Invoicing schedules
Swiftlier allows Admins to define different Invoicing Schedule Templates for different Services/Courses.
The Invoicing Schedule Template determines:
- how many instalments the fees for a Service will be split into;
- when the invoices will be automatically raised and sent to customers;
- when the invoices will be due for payment.
For example, for a Service that runs for the entirety of an academic year, you could:
- want to issue invoices to customers on the first day of each term; or
- wish to mandate that payment for the whole academic year is taken up front; or
- want to take two payments to keep the customer outlay lower but reduce the workload for your team in chasing for payments.
Each booking for a Service inherits the rules from the Invoicing Schedule Template as its own Invoice Schedule. They can be manually overridden on an order-by-order basis if desired - for example, if you have a Customer who wishes to pay monthly for a Service that (as standard) is invoiced on a termly basis.
Invoicing Schedule Templates (Service-level rules) and Invoicing Schedules (Order-level rules) are highly flexible and can be aligned with your business rules and requirements.