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PAC - Payment Schedules

Payment Schedules Overview

This is a multi-purpose program for managing payment schedules and it has two modes of operation:

  1. When 'Parent Lounge Payment Schedules' is enabled.

  2. When 'Parent Lounge Payment Schedules' is not enabled.

This program will operate differently depending on whether 'Parent Lounge Payment Schedules' is enabled at your school.

When 'Parent Lounge Payment Schedules' is enabled, parents would typically create their own schedule in Parent Lounge and link the instalments to their credit card or bank account (via secure tokenised API) for automatic payment processing on the instalment date.

When 'Parent Lounge Payment Schedules' is not enabled, you will generate a payment schedule for parents and include it with Parent Statements.

Parent Lounge Payment Schedules is enabled in Finance > Parent Account > Setup Information > Parent Accounts Setup on the 'Parent Lounge' tab.

When Parent Lounge Payment Schedules Is Enabled

This is a multi-purpose program that allows you to:

  • Create a payment schedule for parents to build their own schedule of instalments in Parent Lounge.

  • Create a payment schedule and calculate schedule of instalments for parents.

  • Manage parent schedules by adding or editing instalments or re-building the schedule.

  • View a Dashboard that displays the status of all schedules and instalments with drill-down.

  • Print or export a list of payment schedules to Excel® or Word®.

  • Generate emails to parents without a Payment Schedule.

Payment Schedules List Screen

This screen will display a list of all current payment schedules that have been created and not archived.

Click the 'Add Payment Schedule' link to create a new payment schedule.

Click the 'Dashboard' button at the top of the screen to display the 'Payment Schedules Dashboard' screen.

Click the 'Print' button at the top of the screen to generate a listing of the payment schedules displayed.

Click on any hyperlinked number (greater than zero 0) in the ‘Num Parents' column to view a list of parent accounts currently in the nominated payment schedule via the 'Parents Payment Schedule List’. 

Actions

Details

View' or ‘Edit' or ‘Delete'

To ‘View' or ‘Edit' or ‘Delete' a payment schedule, click the associated link in the 'Action' column. The 'View’ and 'Edit’ links will take you to the 'Payment Schedule Maintenance Screen’.

'Archive'

To 'Archive' a payment schedule, click the link. This will display an 'Archive Payment Schedule' Summary screen. You should review these details then click 'Confirm Archive' to complete the archive process.

You will not be able to archive a payment schedule that has instalments in any of these columns: Action Required, Processing or Approved.

However, if one or more of the following fields have been partially edited, then the 'Instalment Date' will not be validated, allowing you to progress:

  • Action Required.

  • Administrator Comment.

  • Parent Lounge Comment.

Bulk Update'

To ‘Bulk Update' payment schedules, click the link. This will display the ‘Bulk Update Grid Screen’ and list all parents (in the selected Payment Schedule) who have ‘new charges’ or ‘new credits’ matching the selected filters. 

The ‘Bulk Update’ link will appear when: 

  • ‘Parent Lounge Payment Schedules’ is enabled, 

  • The number of parents in the Payment Schedule is greater than 0 (zero), 

  • The logged-on user has ‘Edit’ permission for ‘Payment Schedules’ and 

  • The Payment Schedule was created after the v01.059.02.200 TASS software update was installed.   

Generate Parent Schedules

The ‘Generate Parent Schedules’ option is only available where the field 'Add Schedules in Parent Lounge' is No.

After a Payment Schedule has been created with 'Add in PL' set to 'No', use the 'Generate Payment Schedules' link in the 'Action' column to add parents to the payment schedule.

A warning will be displayed if there are parents who already have a payment schedule. Click on the hyperlinked number to produce a list of these parents. A parent can only have one payment schedule.

Tick the acknowledgement message and click 'GO' to add parents to the Payment Schedule.

For any parent who has been included on a payment schedule, the 'Payment Schedule' tab in program Finance > Parent Accounts > Account Information > Parent Account Inquiry will become active.

Payment Schedules Dashboard

Click the ‘Dashboard' button at the top of the 'Payment Schedules List’ screen to display the 'Payment Schedules Dashboard' screen.

The Payment Schedules Dashboard is a summary view of:

  • Current Parent Payment Schedules.

  • Weekly Summary of Instalments/Payments.

  • Parent Summary.

  • API Logs.

Click on any of the underlined (active link) numbers to drill-down for further information.

Click on the 'Details' link in the bottom 'Parent Summary' section to generate emails to parents without a payment schedule. Email templates can be set up for use in TASS.web program System Admin > Utilities > Email Settings > Email Templates. Set the Category to: PARACC. Refer to How to Generate Emails for more information about sending emails from this program.

Adding a New Payment Schedule

Click the 'Add Payment Schedule' link to create a new payment schedule.

Add Schedules in Parent Lounge

Select 'Yes' if you want parents to be able to add their own schedules in Parent Lounge.

Select 'No' if you want to generate the schedules and instalments.

Using this option, all parents will have the same instalment dates.

Use Default Instalments

This field will be editable if 'Add Schedules in Parent Lounge' is set to 'Yes'.

When selected as 'Yes', the instalment dates will be the same for all parents.

When selected as 'No' parents will have some flexibility to select the instalment start date to suit their circumstances.

Click ‘Next' to continue on to the 'Payment Schedule Maintenance Screen’.

The screen displayed is based on the option selected in the field 'Add Schedules in Parent Lounge':

  • If 'Yes' is selected, the 'Parent Lounge' tab will be displayed.

  • If 'No' is selected, the 'General' tab will be displayed.

Payment Schedule Maintenance Screen

This screen is accessed:

This screen has three tabs:

Parent Lounge Tab

Fields that require further explanation

*Earliest Date of First Instalment

This field will only be displayed where 'Use Default Instalments' is No.

Enter a date that aligns with when parents will receive their statements at the start of the billing period.

Latest Date of First Instalment

This field will only be displayed where 'Use Default Instalments' is No.

If required, enter a date to put a limit on how late parents can set their first instalment date.

If left blank, a default starting date range will apply when parents are entering their Payment Schedule 'Start Date' in Parent Lounge. The Latest Date of First Instalment will be the current date plus the payment frequency.
eg today's date plus 7 days for weekly instalments, today's date plus 14 for fortnightly instalments etc.

Parents will see the start date cut off warning in Parent Lounge if they have not chosen a date within the starting date default date range.

*Latest Date of Last Instalment

This field will only be displayed where 'Use Default Instalments' is No.

Enter a date near the end of the billing period that aligns with when you want the payment for the last instalment to be processed.

Allow Payment Delays

Tick this option to allow parents to delay the date of Instalments by the number of days you specify in the field below.

Maximum Number of Delay Days

This field will only be active where 'Allow Payment Delays' is ticked.

The number of days should be at least 3 days less than the number of days between instalments based on the Frequency. Therefore, for a Weekly Frequency, the value must be 4 or less.

Auto Retry of Failed Payments

Ticking this option will trigger the system to automatically create a 'Retry' instalment when the payment for an Instalment is declined.

*Maximum Number of Retries

The number entered will be the maximum number of retries that are automatically created when the payment for an Instalment is declined.

This number should be determined based on the Frequency and the value entered in the field 'Retry Interval in Days' in order to ensure that the Retry Instalment is at least 3 days prior to the next Instalment.

Examples based on Frequency:

  • Weekly – must be 1.

  • Fortnightly – can be 1 or 2.

  • Monthly – can be 1 to 4.

*Retry Interval in Days

The date of the retry Instalment will be the date of the declined Instalment plus the number of days you enter in this field.

This number should be determined based on the Frequency and Maximum Number of Retries.

Examples based on Frequency / Maximum Retries:

  • Weekly / 1 Retry – can be 1 or 2.

  • Fortnightly / 1 Retry – can be 1 to 4.

  • Fortnightly / 2 Retries – can be 1 or 2.

  • Monthly / 1 Retry – can be 1 to 8.

  • Monthly / 2 Retries – can be 1 to 4.

  • Monthly / 3 Retries – can be 1 or 2.

General Tab

Fields that require further explanation

Schedule Description

It is important that you enter a description that clearly identifies each payment schedule.

An example could be:

  • 2018 Monthly Payment Schedule.

  • 2018 Fortnightly Payment Schedule.

  • 2018 Quarterly Payment Schedule.

Transaction Cut-off Date

The date entered here must be the same 'Transaction Cut-off Date' that will be used when running the following programs for the billing period:

  • Parent Statements when publishing statements.

  • Flag Transaction when flagging transactions.

Usually, this would be the same date as the Auto Billing.

Parent Code

Use this field to create a payment schedule for one parent only or leave blank to create a payment schedule for all parents.

Use the 'Lookup' (binoculars) to search for a parent.

Parent Type

Use this field to create a payment schedule for one or more parent types (as defined in Student Admin > Parent Records > Setup Information > Parent Records Setup on the 'Parent Types' tab). Leave blank to create a schedule for all parent types.

Status

To create a payment schedule for current or non-current parents select the appropriate status from the dropdown list. Leave blank to create a payment schedule for both.

Additional Charges Options

Use this field to identify if any 'Additional Charges & Levies' included on Parent Statements will be due on the first instalment or spread equally across all instalments.

Instalment Tab

Fields that require further explanation

Calculation Method

Two methods of calculation are available:

  1. Op Bal now + instalments — The opening balance for each parent account as being due immediately and the new charges that have been added to the parent account will be split over the instalments.

  2. Account Balance by Instalments — The total balance of each parent account (including opening balance and new charges) is to be split over the instalments.
    An example of this would be where any balance left on the parent account from the previous year is due and payable now, and all new transactions on the account for this year are to be paid by instalment.

Frequency

The options available are based on the option selected in the field 'Use Default Instalments'.

Where 'Use Default Instalments' is No, the options are:

  • Monthly.

  • Fortnightly.

  • Weekly.

Where 'Use Default Instalments' is Yes, the options are:

  • Quarterly.

  • Monthly.

  • Fortnightly.

  • Weekly.

  • Other.

Maximum Number of Instalments

This option will only be available where the field 'Use Default Instalments' is No.

This will auto-populate based on the 'Frequency' chosen. Update this field to the number of instalments required.

Number of Instalments

This option will only be available where the field 'Use Default Instalments' is Yes.

This will auto-populate based on the 'Frequency' chosen with the exception of 'Other'. Update this field to the number of instalments required.

If a 'Frequency' of 'Other' is chosen, enter the number of instalments for the payment schedule.

Where 'Use Default Instalment' is No, click the 'Save' button to create the payment schedule.

Where 'Use Default Instalment' is Yes, click the 'Add Instalments' button to display a schedule of instalments based on the 'Number of Instalments' entered above.

Enter the 'Due Date' and 'Percentage' for each instalment in your schedule.

As a quicker alternative, use the 'Fill Down' arrow icons to auto-populate the 'Due Date' and 'Percentage' fields down the column. The 'Fill Down' will begin from the field you are currently editing.

If you have selected 'Op Bal now + instalments' above, then 'Instalment 1' will automatically be calculated based on 100% of the parents' opening account balance.

The total percentage split over your various instalments must equal 100% before you can save your payment schedule.

Click the 'Save' button to create your payment schedule.

Bulk Update

This screen allows you to update Payment Schedules adjusting the remaining instalments.  Payment Methods linked to update instalments will remain.    

Click on the Bulk Update link in the Action column to access the Bulk Update Grid screen.   

The ‘Bulk Update’ link will appear when: 

  • Parent Lounge Payment Schedules are enabled, 

  • the number of parents in the Payment Schedule is greater than 0 (zero), 

  • the logged-on user has ‘Edit’ permission for ‘Payment Schedules’ and 

  • the Payment Schedule has been created after the v01.059.02.200 TASS software update has been installed.    

This grid screen displays all parents (in the selected Payment Schedule) who have ‘new charges’ or ‘new credits’ matching the selected filters. 

New charges and credits can be added to parent accounts via TASS.web program Finance > Parent Accounts > Charges & Credits.  

Filters can be applied for: 

  • Parent Codes/Parent Names (individual or multiple)  

  • Parent Types 

  • Transaction Types 

  • Transaction Cut-Off Date 

  • Fee Codes 

  • Earliest Date of Next Instalment 

  • All Remaining Instalments or Next Instalment Only 

You can use these filters to select which parent accounts to update. 

Click Printbutton to produce a Bulk Update Listing based on selected filters.  The Bulk Update Listing can be sorted by Parent Code or Parent Name, exported to PDF, Excel or Word, and formatted to ‘Show Table Borders’, ‘Alternate Row Colours’ (PDF and Word only) and ‘Include Transaction Details’ if required. 

Click the View icon in the Actions column to review the Payment Schedule for the selected parent and review the ‘Current Amounts’ versus the ‘New Amounts’.   

This Payment Schedule screen also shows the Last Statement Date, Last Payment Date, Current Account Balance, the Payment Schedule Description – the associated Transaction Cut-Off Date, and details about each remaining instalment (Instalment #, Instalment Date and Current Status of each transaction).    

For more information about each individual instalment, click the ‘View’ icon in the corresponding row.  Click the ‘Log’ icon on corresponding row to view a history of changes made to each instalment including Actions performed, the Log Date, User Type, User Code, Admin Comment and Parent Lounge Comment.   

Use the checkboxes in the far-right column to select which parent payment schedules you wish to update. 

To ‘select all’ or ‘deselect all’ tick the checkbox in the column heading. 

Click the GObutton in the top right corner of the screen to update each of the selected parent payment schedules.  Upon clicking the ‘GO’ button the program will: 

  • Apply new charges or credits to the payment schedule and update remaining instalments amounts. 

  • Continue to receive scheduled instalment payments from each parent using the existing Payment Method linked to the Parent Account. 

  • Send an automated email to each parent to notify them of changes made.   

To review and/or update the content of the automated email go to TASS.web program > System Admin > Utilities > Email Settings > System Email Templates > Payment Schedule Bulk Update.

This email will be sent to the email address/es entered on the ‘Billing/Account +’ address block.  If no billing address block is defined, the email will be sent to the ‘Default Address’ (*).   For more information refer to TASS.web program Finance > Parent Accounts > Account Information > Parent Account Inquiry > Address tab. 

You can view a history of all emails and other communications sent to parents in TASS.web program Finance > Parent Accounts > Parent Account Inquiry > Communication Log tab.  

Parents Payment Schedule List

Click on any hyperlinked number (greater than zero 0) in the ‘Num Parents' column to view the 'Parents Payment Schedule List’. This screen lists all parent accounts currently in the nominated payment schedule. 

From this screen you can see a summary of Parent Code, Parent Name, Parent Type, Opening Balance, First Instalment Date, Last Instalment Date, Number of Instalments, Instalments Total, Paid Total.

A yellow alert icon or red warning icon will appear if actions are required.  Hover over this icon to review additional information.    

Click 'Print' to generate a list of parents applied to the payment schedule.

Click 'View' in the Action column to display the ‘Parents Payment Schedule Instalment Screen’ for the selected parent.  

Parents Payment Schedule Instalments Screen

From this screen you can: 

  • Click the ‘Add Instalment’ button to add a new instalment to the payment schedule.

  • Click ‘Rebuild’ to completely rebuild the payment schedule by deleting all future instalments and distributing the account balance over the desired number of future instalments, or  

  • Click ‘Update’ to update a current payment schedule using the existing payment method associated with the parent account.   

To 'View' or 'Edit' an Instalment, click the associated link in the 'Action' column.

To view an audit trail of changes for an Instalment, click the 'Log' action link. 

Instalments with status 'Missed' or 'Future' can be deleted by ticking one or more of the boxes or use the 'All' option then click the 'Delete Selected' button. 

When a new instalment is added, parents are prompted add a Payment Method for the new instalment/s via Parent Lounge > Items to Action. 

A similar ‘Payment Schedules Instalments Screen’ screen is available for individual parents in TASS.web program Finance > Parent Accounts > Account Information > Parent Account Inquiry

If a scheduled payment is ‘missed’ by the parent, to get the payments back on track you can:  

  • Add a New Instalment’ to occur in the future. 

  • Rebuild’ the Payment Schedules and redistribute the payments.  

  • Edit’ the Fee Amount of an existing instalment that is already included in an upcoming payment schedule. 

Payment Schedule Instalments - New Instalment

To access this screen, click the ‘Add Instalment' button, or the 'View' or 'Edit' link in the action column of the ‘Parents Payment Schedule Instalments Screen’.

Editing is restricted to instalments based on 'Status' as follows:

  • 'Future' and 'Missed' – all fields can be edited.

  • 'Recalled' and 'Declined' – 'Action Required' and Comment fields only can be edited.

Fields that require further explanation 

*Instalment Date 

The date must be a future date and it must be 3 days clear of the previous and next Instalment. 

Instalment Amount 

This is system updated when the Amount fields (below) are changed. 

*Fee Amount 

It can be any value greater than or equal to $2.00. 

Surcharge Amount 

This field is system updated by EasyPay after the transaction is complete.  In ‘Add’ and ‘Edit’ mode, this is a view only field, so it is greyed out, set to 0.00 and disabled.    

Action Required 

 

Tick this checkbox to indicate when follow up action is required or when to engage with an instalment.   

This box will be ticked automatically by the system when: 

  • The payment for an Instalment is declined. 

  • The payment for an Instalment is recalled. 

  • When a failed payment is detected.   

A summary of Instalments with Action Required ticked can be found in TASS.web program Finance > Parent Accounts > Billing Cycle > Payment Schedules > Dashboard > in the ‘Schedule Summary’ section. 

Administrator Comment 

Use this field to record any notes or information for the Instalment for admin users to view. 

Use the 'Show Administrator Comments' link to view notes previously entered. 

This comment is only available for viewing by users with access to this program. 

Parent Lounge Comment 

Use this field to record any notes or information for the Instalment for parents. 

Use the 'Show Parent Lounge Comments' link to view notes previously entered. 

This comment is also available for viewing by the parent in Parent Lounge. 

Would you like to create a replacement instalment?

This option will only be available for instalments with Status 'Declined' or 'Recalled' with the 'Action Required' box ticked.

This option is a fast way of adding a replacement instalment for a Declined or Recalled instalment.

Rebuild Payment Schedule Instalments

To re-build the schedule, use the 'Rebuild' option and make selections for 'First Instalment Date', 'Frequency' and 'Number of Instalments'. 

The rebuild process will delete all instalments with status 'Future' and add new future instalments.  Following the rebuild, parents must log into Parent Lounge and update their preferred Payment Method. 

The rebuild process uses account balance from the last published statements along with any included charges and credits which have been included via the update process.  

The process for including new charges and credits in a ‘Rebuild’ differs depending on whether the ‘Bulk Updates’ feature is enabled. 

Process for Payment Schedules that have the ‘Bulk Updates’ feature enabled: 

  1. Click the ‘Update’ button to process the bulk update and apply the credit/change. 

  2. Then click the ‘Rebuild’ button and complete rebuild as per instructions below. 

Process for Payment Schedules that have the 'Bulk Updates’ feature disabled:  

  1. Click the ‘Rebuild’ button. 

  2. Tick the ‘Include Unflagged Charges’ checkbox. 

  3. Tick the ‘Include Unflagged Credits’ checkbox. 

  4. Complete rebuild as per instructions below.  

The ‘Bulk Update’ feature is automatically enabled by the TASS.web system when the following conditions are met: 

  • Parent Lounge Payment Schedules are enabled, 

  • The number of parents in the Payment Schedule is greater than 0 (zero), 

  • The logged-on user has ‘Edit’ permission for ‘Payment Schedules’ and 

  • The Payment Schedule was created after the v.01.059.02.200 TASS software update was installed.   

Fields that require further information 

*First Instalment date 

Enter the date when the parent will make their first payment. 

*Frequency 

Choose how often each instalment will be due for this payment schedule. 

*Number of Instalments 

Enter the total number of instalments. 

Include Unreceipted Payments   

This field will only appear and be active when ‘Bulk Updates’ are disabled. 

Tick this checkbox to Include any unreceipted payments in the rebuild. 

The amount displayed in brackets represents the total amount of unreceipted payments on the Parent account.  

Check all payments have been receipted before completing this process. 

Include Unflagged Charges   

This field will only appear and be active when ‘Bulk Updates’ are disabled. 

The amount displayed in brackets represents the total amount of ‘unflagged charges’ on the Parent account.  ‘Unflagged charges’ are unpaid charges that have not yet been i included in/applied to a payment schedule.  

Include Unflagged Credits 

This field will only appear and be active when ‘Bulk Updates’ are disabled. 

The amount displayed in brackets represents the total amount of ‘unflagged credits’ on the Parent account.  ‘Unflagged credits’ are unapplied credits that have not yet been included in/applied to a payment schedule. 

Instalment Amount 

This is system updated when the Number of Instalments field above is changed. 

Fee Amount 

This is system updated when the Number of Instalments field above is changed. 

*Building Fund 

This field will only be displayed if a Building Fund amount was included in the last published statement. It can be any value greater than or equal to $0.00.  

*P & F Levy 

This field will only be displayed if a P & F Levy amount was included in the last published statement. It can be any value greater than or equal to $0.00. 

Last Instalment Date 

This is system updated when the First Instalment date, Frequency or Number of Instalments fields above are changed. 

A ‘yellow alert’ icon or ‘red warning’ icon will appear if actions are required.  Hover over this icon to review additional information.    

If the instalment date has been modified, an ‘info’ icon will display next to the Instalment Date.  Hover over this icon for more information.     

Update Payment Schedule Instalments

Click the ‘Update’ button to access the ‘Bulk Update Grid Screen’.

Refer to the ‘Bulk Update’ section above for information.

The ‘Update’ function will increase or decrease instalments based on charges and credits and is not based on receipting.  


When Parent Lounge Payment Schedules Is Not Enabled

This is a multi-purpose program that allows you to:

  • Create payment schedules for parents.

  • Calculate instalments for payment schedules.

  • Print or export a list of payment schedules to Excel® or Word®.

Calculated payment schedules can be included with parent statements that are generated using program Finance > Parent Accounts > Billing Cycle > Parent Statements. Analysis and cash flow forecasting for payment schedules can also be produced using program Finance > Parent Accounts > Listing & Reports > Payment Schedules Report.

This process is only suited to schools that:

  • Run one major parent Auto Account Billing per year at the start of the year.

  • Include ancillary charges and fees for the year in Auto Account Billing.

It is not suited to schools that:

  • Run multiple parent Auto Account Billing runs per year (i.e. Term based billing).

  • Do not want ancillary charges (added during the year) to be included in payment schedule instalments.

  • Generate reminders either as statements or through program Finance > Parent Accounts > Billing Cycle > Overdue Reminders.

Click here for more information on 'How to Process Annual Billing'.

Once a payment schedule has been generated, scheduled instalments can be included as an additional page on parent statements using TASS.web program Finance > Parent Accounts > Billing Cycle > Parent Statements. Once payment schedules have been generated, instalments will not change in subsequent parent statement prints to include additional charges.

Payment Schedules List

This screen will display a list of all payment schedules that have been created.

To 'View' or 'Delete' a payment schedule, click the associated link in the 'Action' column.

Click the 'Print' button at the top of the screen to generate a listing of the payment schedules displayed.

Adding a New Payment Schedule

Click the 'Add Payment Schedule' button to create a new payment schedule.

General Tab

Fields that require further explanation

Schedule Description

It is important that you enter a description that clearly identifies each payment schedule.

An example could be:

  • 2018 Monthly Payment Schedule.

  • 2018 Fortnightly Payment Schedule.

  • 2018 Quarterly Payment Schedule.

Transaction Cut-off Date

Required transaction cut-off date. All transactions up to and including this date will be included in the payment schedule. Transactions beyond this date will be excluded.

Usually, this would be the same date as the Auto Billing.

Parent Code / Surname

Use this field to create a payment schedule for one parent only or leave blank to create a payment schedule for all parents.

Use the 'Lookup' (binoculars) to search for a parent.

Parent Type

Use this field to create a payment schedule for one or more parent types (as defined in Student Admin > Parent Records > Setup Information > Parent Records Setup on the 'Parent Types' tab).  Leave blank to create a schedule for all parent types.

Status

To create a payment schedule for current or non-current parents select the appropriate status from the dropdown list. Leave blank to create a payment schedule for both.

Building Fund /

Charge/Levy 1 /

Charge/Levy 2

This is the text that will be printed for any additional charges or levies. You must also indicate whether this charge/levy is parent or student based and the amount.

Examples of these would be Building Fund Levy or a Special Donation Levy.

Year Group based Charge / Levy

Use this field to enter any levy that will only relate to parents who have a student in a nominated year level. Enter a description of the levy, the applicable year group(s) and the amount for the year group-based charge/levy.

This is a multi-select field. Holding down the 'Shift' key while clicking on your options enables a range selection, holding down the 'Ctrl' key allows individual selection of additional fields.

Include Additional Charges On

Choose if the 'Additional Charges and Levies' entered directly above are based on:

  • All current accounts.

  • Just current accounts with an outstanding balance.

  • All accounts both current and non-current parents.

Including non-current parents is to cater for split families where there are two parent records. The parent record that doesn't have the student linked to it would get overlooked if the first option was used.

…at the time the Parent Statements are generated.

Additional Charges Options

Use this field to identify if the 'Additional Charges & Levies' above will be due on the first instalment or spread equally across all instalments.

Instalment Tab

Fields that require further explanation

Statement Message

This is the text that will print directly below the payment schedule on the parent statement. Up to 400 characters are available.

An example could be:

'The balance displayed on this statement is payable in N instalments as per the schedule directly below:'

Calculation Method

Two methods of calculation are available:

  1. Op Bal now + instalments — The opening balance for each parent account will be due immediately and the new charges will be split over the 'number of instalments' defined further below.
    An example of this would be where any balance left on the parent account from the previous year is due and payable now, and all of the new transactions that have gone on the account for this year are to be paid through the instalment schedule.

  2. Account Balance by Instalments — The total balance of each parent account (including opening balance and new charges) will be split over the 'number of instalments' defined further below.

Frequency

Choose how often each instalment will be due for this payment schedule. Options are:

  • Quarterly.

  • Monthly.

  • Fortnightly.

  • Weekly.

  • Other.

Number of Instalments

This will auto-populate based on the 'Frequency' chosen above with the exception of 'Other'. Update this field to the necessary number of instalments as required.

If a 'Frequency' of 'Other' is chosen, the number of instalments will need to be manually entered.

Click the 'Add Instalments' button to display a schedule of instalments based on the 'Number of Instalments' entered above.

Enter the 'Due Date' and 'Percentage' for each instalment in your schedule.

As a quicker alternative, enter the first instalment date and click 'Fill Down' to auto-populate the 'Due Date' and 'Percentage' fields down the column.

If you have selected 'Op Bal now + instalments' as your 'Calculation Method' then 'Instalment 1' will automatically be calculated based on 100% of the parents' opening account balance.

The total percentage split over all instalments must equal 100% before you can save your payment schedule.

Click the 'Save' button to create your payment schedule.

Generate a Payment Schedule

After a Payment Schedule has been created, use the 'Generate Payment Schedules' link in the 'Action' column to add parents to the payment schedule.

A warning will be displayed if there are parents who already have a payment schedule. Click on the hyperlinked number to produce a list of these parents. A parent can only have one payment schedule.

Tick the acknowledgement message and click 'GO' to add parents to the Payment Schedule.

For any parent who has been included on a payment schedule, the 'Payment Schedule' tab in program Finance > Parent Accounts > Account Information > Parent Account Inquiry will become active.

Once you have generated a payment schedule the final step is to generate parent statements using the 'Payment Schedules' option in program Finance > Parent Accounts > Billing Cycle > Parent Statements.

When a payment schedule exists program Finance > Parent Accounts > Billing Cycle > Parent Statements will display a 'Payment Schedules' button at the top of the screen.

Parent Statements can be generated as:

  • Parent Statement with the Payment Schedule, or

  • Reminder Statement with Payment Schedules including overdue amounts. 

Parent Payment Schedule Screen

Click on any hyperlinked number (greater than zero 0) in the 'Num Parents' column to view a list of parent accounts currently in the nominated payment schedule. 

Click 'View' in the Action column to display the ‘Parent Payment Schedule screen’ for the selected parent.  

If an additional parent needs to be added to the payment schedule, click the 'Add Parent Schedule' button at the top of the screen. Enter the Parent Code and click 'GO'.

Click 'Print' to generate a list of parents applied to the payment schedule.

To return to the 'Payment Schedules List' screen, click the 'Back' button.

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