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 "Payments" button to find your student's financial Payments page.

   

3. Click the "Make a Payment" button to be brought to the Account Payment page.

4. Choose from the options; "Full Amount", "Past Due", or "Partial Payment" to go to the Payment Form Page.

   

5. For Partial Payments, type in the amount you would like to pay toward your student's account and click "Continue."
   1. Note that the convenience fee is calculated for you already.
6. 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 top section that shows the current balance, you'll be able to see the list of payments, costs, and a transaction history.

Transaction History

The balance in the transaction history reflects the actual total costs and payments. Payments are still being allocated based on due date of Costs, so a cost due in June will be marked as paid before a cost due in August. But the transaction history reflects the running balance of costs and payments as they are added.

The running balance can still be "overpaid" but we now use the term "credit" if you have an over-paid amount. So if the total costs for the program are $500, but you've paid $750, you'll see "$250 credit" on the running balance in the transaction history.

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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