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Facility: Applying Credits & Open Payments

Learn how to apply credits and open payments in Time To Pet Facility.

Written by Katie
Updated over a week ago

There are two ways that you can apply a Credit or Open Payment to a client's invoice.

Note: You will only see these options if (1) a client has an existing Open Payment and/or Credit on their account AND (2) they have an open invoice for them to be applied to.

Check out this video from our Customer Experience team on Applying Credits & Open Payments To Client Invoices!


Method One: Apply Existing Payments Using The "Add Payment" Button To An Individual Invoice

The first thing that you can do to apply a credit and/or open payment to a client's invoice is access the Edit Invoice screen for the invoice you want to apply the funds to and select the Add Payment button in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. If the client has an open payment or credit amount available to be applied to the invoice, the Apply Existing Payment window will pop up, prompting you to apply it:

screenshot of payment screen with apply credit and open payment options outlined in red

Method Two: Apply Available Credits Or Open Payments For Multiple Clients And Invoices At Once Using The Bulk Invoicing Tool

The second thing you can do is use the Bulk Invoicing tool (found in the Invoicing > Bulk Invoicing section of your Admin Dashboard) to apply credits or open payments for multiple clients at once. To do so, click on either the $ Apply Credits or $ Apply Open Payments tabs that can be found here:

screenshot of bulk invoicing with apply credit and apply open payment tabs outlined in red and indicated with red arrows

You will see a list of qualified invoices for clients that have existing credits or open payments that can be applied to them. The client's name, the amount of the available credit or open payment, the number of the invoice, its due date, and the balance due will be displayed here. By default, the full amount of the balance due and/or the existing credit/open payment will be applied. You can use the field in the Credit/Payment To Apply column to edit the amount that will be applied to the selected invoice:

screenshot of bulk invoicing's apply credit tab

Credits and open payments are automatically applied to client invoices before clients are processed when the company uses our Automatic Charging feature. This ensures that clients are charged the adjusted amount and minimizes manual processing time, enhancing billing efficiency.

Note: In order to take advantage of our Automatic Charging feature, you must be connected to our integrated payment processor, Time To Pet Payments. You can learn more about it in our help documentation here: Facility: Credit Card Processing.

Viewing Client Credits and Open Payments

Credits can be created, edited, and viewed in the Service/Invoices section of a client's profile by clicking the pencil icon under the Credit Balance value along the top of the page:

screenshot of client profile services/invoices tab with red box and red arrow indicating the credit balance

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You can view both credits and open payments on a client's profile by clicking the View link that appears in parentheses following their overall account balance at the top of their profile, located just between their name and account tags:

screenshot of client profile with red box and red arrow indicating the balance

Doing so will open up the client's Balance Sheet, where you can see an overview of all of the client's invoices and payments, including any existing credits and open payments:

screenshot of balance sheet with red box and red arrow indicating the credit and open payment totals

Additionally, Time To Pet Facility offers dedicated Credits and Payments - Open reports in the Reporting > Financial > Payments section of the Admin Dashboard, which allows you to review all current client accounts with open payments, see what credits are applied to client accounts, review any tracking notes you recorded, and identify credits marked as bad debt for accurate financial management:

screenshot of financial > payments tab with boxes around the payments tab and the credit and payments-open reports

FAQS

Q: Can clients apply credits or open payments to an invoice?

No, clients cannot apply credits or open payments to an invoice; only an Admin or Scheduler can do so. However, in the Settings > Client Settings > Portal Settings section of your Admin Dashboard, you can let clients view the credits or open payments on their account that can be applied to future invoices. These funds will be labeled Available Payments in the Client Portal.

Note: Currently, this is only supported in the Client Portal.

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