The RMS ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) report is an exact replica of the Accommodation Survey that all Motels and Apartment Buildings must complete on a quarterly basis.

You will find this report in the Management reports area.

Before building this report (for the first time) you must specify which GL-Account Codes relate to accommodation earnings. Please refer to your Account setup in the Setup menu of RMS to find a full list of your previously setup Account Codes and their descriptions.

You can also locate these account codes in the Category Setup on the Setup Menu. Each category of Accommodation with have a GL-Code associated with it.

Note.. The account codes shown above will differ from property to property depending on your individual setup and requirements. You may also have other account codes that are linked to sundry charges that directly affect Accommodation income.

Write down the account names (if they are not easily remembered) so that you can set up the ABS report for the first time.

From the Main Menu, click on Reports - Management - ABS Report. You will see a screen similar to that below.

Select your Accommodation account codes (these may not necessarily say Accommodation as in the example above. Yours may be Single Rooms, Double Rooms, Executive Apartments etc.) Taken from your GL-Account codes as discussed above.

You can highlight multiple entries in the list by holding down your CTRL key while clicking on the various entries.

Note. These entries are saved so that you don't have to repeat this procedure for following quarters.

Click the Build Button - This will take some time to complete.

A red and blue status indicator is displayed to indicate the progression while the records are gathered.

Sample ABS Report