Payments

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 displays in the Payments section of the Fees/Billing screen, as shown below.

Payments section showing no recorded payments and available action buttons for management.

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

Open a Request for which payments are due.
Click Fees/Billing. The Fees/Billing screen displays as shown below.

Summary of fees and billing with no invoices or payments recorded displayed.

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 upload section.

Complete the following fields as needed:

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.

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.

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.