Allow for Allocation of Partial Payment to Fee Items

When Oracle Receivables integration is enabled for Permits, Planning, and Business Licenses, partial payments received against invoices will first be recorded in Oracle Receivables and applied to the invoice. Oracle Receivables does not apply the payment at the line level; therefore, when partial payments for invoices are synced to Permitting and Licensing either using an ESS job or in real time, the partial payment is allocated to the fees based on agency payment options: prioritize oldest or prioritize newest.

Partial payments allow for greater flexibility for agencies and registered public users. 

Steps to Enable and Configure

To enable: 

  1. Navigate to Set up and Maintenance > Agency Profile > Manage Agencies. 
  2. Note: This is only available for the Permits, Planning and Zoning, and Business License offerings. 
  3. Select your agency. 
  4. In the payments section, select one of the options from the Payment Allocation Order drop down: 
    • Prioritize oldest
    • Prioritize newest

Note: The selected priority is applied by selected application then by fee item. 

Tips And Considerations

This is available only for Permits, Planning and Zoning, and Business Licenses. 

Note: When the Allow Partial Payments option is set to "Not allowed", then the Allocation Method still applies to Fusion Receivables Payments.

Key Resources

  • See Implementing Your Financial Framework, "Setting Up Fees," Setting Up Fee Items on the Oracle Help Center.