a December Statement. Why? How will they get their 1099-INT information?
If the member closed their account in November, they would receive a final statement for their November transactions but will not receive a December Statement as they did not have any transactions in December and the account was not active. This would also be true for members who closed their accounts earlier in the year. For example, for a membership closed in April, the member will receive their final statement at the end of April then will not receive another statement again (not even the q More...
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If I have changed my Social Security (SSA) ACH Deposits to use the Automated Funds Transfer solution, should I now consider changing back to ACH deposits?
Prior to the 16.10 release, the SSA began using multiple Company IDs, and it was recommended that credit unions consider using Automated Funds Transfers (AFTs) to handle distributions. Beginning with the 16.10 release a new cross-reference system will be implemented that will automatically funnel all incoming company IDs from the Social Security Administration and treat them as if they came from one, consistent company ID we’re referring to as the “Primary ID.” With the chang More...
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How do I research why a loan did not report to the Credit Bureau?
Here are seven things to review if you are trying to research why a loan did not report to the credit bureau. Look to see if the loan is flagged not to report to the credit bureau: Access Tool #20 Update Account Information (shortcut: acct) for the account and click the Credit Reporting Info button. The Report to credit bureau flag must be checked. Look at the Credit Report History located in Loan Account Inquiry via the Delinquency window (F23 or click the lookup button next to the Deli More...
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Our credit union has been asked to perform a member account verification (audit). What are the procedures for this process?
At some point during the year your credit union's audit firm may contact your credit union to perform a member account verification. This involves sending statements with a special message and unique return address, so that members respond to the auditing firm rather than the credit union directly. Here are some important tips to ensure your audit is successful: CU*Answers cannot change your credit union's return addresses on statements. CU*Answers uses custom statement envelopes for a More...
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What columns/fields, files/tables, and programs are included in the File Maintenance Inquiry "Critical Monitoring?"
When you use the filter buttons on the File Maintenance Inquiry dashboard (Tool #159: Audit File Maintenance Inquiry (CUFMNT)), indicators note which programs, fields/columns, and files/tables AuditLink has flagged as “critical” for auditing teams to monitor on a daily basis. You can quickly sort by that indicator and select only those items for a quick scan of maintenance that directly affects member accounts. Below is a listing of these critical items. Columns/Fields Field Why More...
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If a loan category is configured for a single payment per period (members are not allowed to pay ahead), at what point does the system know when to advance the next payment date and when it should not?
The answer depends on the payment period window, which runs from due date to due date (not calendar month). This is best illustrated by an example: A member has a loan with a monthly payment due date of July 25. A payment is made on June 30, advancing the due date to August 25. If another full payment is then made before July 25, the due date will not advance, because the loan is still within that same payment period window. If a full payment is made after July 25 (even if it's still in More...
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I am receiving a 'printer timeout error' when trying to print a document to my HP Laserjet 2200. What should I do?
The first thing to do is make sure all the cables are connected securely to the printer and the PC. Be sure to note if one of the cables is a network cable. If all of the cables are securely connected and you still cannot print, restart the PC and the printer. If you receive the same error once the printer and PC are back up, there is likely a hardware issue with the printer. If one of the cables that plugs into the printer is a network cable then the Jet Direct card (a network interface More...
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