3.7. Finances

This is actually the whole collection of modules, that gives you possibility to efficiently manage finances of your network. You can define periodical liabilities here (subscriptions), solid liabilities (orders), perform accounting operations, check each account history and draw invoices and balance sheets.

3.7.1. Tariffs List

When you enter 'Tariffs List' panel you'll be able to see list of liabilities (Tariffs) that might be assigned to your customers, with basic informations about it. When you select and click on liability you'll move to 'Tariff' module where you're able to edit its parameters and exchange customers between available liabilities. In 'Number of customers' field you can read number of customers who are assigned to it and two numbers in parenthesis: total number of assignments and number of active assignments, considered by its activity periods.

3.7.2. New Tariff

When defining new tariff you need to enter unique name, amount and tax rate.

3.7.3. Payments list

This is a list of your company payments. Among standard fields you'll find 'Account this payment' icon (which for some mysterious reasons looks like 'Save' option), where you're able to charge your account. Periodical charges might be done with 'lms-payments' Perl script, or appropriate module of almsd daemon. Select and click on chosen payment to view 'Payment Info' module, where you're able to edit its parameters or account given payment to financial database.

3.7.4. New payment

You have to assign unique name, amount and pay date for each new payment you setup.

3.7.5. Balance sheet

This is history of your financial operations with total incomes, expenditures, payments and customers liabilities. Printer icon allows you to print invoice for corresponding record.

3.7.6. New Balance

You can add new financial operation with this module. It's possible to account the same operation for multiple customers at the same time.

Note

It's best to use lms-payments Perl script or almsd daemon to automate periodical operations, such as subscription fees. Those modules are also able to write out appropriate invoices.

3.7.7. Invoices list

List of invoices that has been already written out. You're able to print (by selecting 'Print' icon) and account ('Account' icon) selected invoices.

3.7.8. New Invoice

Allows you to issue an invoice for selected customer manually.

3.7.9. Printing

There are several options for balance sheet printouts: