Resource settlement: from basis to locked settlement
Learn how drivers and subcontractors get paid, and why a finished settlement cannot be changed.
Goals and why
What you will learn
- where the basis for the settlement is on the order
- enter a deduction with an adjustment, and write the amount correctly
- check the settlement with Search and find orders that are not included
- why a generated settlement is locked, and how to correct an overpayment
Invoices bring the money in. The resource settlement pays it out to drivers and subcontractors for the same work. The basis is on the order: the resource fields on the price lines or a fixed resource price, and the Ready for settlement switch.
A settlement has no draft and no approval afterwards. The moment you generate, the orders, adjustments and credit notes are locked to the settlement. The orders' status and resource lines cannot be changed, and the orders cannot be included on a new settlement. If you change the driver on an order afterwards, the settlement does not change. That is why the preview matters. If too much was paid out, you recover it with an adjustment on the next settlement.
Key terms
Show me
The images show three screens in order: the basis on the order, the adjustments and the settlement run. Click a part of the image to see what it is used for.
Try it yourself in Steptour
An interactive walkthrough recorded in Frakt24. You click through the steps yourself, and it opens on top of this page.
Try it yourself
Check yourself
All correct completes the lesson- There is no separate lock or approval step: generating is the lock. Only a superadmin can delete a generated settlement (support), which releases the orders, adjustments and credit notes.
- After generating, the settlements are under Reports → Resource settlement search, where they can be printed and emailed. The test tenant has no generated settlements, so the report is empty there. The Orders not on resource settlement report is a good check before the run.
- Settlements can only be exported to accounting with the subcontractor module (the Accounting Export button and the Settlement Export page). Without it, the settlement is a payout basis that is booked manually.