Credit Bureau Extract Metro 2 Format users.
When the creditor has filed a Form 1099-C Cancellation of Debt for a client on a lease or loan.
Metro 2 Impacted Fields | Relevant Code Values |
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Special Comment Code – User sets to AU when appropriate; LP will report AU when set | AU – Account paid in full for less than the full balance |
Account Status – LP will report 97 or 64 |
97 – Unpaid balance reported as loss (charge-off) 64 – Account paid in full; was charge-off |
This process requires that the User first charge off the lease. Refer to Charge-off process for more information.
After the User charges off a lease, they can either leave it as a charge-off/loss, in which case U0462 reports Account Status as 97 and other fields as appropriate for charge-offs, or settle the account.
To settle the account and report it as settled, the User must pay through U0102 Payments and/or waive or reverse through U0105 Assessment any open AR, then use U0239 Credit Bureau Lease/API to set SCC to AU. U0462 Credit Bureau Extract will report SCC as AU, Account Status as 64, and other applicable fields as paid/0.
To settle an account for less than the full balance and report it as settled: