Paying for Costs

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Paying Online as a Member/Guardian

Cost Sharing

Paying Online as a Guardian or Member

Once a Cost is assigned to your member, you may receive a notification with your unique magic link!

1. Once you click your "magic link" from any CutTime notification, click the program under the student you'd like to access. If it's the first time you've clicked that link, you'll have to verify your identity with a verification code before clicking on your student's program. (See more about that process here.)
2. Click on the "Transactions" button to find your student's financial Transactions page.
3. Click the "Make a Payment" button to be brought to the Account Payment page.
4. Type in the amount you would like to pay toward your student's account and click "Go to payment form."
   1. Note that the convenience fee is calculated for you already.
5. Fill in your card information and click "Pay $x.xx" which will show the amount you're paying with the convenience fee added to the amount you entered to pay into your student's account.

6. Then you'll be brought to a page confirming your payment with the amount you paid, and it will show you a preview of how that payment will appear on your card statement.

Below the Financial Summary section you'll be able to see the transaction summary, a list of the costs assigned to your student, and a full history of payments logged in this season.

Transaction Summary

The transaction summary might show that you are "overpaid" at the time of payment because the cost's due date has not passed yet. On the cost's due date, the amount of the cost is applied to that "overpaid" amount from the payment applied before that time, then the "running balance" will show how much is overpaid or due after that point. The more prominent "$x.xx due" is shown as the number after all costs have been applied to your student, and that's what's reflected in your financial summary.

Financial history

Previous season financial details can be selected on the program selection screen in step 1 under "Inactive Seasons."

Cost Sharing

Sharing Costs with Friends and Family

Should you decide to request financial assistance with raising funds for your student's costs/pledges, they can share the cost with friends and family.

On your dashboard:

1. Click the "Transactions" button to be taken to the Transactions page.
2. Click on "Share these costs" button
3. Fill out the Name and Mobile number of the person or people you'd like to share a donation link with and click "Send invitation."

At that point a unique magic link (and login) to that donor is sent to them. It is not the same magic link as the guardian sending it.

"{student name} needs help covering their costs for the CutTime High School Band fine arts program.

Please give generously.

Learn about ways to donate to {student name}'s costs associated with this program using this link: Donate"

Friends and family can click through on the link and donate towards their student account.

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