Payment Plans allow you to distribute the total tuition fee into multiple payments, which can be applied to the Student (or Employer or Other contributor).
Finance
Add a Payment Plan
- Click Add New Payment Plan
- Enter the Payment Plan Name
- Enter the Minimum Total
- Click Submit
- Add your Payment Plan Rules
Tip: The Minimum Total defines the eligibility of the payment plan by ensuring the tuition fee is equal or higher to the Minimum Total.
Note: If you intend to apply discounts to the tuition fees, you will need to take the discount into account when setting the Minimum Total.
Update a Payment Plan
- Search for the Payment Plan you wish to update
- Click the Update icon
- Make changes to the Payment Plan as required
- Click Submit
Note: Making a change to a Payment Plan does not affect enrolments with the payment plan already applied.
Add a Payment Plan Rule
- Search for the Payment Plan you wish to add a Rule to
- Click the Add icon on the right-hand side
- Enter the Amount
- Select the Payment Plan Type
- Enter the Description
- Specify the Rule Order
- Click Submit
Tip: Check Add another rule if you are adding more than one rule to the payment plan.
Notes: The rule order will automatically count up, you only need to specify if you are wanted to move a rule.
Warning: All payment plan rules need to be a percentage or dollar value.
Percentage based payment plans need to add to a total of 100%. You need to manually click the activate button on percentage based plans to check it meets these requirements.
Duplicate a Payment Plan
Duplicate a Payment Plan is useful when you have similar payment structures but slightly different rule amounts or number of rules.
- Locate a Payment Plan you wish to duplicate
- Select the Duplicate Button
- Locate the new Payment Plan
- Make relevant updates to the new Payment Plan
- Click Submit
Tip: The new payment plan will have "- Copy" added to the end to make it easy to locate.
Note: You can duplicate active payment plans only.
Deactivate and activate a Payment Plan
- Search for the Payment Plan you wish to deactivate
- Select the Deactivate icon next to the Payment Plan
- View deactivated Payment Plan by selecting the Inactive tab above the list of plans
- Select the Activate icon next to the deactivated Payment Plans you wish to reactivate
Tip: This feature allows you to put a Payment Plan on hold but not completely delete from your system.
Create a Custom Payment Plan
A custom payment plan can be created for a particular class enrolment. This is done by going to a student's class enrolment page and viewing their finance summary. From there you can create a payment plan that is specific to a student and inclusive of any additional fees or modifications that apply to the enrolment.
- Click Finance Details
- Click the Edit Icon in Finance Details
- Select a Tuition Finance Code
- Select a Custom Payment Plan in the appropriate contribution section
- Ensure the View the enrolment summary action is selected
- Click Submit
- Click Finance Details
- Click Add Instalments
- Add Payments and Items as needed or Load an Existing Payment Plan
- Click Update
Tip: Once the Custom Payment Plan option has been selected you can load an existing payment plan and adjust it as needed or add payments and other items independently.
Note: The update button will be disabled until all instalments equal the total tuition fee. You will be provided with a remaining amount to assist with updating each instalment.
Payment Plans Webinar
This webinar demonstrates:
- Creating Payment Plans
- Configuring Payment Plan Rules
- Utilising Payment Plans
- Creating custom Payment Plans