The Swiss electronic payment system allows companies to deduct customer payments directly from a customer's bank, also known as direct debit or Lastschriftenverfahren (LSV). Use this procedure to create a direct debit payment file that can be sent to the bank or to a payment clearing service.

1. Click Accounts receivable> Journals> Payments> Journals .

2. Press CTRL+N to create a new journal and click Lines.

3. Click Functions> Generate paymentsto open the Generate paymentsform.

4. Select the Export formatoption, and in the Export formatfield, select the LSV (CH)export file format.

5. Click Dialogto open the LSV (CH)form.

6. In the Currencyfield, select either Swiss franc (CHF) or Euro (EUR). Each LSV+ file can contain transactions for only one currency.

7. In the Processing datefield, enter the requested processing date for the bank or payment clearing service provider. This date is included in the export file.

   Note
   The requested processing date should be at least three days after the date that you will send the file to the bank or to the payment clearing service.

8. Clear the Record per linecheck box.

9. In the File namefield, enter the location and file name for the payment file.

10. To print a control report, select the Control reportcheck box. To set up printing options, click the Control reportbutton.

11. To print a payment order report to send to the bank, also known as a Banker's Order, select the Payment ordercheck box. To set up printing options, click the Payment orderbutton.

12. To print a payment advice report to send to customers, select the Print payment advicecheck box. To set up printing options click the Payment advicebutton.

13. Click OK.

14. In the Generate paymentsform, click OK. The payment file is created and the payment advice report is printed.