I don’t find that much information online but here is the situation. We are in Canada and as I understand, we need to generate a NACHA file for payment of customs in the USA
I found in Epicor that there is the Electronic Interface (Payment_US_ACH_Domestic) that is already there so I added it as a Payment Method. Not sure what the difference is between this one and the Payment_US_ACH_International so if Domestic is not right, help would be appreciated.
As far as I know, when using that payment method in Payment Entry, that should generate a .txt file that is used to transfer the amount
However, it seems that they require a ‘Prenote’ which I don’t have much information about except that it’s a test transaction that will transfer 0$ and that it’s used for validating the accounts before the actual transfer. Is there any way to do that in Epicor? As I understand, this would be needed on transaction and not just for testing
Thank you and sorry if that’s not that clear. Just looking for help about this with people who already went with the same situation. Not a native English speaker too so that might be one of the reason why it’s harder to understand on my end.
The “Payment_US_ACH_Domestic” is the NACHA format for USD. It is looking for the ISO Code to be US on Currency Master, Supplier, Bank Remit, and Country. Another words transmitting USD transactions within the US. The “Payment_US_ACH_International” is for payments from the US to other countries. Check the online help for CSF in Canada. If you have the Canada CSF, there are Electronic Interface formats specific for Canada.
Thanks for the help but I’m probably more confused now about the ACH_Domestic and ACH_International because last time I used the ACH_Domestic, it seemed to generate something that was similar to what City Bank (USD Bank) was looking for in the NACHA format
I searched about Canada CSF in Epicor and what’s included doesn’t seem to be what I’m looking for (Country Specific Functionality (CSF) Canada | Epicor) since CPA 005 is probably an entirely different format that was I was asked to send
Think of it this way. If I am sending it to the Country US, use domestic, if I am sending it outside of the Country US, then use international. Domestic is looking for an ISO Code of US which is set on the Currency Master and Country Maintenance. Either way it uses the standard NACHA format. Most financial institutions can work with that format. Otherwise, you have to customize an Electronic Interface.
Great, so that’s the right way then. Any information about a ‘Prenote’ for validating the information ? Is that a functionnality in Epicor to generate 2 files (The prenote with 0$ and then another with the correct amount to transfer) ?