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D18A

Message D18A/COACSU

Commercial account summary message

A commercial account summary message enables the transmission of commercial data concerning payments made and outstanding items on an account over a period of time. The message may be sent at specific agreed fixed intervals or on demand, and may be sent to and, or, from trading parties and, or, their authorised agents.

Message description

UNH

M(1) : Message header

A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Commercial account summary message is COACSU. Note: Commercial account summary messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 COACSU 0052 D 0054 18A 0051 UN

BGM

M(1) : Beginning of message

A segment by which the sender must uniquely identify the commercial account summary.

DTM

M(9) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the dates, and when relevant, the times related to the whole message. The segment must be specified at least once to specify the message date as allocated by the sender.

ALI

C(9) : Additional information

A segment to provide additional information related to the complete commercial account summary.

FTX

C(99) : Free text

A segment with free text information, in coded or clear form, used when additional information is needed but cannot be accommodated within other segments. In computer to computer exchanges such text will normally require the receiver to process this segment manually.

SG1 C(9) : RFF-DTM

A group of segments specifying references applicable to the complete commercial account summary message.

RFF

M(1) : Reference

A segment for the inclusion of any references which are valid for the complete commercial account summary message.

DTM

C(9) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the date and where necessary the time of the reference.

SG2 C(99) : NAD-FII-FTX-SG3-SG4

A group of segments identifying the parties involved in the transaction, financial information for the parties, and the contact points and numbers.

NAD

M(1) : Name and address

A segment to identify a party name and address, either by coded identification or in clear form. It is recommended that where possible only the coded form of the party ID should be specified e.g. the Buyer and Seller are known to each other, thus only the coded ID is required.

FII

C(9) : Financial institution information

A segment to specify the financial institution details of the identified party.

FTX

C(99) : Free text

A segment with free text information, in coded or clear form, used when additional information is needed but cannot be accommodated within other segments. In computer to computer exchanges such text will normally require the receiver to process this segment manually.

SG3 C(9) : RFF-DTM

A group of segments for specifying any references relating to the identified party.

RFF

M(1) : Reference

A segment for the inclusion of any references related to the current party.

DTM

C(9) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the date and where necessary the time of the reference.

SG4 C(9) : CTA-COM

A group of segments identifying the contact person or department for a trading party and specifying the communication channel and number.

CTA

M(1) : Contact information

A segment to identify a person or department and their function, to whom communications should be directed.

COM

C(9) : Communication contact

A segment specifying the communication channel and number for the specified contact.

SG5 C(9) : CUX-DTM

A group of segments specifying the currencies and related dates/periods valid for the whole commercial account summary. Currency data may be omitted in national applications but will be required for international transactions.

CUX

M(1) : Currencies

A segment identifying the currencies required in the commercial account summary. A rate of exchange may be given to convert a reference currency into a target currency.

DTM

C(9) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the date/time/period related to the rate of exchange.

SG6 C(9) : PYT-MOA-PCD-DTM-FII-PAI

A group of segments specifying the payment and penalty terms for the commercial account summary message.

PYT

M(1) : Payment terms

A segment identifying the payment terms and date/time basis.

MOA

C(9) : Monetary amount

A segment specifying amounts related to payment discount penalties or instalments.

PCD

C(9) : Percentage details

A segment specifying the discount, interest, penalty as well as instalment percentages.

DTM

C(9) : Date/time/period

This segment giving the specific date and/or time, or period, if needed, of any payments, discounts or instalments.

FII

C(1) : Financial institution information

A segment for identifying financial institution information relevant to the current payment terms.

PAI

C(9) : Payment instructions

A segment detailing the instructions for payment for amounts specified in the message.

SG7 C(99999) : DOC-DTM-SG8-SG10

A group of segments identifying documents and their numbers, e.g. invoices or credit notes to which the commercial account summary refers. The group may contain details of the monetary values associated with the documents and any relevant dates. There must be at least one occurrence of this group within the commercial account summary message.

DOC

M(1) : Document/message details

A segment identifying a specific document and its number, e.g. invoice, credit note or remittance advice for which commercial account summary information is being provided.

DTM

C(9) : Date/time/period

A segment to specify dates related to the document and to indicate any other relevant dates applicable, e.g. due date or tax point date.

SG8 C(9) : NAD-SG9

A group of segments to identify parties and any associated references related to the current document.

NAD

M(1) : Name and address

A segment to identify a party related to the current document.

SG9 C(99) : RFF-DTM

A group of segments for specifying any references relating to the party.

RFF

M(1) : Reference

A segment for the inclusion of any references related to the current party.

DTM

C(9) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the date and where necessary the time of the reference.

SG10 C(99) : MOA-TAX-DTM-PAI-PYT-STS-SG11

A group of segments providing total monetary values, tax information, date and or time, and or period information, and adjustment details for the currently referenced document.

MOA

M(1) : Monetary amount

A segment to specify amounts related to the currently referenced document, e.g. amount due, discount amount, payment amount.

TAX

C(9) : Duty/tax/fee details

A segment specifying a tax type, category and rate or exemption, relating to the monetary amount detailed for the currently identified document.

DTM

C(9) : Date/time/period

A segment for specifying dates and where necessary the time or periods related to the current monetary value.

PAI

C(1) : Payment instructions

A segment requesting or confirming conditions of payment, guarantee and method of payment.

PYT

C(1) : Payment terms

A segment identifying the payment terms and date/time basis.

STS

C(9) : Status

A segment indicating the status of a payment.

SG11 C(9) : AJT-MOA-RFF-FTX

A group of segments providing adjustment details related to the monetary value for the currently referenced document.

AJT

M(1) : Adjustment details

A segment for identifying the reason for an adjustment.

MOA

M(1) : Monetary amount

A segment to specify adjustment amounts.

RFF

C(1) : Reference

A segment for the inclusion of any references related to the adjustment details.

FTX

C(9) : Free text

A segment with free text information, in coded or clear form, used when additional information is needed about the adjustments.

UNS

M(1) : Section control

A service segment separating the detail section of the message from the summary section.

SG12 C(99) : MOA-QTY-TAX-DTM

A group of segments specifying the total amounts, tax information, and any pertinent dates for the complete commercial account summary.

MOA

M(1) : Monetary amount

A segment to specify the total amounts related to the entire message. Values contained in here could be total amounts paid, total amount due or total amount overdue.

QTY

C(1) : Quantity

A segment to indicate the number of invoices related to the total amount.

TAX

C(9) : Duty/tax/fee details

This segment is used to indicate the rate of tax or duty applicable to the amount specified.

DTM

C(9) : Date/time/period

This segment is used to indicate any dates related to the total amount specified.

CNT

C(1) : Control total

A segment to provide message control totals.

UNT

M(1) : Message trailer

A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message (including the UNH & UNT) and the control reference number of the message.

Message structure

UNH, Message header                           M        1
BGM, Beginning of message                     M        1
DTM, Date/time/period                         M        9
ALI, Additional information                   C        9
FTX, Free text                                C       99

--- Segment Group 1 ------------------------- C        9 -------+
RFF, Reference                                M        1        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        9        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 2 ------------------------- C       99 -------+
NAD, Name and address                         M        1        |
FII, Financial institution information        C        9        |
FTX, Free text                                C       99        |
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 3 ------------------------- C        9 ------+|
RFF, Reference                                M        1       ||
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        9       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------+|
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 4 ------------------------- C        9 ------+|
CTA, Contact information                      M        1       ||
COM, Communication contact                    C        9       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------++

--- Segment Group 5 ------------------------- C        9 -------+
CUX, Currencies                               M        1        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        9        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 6 ------------------------- C        9 -------+
PYT, Payment terms                            M        1        |
MOA, Monetary amount                          C        9        |
PCD, Percentage details                       C        9        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        9        |
FII, Financial institution information        C        1        |
PAI, Payment instructions                     C        9        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 7 ------------------------- C    99999 -------+
DOC, Document/message details                 M        1        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        9        |
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 8 ------------------------- C        9 ------+|
NAD, Name and address                         M        1       ||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 9 ------------------------- C       99 -----+||
RFF, Reference                                M        1      |||
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        9      |||
---- ---------------------------------------------------------++|
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 10 ------------------------ C       99 ------+|
MOA, Monetary amount                          M        1       ||
TAX, Duty/tax/fee details                     C        9       ||
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        9       ||
PAI, Payment instructions                     C        1       ||
PYT, Payment terms                            C        1       ||
STS, Status                                   C        9       ||
                                                               ||
--- Segment Group 11 ------------------------ C        9 -----+||
AJT, Adjustment details                       M        1      |||
MOA, Monetary amount                          M        1      |||
RFF, Reference                                C        1      |||
FTX, Free text                                C        9      |||
---- ---------------------------------------------------------+++
UNS, Section control                          M        1

--- Segment Group 12 ------------------------ C       99 -------+
MOA, Monetary amount                          M        1        |
QTY, Quantity                                 C        1        |
TAX, Duty/tax/fee details                     C        9        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        9        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+
CNT, Control total                            C        1
UNT, Message trailer                          M        1