SNAP -Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -this used to be called Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) or Food Stamps.
We use the term EBT in our examples.
If EBT is used to pay for only part of a ticket it is important to enter tenders in the correct order.
1.Manufacturer Coupons (if any)
2.EBT
3.Other. If you use Admin Fee and Discount you should tender Check and Cash tenders at the end with Check before Cash.
It is helpful to lay out yur tender entry buttons in the order they should be used. See Tender Types
these examples that illustrate why:
Suppose the customer has (before tender)
$50 EBT items
$20 general merchandise
$01 sales tax
$71 total
Scenario 1 – normal processing
$50 EBT tender
$21 Cash/credit/gift card tender
Scenario 2 – lesser amount for EBT
$30 EBT tender
$42 Cash/credit/gift card tender
Sales tax had to be increased because general merchandise is treated as $40 instead of $20
Scenario 3 - Cash/credit/gift card tender before EBT
$20 Cash/credit/gift card tender first
Where should Acme apply it?
•EBT items
•Or general merchandise
Scenario 4 -Lets toss a manufacturer coupon into the mix.
Since Manufacturer Coupons reduce the sale (but not at the customer's expense) they must be tendered first or they could result in an over payment and Change given back.
Because EBT can only be applied to EBT items and because paying for EBT eligible items with methods other than EBT can affect the sales tax you can easily see that EBT must be processed before everything except Manufacturer Coupons.
EBT Balance -If an attempt exceeds the account balance the EBT tender will be declined. The receipt will not reflect the current balance. A balance inquiry must be run to retrieve the balance. This is for privacy reasons. The card holder must explicitly request a balance check and enter their PIN for that purpose.
