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  1. Payments

    1. Collect Payments for a Request

    2. Refunds

Payment is the disbursement of the amount billed to the Requester. The Payment screen lists the payments made on a particular Request. Similar to estimating cost and generating an invoice, Requesters can make payments on a Request at any time. Payments can also be collected for each individual invoice generated from the Invoice Generation screen. Once a payment is made, the corresponding invoice cannot be deleted. Users can issue a refund on a Request where the total cost is less than the amount paid.

NOTE: To collect payments on a Request, a user should be assigned to the Request.

Requesters can pay with one payment method, or split their payment between two or more of the following methods:

Payment Method

Description

Cash

Payment is made with cash currency.

Check

Payment is made by check.

Credit Card

Depending on what credit cards you accept, the requester can pay by credit card.

Any payments made by the Requester will be displayed in the Payments section of the Fees/Billing screen, as shown below.

Payments table showing no recorded payments and pagination options available.

The following payment information are displayed on this screen:

Field

Description

Created Date

The date the payment was created.

Invoice #

The invoice identification number. The Invoice Number field will only display the invoice number of the most recently generated invoice.

Received By

The user who received the payment.

Payment Type

The type of payment submitted.

Invoice Total

The total invoice amount.

Amount Paid

The amount paid by the Requester.

Remaining Bal

The remaining balance to be paid by the Requester.

Interest Paid

The interest paid by the Requester.

NOTE: You can enter information for new payments or edit information about old payments. Enter payment details in the new payment form described below.

Collect Payments for a Request

  1. Open a Request for which payments are due

  2. Click Fees/Billing. The Fees/Billing screen displays as shown below

Summary of appeal status, fees, and billing information displayed in a management system.

  1. In the Invoices section, select the invoice for which you want to collect payments, then click Payment. The New Payment screen displays as shown below

Payment details form showing invoice information and file attachment options.

  1. Complete the following fields as necessary

Field

Description

Payment Details

Payment Type

Type of payment being made, either Payment or Refund

Payment Date

The date on which the payment was made.

Amount Details

Cash/Money Order ($)

Payment amount by cash or money order.

Check ($)

Payment amount by check.

Credit Card

Payment amount by Credit Card.

Upload Copy of Payment

Upload Copy of Payment

Users can upload a copy of the payment by clicking Attach File or Add from Scan. Additionally, users can drag and drop a file into the Drag & Drop Zone.

Notes

Notes

Any notes about the new payment.

  1. Click Save

NOTE: For an existing payment, the Created Date, Invoice #, Received By, Payment Type, Invoice Total, Amount Paid, Remaining Bal (Remaining Balance), and Interest Paid fields displays.

NOTE: If a Requester makes an advance payment on the Request, the willing amount is replaced with the advance amount. When an advance payment is saved and the amount is greater than the overall invoice, a prompt displays indicating so, and suggesting a refund be issued, as shown below.

Warning message indicating a refund is suggested due to overpayment on an invoice.

Refunds

After payment is received in response to request fulfillment, circumstances may dictate that a refund must be given to the paying customer. These refunds can be processed manually in the case of cash, check and money order payments, or electronically if the payment was received electronically.

In order for a refund to be applied, at least one payment must be present on the request. Locate and select the payment to be refunded from the Payments list, as shown below:

If the selected payment is eligible for a refund, the Refund or Electronic Refund buttons will become enabled. Select the appropriate refund type to proceed to processing the refund.