Drawing on uncleared money

Asking

On the request form, the matter's standing reads beside the amount: what is available of what is held. Where the amount is more than is available, the form says how much has not cleared and what is available now, and offers Draw on uncleared money.

1. Tick Draw on uncleared money.
2. Under Why it cannot wait, say why, in at least ten characters. A completion due today, confirmed by the drawer's bank by telephone, is the kind of reason a reviewer expects.
3. Send the request as usual.

Anyone who may ask for the payment may make the ask. The request reads Draws on uncleared money wherever it is listed.

Approving

Only a person holding client_account.override_clearance may approve such a request, and never the person who asked. Approval asks for your second step. The approver is kept on the request.

Carrying it out

When the request is carried out the available figure is worked out again. If the cheques have cleared meanwhile, nothing is overridden. If not, the shortfall is drawn on the approval and recorded on the overrides register; the firm's client account partners are told in the day's digest.

The overrides register

Finance, Client account, Overrides lists every payment that drew on money not yet cleared, newest first: the payment, its matter, the reason, who approved it, when it was drawn and the amount beyond what was available. Narrow it by the day drawn or by approver.