Payments
Payment Types
12 min
payment types define the categories of charges your club collects they control how invoices are named, when they are generated, how often they recur, and whether they are created automatically or manually go to settings → payment types to manage them ⚙️ what a payment type controls field description name label shown on invoices and in the payments list (e g "monthly fee", "registration fee") description optional internal note default amount default charge — can be overridden per payment recurring whether this fee repeats on a schedule recurrence interval how often it recurs — weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual auto generate on enrollment automatically create an invoice when a student is enrolled in a class fee amount scope global (same amount for all classes) or per class (set amount in each class) generate early for recurring types — generate invoices x days before the billing period starts active inactive types are hidden when adding payments manually 🔁 recurring payment types enable recurring payment to have invoices generated automatically on a schedule interval when invoices are generated weekly every sunday (or x days before, if generate early is on) monthly 1st of each month (or x days before) quarterly 1st of each quarter — jan, apr, jul, oct annual 1st of january each year generate early turn on generate early and set a number of days to send invoices in advance of the billing date useful so members have time to pay before the period starts example monthly fee with "generate early 5 days" → invoice sent on the 26th or 27th of the previous month, due on the 1st 📋 auto generate on enrollment when enabled, an invoice is automatically created when a student is enrolled in a class — no manual step needed global vs per class amount when auto generate on enrollment is on, you choose how the amount is set option how it works global one default amount applies to all classes per class each class has its own amount — set it in the class settings (add/edit class dialog) use per class when different classes have different registration or deposit fees 🧾 enrollment invoices when a student is enrolled, if multiple payment types have auto generate on enrollment enabled, remmu bundles them into a single enrollment invoice with line items — one invoice listing all one time fees instead of separate invoices per fee type the enrollment invoice pdf shows a breakdown of each fee with its name and amount 💰 deposit (system type) a payment type can be marked as deposit — used to track refundable deposits collected from students deposit payments appear with a "deposit" badge in the payments list and are treated separately from regular fees for reporting the built in deposit payment type is seeded automatically for all clubs you can rename it or adjust the default amount 📅 invoice & receipt numbering each payment type has its own invoice number sequence — prefix, starting number, padding, and separate receipt numbering configure these per payment type under settings → payment types setting description prefix e g inv , rec , dep — letters, numbers, , / , supported use {year} or {month} for dynamic values starting number e g start from 1001 number padding zero pad to a fixed length — e g padding 4 gives 0001 , 0010 , 1000 invoice and receipt numbers have separate padding settings example prefix with variables {year}/{month} → generates 2026/03 0001 , 2026/03 0002 🏷️ system payment types some payment types are created automatically by remmu and cannot be deleted type purpose deposit refundable deposit tracking package purchase created when a member purchases a session package system types can be renamed and have their default amount adjusted, but their core behaviour (recurring, enrollment trigger) is fixed ➕ adding a payment type go to settings → payment types click add type fill in the name, amount, and options click save the new type is immediately available when adding payments manually or enrolling students