# NDIA Brokerage Process

Source: https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/finance/invoicing/invoice-batches/ndia-brokerage

> How to handle invoicing for NDIA-managed Participants under a brokerage agreement.

## Managing Brokerage Agreements

> **Confirm the arrangement outside Astalty**
>
> Astalty can generate a bulk upload file and apply a results file, but it does not verify brokerage contracts, percentages, who is authorised to submit claims, or the accounting treatment. Confirm those details with the broker and your advisers. The steps below are an operational example only.

Some of Astalty's users work under a brokerage agreement for their NDIA-managed Participants. 

Generally, these agreements are worked out with the broker receiving a % of the income in return for the user to operate under their registration. 

Brokerage arrangements vary. The following workflow shows how Astalty's bulk upload and reconciliation functions can be used when the parties have agreed that process.

## Management Type

Set the relevant Participants to NDIA managed before creating the bulk upload file.

## Generate the Bulk Upload File

Create an Invoice Batch for the NDIA-managed Participants, then generate the [Bulk Upload File](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/finance/invoicing/invoice-batches/bulk-upload-file).

## Send the File to the Broker

Send the bulk upload file to the broker so they can submit it through the NDIA portal. After the claim is processed, obtain the receipt file from the broker.

If you are the authorised portal user, you can instead download the [NDIA Receipt File](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/finance/payments/ndia-receipt-file) from PRODA.

## Reconcile Within Astalty

Upload the receipt file to reconcile payments and review rejected claims. See [Reconciling NDIA Payments](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/finance/payments/reconciling-ndia).

## Create an Invoice for the Brokerage Fee

If the agreed process requires an invoice between the parties, create it in your accounting system using the amount and treatment required by the brokerage agreement. Astalty does not calculate the brokerage fee or create this invoice.

Astalty records the claim results applied from the receipt file. Use your accounting system and the parties' agreed records for the separate brokerage transaction.