Follow the steps below to start processing late charges as of a specific date without creating late charges for prior months.

1. Set your Property Management posting option to Manual as follows:
   1. In Property Management, the File menu, select Company Settings, PM Settings.
   2. On the General tab, click Post and Interface Settings.
   3. In the Post and Interface Settings window, select the Manual option under Property Management Posting Setting.
   4. Click OK twice to close PM Settings.

2. Verify that you have no unposted transactions as follows:
   1. From the Tasks menu, select Post Entries.
   2. If the message "PM Transaction file not found" displays, continue to step 3. Otherwise click Start to post the entries.
      Tip: To view the unposted entries prior to posting, review How can I see unposted transactions in Property Management?
   3. Confirm that no entries reject. View Inquiry, Transaction information, NEW to verify that ALL transactions are posted and then continue to step 3.

3. To process late charges for the months prior to the month you want to start actually charging them through Property Management as follows:
   1. From the Tasks menu, select Create Charges, Late Charges.
   2. Select the Trial Run option and click OK.
   3. Enter a Cutoff Date that is a month prior to when you want to actually start creating late charges. For example, if you want to start in November, enter October 31 for the Cutoff Date.
   4. Enter the appropriate Transaction Date and Accounting Date.
   5. Click Ranges to specify which properties to process late charges on.
   6. Click Start.
   7. When the process completes, review the Late Charge Trial Run journal.
   8. From the Tasks menu, select Create Charges, Late Charges.
   9. Select the Create Entries option and click OK.
   10. In the Late Charges Create Transactions window, click Prefill. Your entries from steps C3 - C5 prefill.
   11. Do not select the Post Entries check box.
   12. Click Start.

4. Rename the new transaction file so the late charges are not posted to your tenants accounts as follows:
   1. From the Tools menu, select File Tools.
   2. In the Selection - Timberline File Tools window, select Rename and click Next.
   3. In the Rename - Timberline File Tools window, click Browse, select the New.pmt file and click Open.
   4. In the New file name box, enter NewLateCharges, click Next, and thenStart.
   5. When the renaming process is completed, click Finish.

5. If your Property Management posting setting was originally automatic, reset it as follows:
   1. In Property Management, the File menu, select Company Settings, PM Settings.
   2. On the General tab, click Post and Interface Settings.
   3. In the Post and Interface Settings window, select the Automatic option under Property Management Posting Setting.
   4. Click OK twice to close PM Settings.

You can now start processing late charges without creating charges for prior months.