New Feature: Licensing Optional Fees

Sometimes, in addition to the base fee of a license, you may have several optional fees. Things like an application fee (that wouldn’t apply to a renewal), an inspection fee, or impact fees may all fall into this category. Traditionally, our customers add this as a miscellaneous charge, but then it’s not linked to the business. Now with fees as a part of licensing, we can define those beforehand and add them when we’re processing!

During a new application, the fees appear as an option on the Charge screen. If the license type has fees available, you’ll see a fees section below the primary charge calculation:

Screenshot of a new license application showing the fees section below the main calculation area.

Just click the ‘Charge’ button, and it will be added to the cart.

If you need to add a charge later, potentially for an ‘Change’ or ‘Re-inspection’ fee, no problem! All the fees are tracked in the license application:

screenshot of where the fees are tracked in the license application screen. There's a plus button to add additional fees. There is also an existing lien showing an open application fee that was charges but has not yet been paid.

The license cannot be issued until all fees are settled. Once they’re paid, then the license application will be eligible to become a license:

Screenshot showing the 'Convert to License' button active now that all fees have been paid.

With this new feature, municipalities now have more options with how they want to track and settle ancillary fees for their licenses.