regular to reserve

Good evening all, As it stands I'm due to leave the Army end of this month after nearly 9 years, however, I've had a change of heart about cutting my ties with the Army all together and have decided to join the Int Corp Reserves. For a few reasons, the main one being that I'm going to be...

Does anyone know when you receive the first payment of your regular to reserve bounty and what the criteria is in order to receive it? Also, slightly different topic, is there a maximum amount of time you can put into the reserves or can you potentially use it for most of your income? Cheers