RealAgent Accelerator will auto-calculate commission on the properties your clients buy and sell. Commission calculation is completely configurable and is accessible from three key areas of the program - the Tools | Options screen, the Client Screen, and the Cumulative Commission tabs.
Special Note: Increased usage of the term remuneration by real estate boards, regulatory bodies, and individuals in the industry has compelled us to change instances of the word 'commission' to 'remuneration' in RealAgent Accelerator. Please consider these terms interchangeable in this help documentation and in the software itself.
Default commission settings are defined in the Tools | Options screen, on the Remuneration tab. Settings you define here are applied as the default commission configuration for new client records.
For information on how to customize the Commission settings on this tab, please read the Commission section in "Customizing RealAgent Accelerator".
Commission is calculated on a per client basis on any property that is flagged as Sold or as Purchased. For purchased properties, the commission is derived from the Purchase Price field on the Purchased/Mortgage tab of the individual client screen. For sold properties, the commission is derived from the Sale Price field on the Listed/Sold tab:
The calculated commission appears on the Sale Remuneration tab:
Normally these calculations would use the default commission settings (see above). You can override the default settings and use a customized setting for each client by checking the 'Use custom remuneration rates for this client' box and specifying a specialized commission structure.
The 'Calculated Remuneration' area of this tab shows the commission calculations:
Closing Price - the closing price
of sale for the property
First $100,000 @ 3.5%, Remaining $259,000
@ 1.5% - these are the commission parameters for this commission configuration.
Gross Remuneration - the total commission before tax and expenses.
GST/Federal Tax on Gross @ 6% - any federal tax that you are required to collect on sales.
Less Expenses - if there any expenses attributed to this client, they will appear here.
Net Remuneration - total commission after expenses (does not include federal tax to collect).
Less Taxes @ 18% - your net commission will be taxed at the rate you specify and calculated on this line.
Total Remuneration After Taxes - total net commission after taxes have been deducted.
Commission for sold and purchased properties are totalled and summarized in the Accounting section of the main side bar:
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Selecting each of these buttons will display the appropriate calculations:
Displays all commission for
the current month. 
Displays all commission for
the current year.
Displays all commission, all years.
Displays the potential commission
value for currently listed properties.