Create Fee Categories

Create fee categories such as Tuition, Uniform, or Books with a default amount and collection priority.

For School administrators, Accountants. Updated 2026-08-01.

Overview

Fee categories describe school charges, each with a code, a default amount, a billing frequency, and a collection priority (a lower number is paid off first when a payment is applied across several bills). Categories must be allocated to classes or students separately before any bill is created.

Steps

1. Open Payments > Fee Categories
2. Select New category
3. Enter the name, code, default amount, frequency, and collection priority
4. Save

Common problems

A category exists but students are not billed

Create a fee allocation for that category and the correct academic period; creating the category alone does not bill anyone.

Keep reading

• Accept Online Fee Payments via Paystack
• Allocate Fees to a Class
• Create or Adjust an Individual Student Fee Schedule
• Delete an Unpaid Fee Bill
• Grant or Remove a Fee Discount

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