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  • jenboo
    Daycare.com Member
    • Aug 2013
    • 3180

    Billing Parents

    Do you bill the parents? Do you give them a receipt?
    If so, what do you do and why.
    Currently they just hand me the check/cash and I log it in my book. I do not give them a receipt or anything. Just wondering if i should be doing something different.
  • Naptime yet?
    Daycare.com Member
    • Dec 2013
    • 443

    #2
    I don't bill them, every blue moon I have to give a reminder that payment is due, but thus far they've been good about paying. I do give them a receipt from a receipt book, though.

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    • Cat Herder
      Advanced Daycare.com Member
      • Dec 2010
      • 13744

      #3
      I email online invoices weekly, to be paid in advance. I don't accept attendance if they have not paid by drop off Mondays. Easily enforced that way.

      I give them hard copies of their Annual Statement of Account, Total Number of Hours in Care and Payment History with their W-10 on the last day of attendance, before the Christmas holiday, each year.

      I like to have all my tax and business stuff squared away before I begin my Holiday Vacation with family. When I come back to work on Jan. 2nd each year... it is really a fresh start.
      - Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.

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      • mema
        Daycare.com Member
        • Jul 2011
        • 1979

        #4
        I don't give them weekly receipts unless they ask. I typically just give them a W-10 in January.

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        • snbauser
          Daycare.com Member
          • Jan 2011
          • 1385

          #5
          I invoice my parents but only because my schedule can be weird and vary because I follow our school schedule. In the past I never billed them. The only receipt they get is their w10 at the end of the year.

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          • melonieb
            Daycare.com Member
            • Nov 2013
            • 100

            #6
            I send out tuition due text messages. Most of my patents use chase quick pay and my square reader. I only have a few that give me cash. Only cash parents get receipts.

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            • butterfly
              Daycare.com Member
              • Nov 2012
              • 1627

              #7
              Originally posted by mema
              I don't give them weekly receipts unless they ask. I typically just give them a W-10 in January.

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              • melilley
                Daycare.com Member
                • Oct 2012
                • 5155

                #8
                I give them a receipt from a receipt book that has carbon copies. I also just recently discovered that if you have MMK pro, you can record payments on there...too bad I didn't realize that last year! I'm still going to give them a receipt though.

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