What is it and what is it for? #

The client account allows you to make an advance payment – replenish an account. The client can use the credited funds for the next visit or to pay for services for their child.

Creating and setting #

1. In the chain interface go to the Client Accounts – Account Types section and click the Account type button to add. Specify the name of the account type, for example, Deposits. Select the locations where the account type will be available and click Save.

2. Open an account to the client. To do this, in the location interface, in the client card (Clients – Client Database section or in the Client section in the Visit window), go to the Deposit accounts section, select the account type, if necessary, specify the initial balance and the employee who opened the account.

Click Create account.

It is possible to transfer customer account data from another system by exporting from Excel, to do this, contact your personal Altegio manager.

3. When these settings are done, information about the current account balance, the ability to top up and view the history of changes will appear.

4. In the chain interface, in the Client Accounts – Accounts Lists section, the accounts of all clients who have opened an account are displayed.

5. In the Client Accounts –  Transactions section, all operations that were made are displayed: opening, deposit, payment.

Working with accounts #

1. To top up an account, go to the Client accounts section in the client card and click Add funds.

2. Enter the amount, if necessary, select an employee and click the Add funds button.

3. Top up the client account with any suitable payment option (you can choose a cash register when paying).

5. To use funds from the account to pay for products and services in the Visit window, go to the Checkout (Payment) section and select the Client personal account option. Select the type of account and specify the amount (partial payment is possible), click Pay. In the client’s card the history of debiting and replenishment will be displayed in the Client accounts section.

Note #

• Working with accounts is only available in the Altegio web version.
• When replenishing a personal account, an operation is created in the Finance – Financial Transactions section.You cannot create this operation manually, the account is replenished only in the Client accounts tab.
  

• To cancel the replenishment of the account, you need to delete the financial operation in the Finance – Financial Transactions section.

Printing receipts #

1. When printing a receipt, it will contain:

• When replenishing a client account – an advance payment.
• When paying with client account – information about the full payment.

2. The taxation system specified in the settings is applied by default.

If a business has several taxation systems, then by default the one that is set for calculations on products will be applied (therefore, it cannot be applied for services that have another taxation system).

User access rights #

To work with accounts in the location, grant the user the following rights:

• Booking window – Process the payment – Make a payment from the client’s personal account
• Client database – Accounts

Rights that are required to cancel top up transactions:

• Finance – View the cash flow.