Creating Payments & Allocating

  • Payments are funds paid OUT, typically to Agents for commission owed.

  • Payments are paid out against a Credit Note.

  • During the Enrolment process, if an enrolment or booking is using the StudentGross or Company Gross invoice method with an Agent linked, a Credit Note will automatically be generated on the Agent Account.

  • Typically, the Agent then invoices the School for the amount, the finance team can check the amount against the Credit Note (and Enrolment if necessary) to authorise the payment.

  • When the payment has been made to the Agent, a Payment transaction must be generated in Schoolworks to record the transaction, and to ensure the Creditor balance remains accurate.

  • Payments are also used in Refunds. Please see these articles for more information.


Steps

  • Navigate to the Agent Account required and click on Finance Details.

  • Review any Credit Notes generated on the Creditor account (there may be more than one if there are more than one Enrolment or Booking).

  • Example here showing an Agent Account with a Credit Note on the Creditor Account:

    • Remember money owed by the Agent is on the Debtor Account and money owed to the Agent is on the Creditor Account.

  • Click on Payment from within the Creditor Account panel.

  • This will open the Payments screen.

  • Complete the details as follows:

  • Enter the date the payment is made

  • Enter the bank account the payment is being made from

  • Enter the method used to make the payment

  • Add any description, for example your bank transaction reference number

  • Tick Allocate on the Credit Note line

  • Check the details are correct in the right hand panel

  • Press Process Payment

  • The Account is then updated, and in this case, the balance on this Account is £0 reflecting nothing owing to the Agent:

  • Payments can also be made across multiple Credit Notes by ticking Allocate on all relevant lines if you are making a bulk single payment to the Agent.

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