Getting Started
Prior to permits to be able to be billed. they must first be properly set up within the Item Classifications, Permit issuer and rate schedules. To be able to set this up you must have Billing access as well as access to Create an Item Classifications and potentially access to Create a Resource if a permit isn't not yet created as a resource.
To set this up you must follow the following steps
Creating a new Item Classification for the Permit types
To create an item classification you must first have Item Classification permission. Contact your management to be able to turn on this permission.
Navigate to Admin
Select Item Classifications on the top tab bar
Click +New
Fill in Name, Description and category details
Select what resources make up the specific permit. IE 1 x Permit resource
Enter bespoke billing code if applicable
Create
Set up Permit Issuer
Permit issuers are the councils or the governing bodies who are issuing the permit as well as what type of permit they're issuing.
Navigate to Plans/Permits tab
Click the Permit Issuer tab on the top tab bar
Select +New
Fill in the issuer name, abbreviation, state and bespoke notification Period.
From the dropdown menu, select what Item Classification this Permit will be billed as. (This links to the cost you have set up for that item classification in the rate schedule)
If applicable you can also set a default cost for that permit within the issuer
Create
Add permit item classification to rate schedule
The costs and billing modes of permits are set up within your rate schedules. To be able to bill these permits, the permit item classifications must be listed on the rate schedules attached to the Client or Project that you're billing for the permit.
Navigate to Billing
Click Rate Schedules on the top tab bar
Select the rate schedule you want to edit
Click the Revisions tab
Select the current active revision
Select New Vision. This will create a draft revision to be able to edit.
Toggle on the permit Item Classification
Click the clog and select the billing mode from the drop-down menu.
Enter pricing details
Save rate schedule changes
Publish the rate schedule
Activate rate schedule
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