If a student has multiple guardians who wish to divide the cost of lessons, you can split the financial responsibility between them.
Here are the two primary methods to handle split payments:
Method 1 - Negative Charge
Setup
To use this method, you must have two separate Family Profiles (one for each parent) to generate individual invoices.
If a Family Profile already exists with the student attached: Create a second, standalone Family Profile for the other parent.
If no profiles exist yet: Create the first Family Profile and attach the student to it, then create a second separate Family Profile for the other parent.
Workflow
Generate an invoice for the parent with the student attached to them using the "Lessons by Date" option to pull all of the lessons you are billing them for onto the invoice.
Add a negative charge or credit note for the amount that the second parent is planning to pay for. For example, if the second parent wishes to pay for half, add a negative charge for half of the total.
Generate a new invoice for the second parent that includes the amount the negative charge was for on the original invoice using the "Add Charge" option.
Method 2 - Each Parent Pays Half the Invoice
Setup
If you use the Stripe Integration, you can save credit cards for both parents under a single Family Profile and split the invoice balance between the two cards.
Workflow
Store Both Cards: Save each parent's respective credit card details directly onto the single, shared Family Profile.
Create Invoice: Generate an invoice that includes all of the fees you are billing them for.
Charge Card 1: Use the payment form at the bottom of the invoice and process a payment for half of the invoice total using the first parent's card.
Charge Card 2: Use the payment form at the bottom of the invoice and process a second manual payment for the remaining balance using the second parent's card.