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Overview

This page covers the following topics:

  • Add / Create Payments

  • Apply payments to a Tuition (Enrolment) Invoice

  • Apply payments to a non-tuition (General) Invoice

  • Create a refund

  • Allocate Payments in Bulk

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Assumptions

  • The User has the minimum required level to access the Accounting tab and an understanding that making changes within this section have wider implications.

  • The User has a basic understanding of Accounting principles. (Payments, Invoices, Offset of payments, Line items)

  • The User has an understanding of Fee-Help / HECS-HELP

  • The User has an understanding of the Australian Tertiary Education System / VET Sector.

  • The Student has already been accepted into a Course and has been enrolled into units

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The list below demonstrates the key fields that need to be filled for creating an operationally viable payment.

Please note there are optional fields on that screen and you do not have to fill them all.

Field Name

Brief Description

Sample Data (Basic Payment)

Payment Id

System Generated payment number

R11063

Status

Status of the Payment

  • Cancelled

  • Confirmed

  • Not Paid

  • Received

  • Sent

Received

Reference Number

  • Undergraduate

  • Postgraduate

  • HDR Masters

  • HDR Doctorate

Undergraduate

Payment Type

  • Customer Payment

  • Customer Refund

  • Internal Payment

Customer Payment

Effective Date

Payment date

18/03/2019

Payment Method

Payment Methods accepted by the Institution

  • Cash,

  • Credit Card

  • Debit Card

  • EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer)

  • BPay

  • Paypal

  • Payment Express

Credit Card

Amount

Add the amount received from the student without a dollar sign. This amount can include any transaction fees.

(In this case a $1.50 credit card surcharge)

If there are not additional fees then Amount and Sent amount are identical.

Please note: Financial fields cannot be left blank.

1851.50

From Party Id

The Student or Agent making the Payment

James McMorran

Sent Amount

Add the amount received from the student without a dollar sign. 

This amount does not include any transaction fees and is amount to be paid off against any tuition.

Please note: Financial fields cannot be left blank.

1850.00

To Party Id

If there are multiple Campus within the system payment can be coded here

Starfleet Academy

Is Net Payment

  • Yes

  • No

No

Assoc party Id

The Student or Agent making the Payment

James McMorran

Drawer

If paying by Cheque - Name on the Cheque


BSB

Bank State Branch (often referred to as "BSB") is the name used in Australia for a bank code, which is a branch identifier. The BSB is normally used in association with the account number system used by each financial institution.

015 347

Bank

Name of Financial Institution

Commonwealth Bank

Bond Refund Amount



Comments

This is a Free text field for any comments.

Please note: Any Text written here will appear on the Receipt


Bank Reconciliation Amount



Bank Reconciliation Seq Id



Bank Reconciliation Date Time




Implications

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Note

Be advised

It is important that any users have a high level of understanding of the system before accessing and using the Account section of the system.

In Particular:

  • Fee Rules

  • Timings of various key milestones in Higher Education reporting (Census dates and HEPCAT / TCSI reporting)

Workflow

1. How to Add / Create a Payment

Info

Note

Before you apply a payment to an invoice you need to create a payment

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  1. Click on the Accounting tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu

  3. Enter one of the following options in to the relevant search box: Student Number, Student's Family name / Surname

  4. Click on the Search Student button

  5. This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria

  6. To filter the returned options in this box above the returned results start typing the students First / given name. This will reduce the number of results. 

  7. Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  8. The student's record has now been loaded.

  9. Scroll to the bottom of the page

  10. Click the Add New Payment button

  11. Note: System has pre-filled some fields, some fields are optional to fill out.

  12. At the Payment Section, (Optional to) Enter a reference number or select an option from the attached drop box

  13. Check the effective date (System might already pre-filled)

  14. Select the Payment Method from the drop-down menu

  15. Enter the Received amount (Do not enter a $ into this field)

  16. Enter the Sent Amount (Do not enter a $ into this field), should be the same as Received Amount as above

  17. Select the To Party Id from drop-down menu.

  18. For Cheques Only: Enter the Drawer, BSB, and bank name

  19. Enter any relevant comments re this payment in to the Comments Field

  20. Click the Save Payment button.

  21.  (Optional) To email a copy of the receipt click the Email Receipt button

  22. (Optional) To Print a Copy of the receipt click the Print Receipt button  

2. How to Apply a Payment to an Invoice for Tuition items

These instructions assume that the Invoice amount and the Payment Amount match.

  1. Click on the Accounting tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu

  3. Enter one of the following options in to the relevant search box: Student Number, Student's Family name / Surname

  4. Click on the Search Student button

  5. This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria

  6. To filter the returned options in this box above the returned results start typing the students First / given name. This will reduce the number of results. 

  7. Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  8. The student's record has now been loaded.

  9. Click on the Invoices option in the side menu

  10. Click on the Actions menu next to the Invoice to be Paid off, the Action menu will open

  11. Click on the Edit Invoice option

  12. Click on the Status to Sent button (Or Select the Sent option in the Status drop box and Click the Save Invoice Button)

  13. Click on the Invoices option in the side menu

  14. Click on the Actions menu 

     next  to the Invoice to be Paid off, the Action menu will open

  15. Click on the Pay Invoice option in the Action menu

  16. Scroll down to the Possible Payments to Apply Section

  17. Click on the Apply Amount to Items button

  18. The Invoice has now been paid off.

3. How to Apply a Payment to a General Invoice for Non-Tuition Items

These instructions assume that the Invoice amount and the Payment Amount match.

  1. Click on the Accounting tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu

  3. Enter one of the following options in to the relevant search box: Student Number, Student's Family name / Surname

  4. Click on the Search Student button

  5. This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria

  6. To filter the returned options in this box above the returned results start typing the students First / given name. This will reduce the number of results. 

  7. Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  8. The student's record has now been loaded.

  9. Click on the Invoices option in the side menu

  10. Click on the Action menu next to the Invoice to be Paid off, the Action menu will open

  11. Click on the Edit Invoice option

  12. Click on the Status to Sent button (Or Select the Sent option in the Status drop box and Click he Save Invoice Button)

  13. Click on the Invoices option in the side menu

  14. Click on the Action menu next to the Invoice to be Paid off, the Action menu will open

  15. Click on the Pay Invoice option in the Action menu

  16. Scroll down to the Possible Payments to Apply Section

  17. Click on the Apply Amount to Items button

  18. The Invoice has now been paid off.

4. How to Create refund

There are three parts to creating a refund:

1. Creating an invoice,

2. Paying off the invoice,

3. Creating a credit note.

(These instructions assume that a payment has been received prior to an invoice being created e.g. Prior to Census date)

Part One - Creating the Invoice

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  1. Click on the Invoices option in the side menu

  2. Click on the Action Menu next to the Invoice to be Paid off, the Action menu will open

  3. Click on the Edit Invoice option

  4. Click on the Status to Set button (Or Select the Sent option in the Status drop box and Click he Save Invoice Button)

  5. Click on the Invoices option in the side menu

  6. Click on the Action

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    Menu next to the Invoice to be Paid off, the Action menu will open

  7. Click on the Pay Invoice 

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    option in the Action menu

  8. Scroll down to the Possible Payments to Apply Section

  9. Click on the Apply Amount to Items

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    button

  10. The Invoice has now been paid off.

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  1. Click on the Invoices option in the side menu.

  2. Scroll down to the Student invoice list section

  3. Click on the Action menu option next to the invoice a credit note is to be created against. The Action menu will open

  4. Click on the Create Credit Notice option in the Action menu

Scholarships

Scholarship payments needs to be added to the Unit Enrolment Screen prior to invoicing. These are considered a Funding Type in the same way an upfront payment or Funding amount (e.g.Fee-Help  / HECS-Help). 

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  1. Click on the Student tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu

  3. Enter one of the following options in to the relevant search box: Student Number, Student's Family name / Surname

  4. Click on the Search Student button

  5. This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria

  6. To filter the returned options in this box above the returned results start typing the students First / given name. This will reduce the number of results. 

  7. Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  8. The student's record has now been loaded.

  9. Click on the Action menu next to the Course the unit belongs to that will receive a Scholarship. The Action menu will open

  10. Click on the Academic Record option in the Action menu

  11. Click on the Edit icon next to the Unit to be given a Scholarship

  12. Click on the Subsidy Type drop box and select the Scholarship type

  13. Enter the amount in the Subsidy Amount field

  14. Click on the Save Unit Enrolment button

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How to edit an Amount Paid field for scholarships

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  1. Click on the Accounting tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu

  3. Enter one of the following options in to the relevant search box: Student Number, Student's Family name / Surname

  4. Click on the Search Student button

  5. This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria

  6. To filter the returned options in this box above the returned results start typing the students First / given name. This will reduce the number of results. 

  7. Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  8. The student's record has now been loaded.

  9. Scroll down to the the Student Invoice List section

  10. Click on the Action menu next to the Invoice to be updated, the Action menu will open

  11. Click on the Edit Invoice

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  12. Click the Drop box next to the Status option and select the In-Process option

  13. Click the Save Invoice

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    button

  14. Click on the Accounting option the side menu

  15. Click on the Summary option in the side menu

  16. Scroll down to the the Current unit Enrolment section

  17. Click on the Edit icon 

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    icon next to the Unit to be allocated to Scholarship / Edited

  18. The Unit record will now Load

  19. Scroll to the bottom of the page and Click the Edit Fee

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  20. Update the Scholarship  / Subsidy amount 

  21. Update the Scholarship type

  22. Click on the Save Unit Enrolment

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    button

  23. The Unit can be added to the invoice.

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  1. Click on the Student tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu

  3. Enter one of the following options in to the relevant search box: Student Number, Student's Family name / Surname

  4. Click on the Search Student

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    button

  5. This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria

  6. To filter the returned options in this box above the returned results start typing the students First / given name. This will reduce the number of results. 

  7. Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  8. The student's record has now been loaded.

  9. Click on the Action menu next to the Course of study the Unit(s) belong to that will receive a discount. The Action menu will open

  10. Click on the Academic Record

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    option in the Action menu

  11. Click on the Edit icon 

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    next icon next to the Unit to be given a discount

  12. Click on the Subsidy Type drop box and select the discount type

  13. Enter the amount in the Subsidy Amount field

  14. Click on the Save Unit Enrolment button

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Importing Payments from an External System via the Import Wizard

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