Discount rules
A treasurer sets the club's discounts once, under Dues → Discounts, and they apply themselves whenever dues are charged. Each rule is:
- How much — a percentage, or a fixed amount off
- When it applies:
- Nth child — the second (or third…) child on the registration onwards, counted oldest first
- Staff or board — somebody in the household holds a club role you name
- Early bird — up to a cutoff date
- Pay in full — the family pays the whole amount now
- Promo code — the family types a code in the registration wizard. The price updates as they apply it, an unknown code is said out loud rather than quietly ignored, and the code is kept on the registration so the invoice at approval carries the same discount they were shown
- Manual — only when staff choose it
- Optional limits — a season, a date window, and a maximum number of uses
The invoice explains itself
A discount is not an adjustment somebody makes afterwards. It is its own line on the same invoice, negative, booked to the Discounts account (5100), and it says which rule it was — "Second-child discount — 10% off Family membership". The treasurer's revenue stays honest and the parent can read why.
When more than one rule matches
Rules are not stackable by default: when several match, the family gets the single largest one. Mark a rule stackable to let it apply on top. A discount never takes an invoice below zero, and never applies to a refundable bond.
Retiring a rule
Turn a rule off rather than deleting it. Invoices it already priced keep naming it, and it stops applying from then on.
What is not built yet
- Credits — carrying a balance forward rather than refunding it
- Hardship and scholarship awards applied to one household
- Class and team discounts — a rule can apply to every charge or to the membership today; class and team scopes arrive with those programs