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Note: tested with negative balance settings unset and with Prohibit Negative Balances (default) setting set to False.

• Check out item.
• Mark as lost. Price of item (29.99) added to the record as lost materials fee
• Pay the entire 29.99 fee.
• Check the item in.

Expected Behavior: Produces negative balance in the amount of 29.99

• Check out item.
• Mark as lost. Price of item (29.99) added to the record as lost materials fee
• Check in item

Expected Behavior: $0 balance on transaction. No history of the transaction visible to the user through the GUI.

Relevant settings: Prohibit Negative Balances (default) set to True.

• Check out item
• Mark as lost. Price of item (12.99) added to the record as lost materials fee
• Apply $12.99 payment to the transaction.
• Check the item back in.

Expected Behavior: $0 balance on the transaction.

Relevant settings: Prohibit Negative Balances (default) set to True.

• Check out item
• Mark as lost. Price of item (3.99) added to record as lost materials fee
• Pay 1.99, leaving 2.00 owed on the transaction.
• Check the item back in.

Expected behavior: $0 balance on the transaction

• Check out item
• Mark as lost – item price (24.95) added to record as lost materials fee
• Check the item back in.

Expected behavior: $0 balance on the transaction

Relevant Settings: Void overdue fines when item is marked lost is set to True; Restore overdues on lost item return is set to True; Generate new overdues on lost item return is set to True; Prohibit negative balance (default) is set to True

Due date for transaction is one month ago. Overdue fines have accrued (in my example, $1.35), but have not yet reached the maxfine rate for the transaction (in my example, $3.00).

• Mark lost item as lost. Item price (20.00) added to record as lost materials fee. Overdue fines (1.35) show as adjusted payments.
• Pay $10.00 towards lost fee. $10 in lost fees remaining.
• Return the day after it is marked lost

Expected Behavior: Zero balance on the transaction. $11.40 is adjusted on the item return ($10.00 in remaining lost materials fee + $1.35 in reinstated overdues + $.05 in new overdue fine generated upon lost item return)

Relevant Settings: Void overdue fines when item is marked lost is set to True; Restore overdues on lost item return is set to True; Generate new overdues on lost item return is set to True; Prohibit negative balance (default) is set to True

Due date for item is a year ago. Overdue fines have accrued ($3 in my example, reaching the max fine limit)

• Mark item lost. Item price ($23) is added to the record in lost materials fee. $3.00 in overdue fines are "adjusted".
• Pay $1 towards lost fee. Patron still owes $22
• Check the item in.

Expected behavior: $2 balance on transaction for the remaining overdue fines. $23 has been adjusted upon the lost item return

Relevant Settings: Void overdue fines when item is marked lost set to True; Restore overdues on lost item return set to True; Generate new overdues on lost item return Set to True; Prohibit negative balance (default) is unset

Overdue fines had accrued on transaction ($1.75 in my example) when it was marked lost, but had not yet reached the max fine rate for the transaction ($3.00 in my example).

• Items are marked lost before the negative balance code is loaded (or perhaps when the Prohibit negative balance settings are unset). The item price ($20) is added to the record as a lost materials fee. The accrued overdue fines are "voided".
• A partial payment ($10) is made to the lost materials fee.
• Enough time goes by for the transaction to exceed the max fine rate for the transaction.
• Check the item in.

Expected behavior: The negative balance on the transaction will equal the partial payment minus the max fine rate, for a total of -$7.00 in my example.

Relevant settings - Void overdue fines when item is marked lost is set to True; Restore overdues on lost item return is set to True; Generate new overdues on lost item return is set to True; Prohibit negative balance (default) – True

Overdue fines had accrued on transaction ($2.45 in my example) when it was marked lost, but had not yet reached the max fine rate for the transaction ($3.00 in my example).

• Items are marked lost before the negative balance code is loaded (or perhaps when the Prohibit negative balance settings are unset). The item price ($22) is added to the record as a lost materials fee. The accrued overdue fines are "voided".
• The Prohibit negative balance (default) setting is subsequently enabled.
• A $10 partial payment is made to the lost materials fee leaving a balance of $12 on the transaction
• Enough time goes by for the transaction to exceed the max fine rate for the transaction.
• Check the item in.

Expected behavior: The balance on the transaction is zero.The adjusted payment on the transaction should equal the remaining lost materials fee ($12) plus the max fine rate ($3). In my example, a total of $15 is adjusted.

Relevant Settings: Negative balance interval set to 1 hour; Prohibit negative balance (default) set to True

• Two items are checked out and marked lost.
• Pay the entire lost materials fees more than an hour later.
• Return one item immediately after paying the fee.
• Return the second item more than an hour after paying the lost fee.

Expected behavior: A negative balance in the amount of the lost materials fee should be remaining on the first item returned. A zero balance should be remaining on the second items returned.

Relevant Settings: Prohibit negative balance set to true; No interval settings

• Check out item.
• Mark it lost. Item price ($25.25) added to the record as lost materials fee.
• Make a partial payment in the amount of $10. Balance owed is $15.25
• Void the rest of the payment from the client.

Expected/Desired behavior: No negative balance should be produced. Current behavior: Negative balance is produced.

Relevant settings: Prohibit negative balances (default) set to True

• Use transaction that has accrued fines ($4.00 in my example)
• Apply $2.00 payment to the fine. Remaining balance is 2.00
• Check in using Amnesty Mode

Expected behavior zero balance on the transaction.

Relevant settings Prohibit negative balances on bills for lost materials set to True; all other negative balance settings unset.

Repeat test 1 and test 12.

Expected behavior:

• Test 1 should result in a zero balance on the transaction.
• Test 12 should result in a negative balance that equals the amount of the partial payment that was made.

Relevant settings – Prohibit negative balances on bills for overdue materials set to True; All other negative balance settings unset.

Repeat test 1 and test 12.

Expected behavior:

• Test 1 should return a negative balance in the amount of the lost materials fee that was paid.
• Test 12 should result in a zero balance on the transaction.