The Fees Ledger is fully Windows
compatible and uses standard Windows conventions ensuring that the system
is easy to learn and easy to use. It has evolved over many years to enable
you to apply relevant charges to your pupils quickly and easily, and ensure
the parents receive easily understood invoices so they can pay quickly.
Past invoice and payment history
is easily available so that you can discuss with confidence, any queries
a parent may have about their account. Schools can also give parents
access to their accounts via the Internet, under password control, so that
parents can check queries whenever is convenient for them. Security and
confidentiality are an integral part of the system.
Main Features:
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Split billing facilities. Any person or body contributing towards a pupil’s
account will receive their own invoice. Additionally, they can also receive
copies of invoices sent to other addresses for that pupil , if required.
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Flexible
charging codes. Charges can be grouped under any number of user-defined
headings with different attributes. For example, they may be set up as
being fixed amounts, or as percentages of the full fee or of the net
fee. They may be set up to be actioned only under certain circumstances -
for example only in specific terms, or only when the pupil is being billed
for the first or last term at the school.
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Flexible
methods of applying charges. Charges may be applied on an ad-hoc basis to
selected pupils. They may also be applied via pupil lists, which can be
produced in advance, or globally, where pupils may have some particular
feature in common. Additionally, you may import charges directly from a
file produced by some other system.
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Easy
ways of checking applied charges. You can print or view all the charges
you have applied, for checking purposes, before producing your termly invoices.
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Invoicing
is simple and flexible. Invoices may be produced in numerous orders, either
for a range of pupils or for selected pupils/forms/houses/year groups etc.
They can be produced for different payment methods separately, so that you
can send out invoices for those paying by Direct Debit in advance of any
others.
Invoices may be termly, in which case a check is made to prevent double
billing, or supplementary, where invoices can be produced at any time. Invoices
can be grouped by family, so that they appear together for all siblings
belonging to the same family. Invoices can be e-mailed if necessary.
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Invoice
formats are user-definable so that you can use up any existing fee invoice
stationery you may have. You may also have different formats for those paying
by different methods. For example, for those paying by Direct Debit, you
may want to tell them what amounts will be debited automatically and when.
Messages of different types can be included on the invoice.
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Duplicate
invoices may be reproduced at any time - even many years after they were
originally produced.
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Corrections
may be done very easily.
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Numerous
analysis reports exist to allow you to check the results of your invoicing
process. You can produce reports sorted in many different ways, including
by nominal codes. Items in advance may be reported separately from
items in arrears.
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Ledger
enquiries show all transactions for any pupil/address. ‘Drill down’ is available
with all transactions to see additional information about the
transactions.
All the items making up an invoice can also be seen to ensure that when
answering telephone queries, you have the full information immediately at
hand. You can also view and amend any notes relevant to the pupil or parent,
whilst dealing with the enquiry. You can note the phrase 'its in the post'
, and see how many times its been used in the past for a parent!
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Internet
enquiries are available for parents, allowing them to check their
accounts from the comfort of their homes, at a time that is
convenient to them, without needing to disturb your accounts staff.
Accounts are accessed under password control, and security and
confidentiality features are built into the system.
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Comprehensive
debtors reports are available, including screen enquiries with ‘drill down’
and user-definable versions.
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Reminder
letters can be easily set up and sent. You can exclude those that you have
already dealt with from this process. Easy integration with MS Office mail
merge is available if required.
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Statements
can be produced at any time
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Full
integration is available with the OASIS Nominal Ledger and Cash Book. If
you prefer to use some other accounts system, export facilities exist to
allow you to transfer your data to those systems.
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Payment
methods are very flexible, and include full direct debiting facilities for
those schools using this payment method, allowing you to produce files for
transmission to BACS via modem. Once these files have been processed by
BACS, the pupil accounts can be updated automatically.
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Full
Password control is available on all programs.