Accounting
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To access this section in Monetization, from the Menu, click Accounting.
Bills
To access this section, click Bills. A paginated list of all bills from a specific period is shown in a tabular format.
A bill represents all the customer charges accumulated during a billing cycle.
To generate the bills list in a spreadsheet, click CSV. To print, click Print, and to copy, click Copy.
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They are generated, printed, and copied per paginated page.Information:
You can filter for bills by bill ID, date-time, status, customer ID, billing profile ID, total amount, or/and due amount.The Invoice amount refers to the total amount of the bill. The Due amount refers to the remaining amount yet to be paid by the customer.
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The invoice for a bill is generated by a separate job known as the invoicing job. For more information, see Invoicing job.The bill status
Under the bill section, a bill can have the following status:
- Active — An active bill refers to the current bill. Once the billing cycle is over, the active bill goes into the billing status.
- Billing — When the bill is in the billing status, it means the customer has not fully paid the bill.
- Closed — When the bill is closed, it means the bill has been paid in full by the customer.
Invoices
To access this section, click Invoices. A paginated list of all invoices from a specific period is shown in a tabular format.
An invoice in Monetization is a representation of the bill object that is presented to the customer.
To generate the invoices list in a spreadsheet, click CSV. To print, click Print, and to copy, click Copy.
Note:
They are generated, printed, and copied per paginated page.Information:
You can filter for invoices by date-time, invoice ID, invoice number, bill ID, status, customer ID, or/and billing profile ID.The Invoice amount refers to the total amount of the bill. The Due amount refers to the remaining amount yet to be paid by the customer.
The Due date represents the last date-time the customer has to pay in full amount for the invoice.
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A separate background job is responsible for generating the invoices. For more information, see Invoicing job.Under the invoice section, a bill can have the following status:
- Billing — When the bill is in the billing status, it means the customer has not fully paid the bill.
- Closed — When the bill is closed, it means the bill has been paid in full by the customer.
Invoice details
To preview a particular invoice with a template, click Details. Once previewed, it can be saved as PDF, HTML, or JSON.
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You can change from one template to another.Information:
The template for an invoice is configured in Monetization under Business configuration Template Document templates. For more information, see Document templates.Offline invoice payment
To manually enter the payment for a particular invoice, click Wallet. You can enter the payment manually here if you have already received the payment through another channel (like cash or wire transfer).
The amount can be configured to be a charge or a refund. In addition, choose the payment method: cash, credit card, and transfer.
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The transfer payment method means a bank transaction.The provider typifies the payment provider—for example, Stripe, Bank, Paypal, etc. You may also include a payment reference and a note.
Transactions
To access this section, click Transactions. A paginated list of all payment transactions from a specific period is shown in a tabular format.
To generate the payment transactions list in a spreadsheet, click CSV. To print, click Print, and to copy, click Copy.
Note:
They are generated, printed, and copied per paginated page.Information:
You can filter for payment transactions by date-time, customer ID, billing profile ID, bill ID, transaction ID, method, type, status, or/and amount.The payment transaction type can be a/an:
- Charge - direct charge on a credit/debit card
- Capture - The confirmation of an existing authorization
- Authorization - authorization of funds (reserving money on a card)
- Voidance - Cancellation of an authorization
- Refund - Refund of a charge or capture
