Charge Allowed

This field is on the Credit tab of the Customer Maintenance window.

Indicates if this customer is allowed to charge to his or her account.

N = This customer cannot charge to his or her account. The customer must pay by cash, check (if allowed to pay by check), or bankcard at the time of purchase.

P = This customer can charge to his or her account, even if the account is past due. The past due warning at point-of-sale does not display for this customer if they are past due.

S = You have suspended this customer's account. At point-of-sale, a clerk can only receive payments on account (ROA) for this account.  Important:  If a clerk has security bit 554, he or she can also create a credit memo for a suspended account. However, without security bit 554 the clerk can not create such a credit memo without a manager's override.

T = Transfer accounts only. This store account does not pay for transferred merchandise. This store account cannot make a payment or deposit for the transferred merchandise.

To prevent theft, a clerk cannot complete a regular POS transaction for this account. The clerk must use Function TRAN to transfer the merchandise.

W =  "No charge allowed, no warning." This setting is similar to the N (No) setting, except that POS will suppress the "no charge allowed" warning message at the start of the transaction.

Y = This customer can charge to his or her account. If this is a transfer account (for example, you have more than one store, and you transfer merchandise between stores), Y means this store pays for transferred merchandise.