Fine Payment Receipts

Sierra enables you to print a fine payment receipt after you collect money from a patron or waive the patron's fines. For more information, see Fine Payment Receipt Format and Example Fine Payment Receipt below.

Using Print Templates for Fine Payment Receipts

If your library has enabled the Print Templates feature, you can use the third-party Jaspersoft Studio application to create or modify print templates for payment receipts printed via Sierra Circulation.

Fine Payment Receipt Format

Each fine payment receipt includes a header that contains the following information:

Library Name: The name of the library, from the Library Name file.
Patron: The name of the patron who paid the fine, from the PATRN NAME field in the patron's record.
Date: The date the fine was paid or waived.

Fine payment receipts contain one entry for each fine collected or waived. The receipt includes the following information about each fine:

Invoice #: The fine's invoice number.
Status: The fine's charge type.
Description: A description of the fine.
Amount Owed: The amount of the fine. If the General Sales Tax feature is enabled, the Amount Owed column includes the portion of the fine that represents the GST. For example: 10.50 (GST $0.50)
Amount Paid: The amount paid against the fine in the current transaction.
Balance: The amount still owed on this fine, if the patron made a partial payment and the remaining fine was not waived.

Each fine payment receipt includes a footer that contains the following information:

Waived: The total amount of fines waived during the current transaction.
Total Paid: The total amount of money collected during the current transaction. If the General Sales Tax feature is enabled, the Amount Owed column includes the portion of the fine that represents the GST. For example: 10.50 (GST $0.50)

Example Fine Payment Receipt

The following is an example fine payment receipt for a fine that was partially paid and then waived:


                              An Innovative Library
                                    RECEIPT
             Patron: Behrman, Ken     Tue Jan 28 16:16:32 PST 2003

Invoice #  Status  Description       Amount Owed  Amount Paid  Balance 
2529       MANUAL  Frog and Toad     $12.00       $8.00        $0.00
                   Together
                                     
                   
                   Waived                         $4.00
                   Total Paid                     $8.00

See also:: Bill Reduction Receipts