Charges default attributes

This article covers only the default attributes of the Charges that are generated within the Prepay payment model.

Charges attributes may change depending on when the related Order was paid (see Charges attributes changing).

All Charges are generated in the New status except for when the Recurring fee Charges for the Resources are generated due to the Subscription Resources reducing - in that case the Charges for the unused periods that serve to return money to the Account Balance are generated with the Waiting for Refund status.

Default attributes depending on Charges type

Charge type	Conditions of generation	Created at	Close date	Period
Setup fee	Creation of the: Sales Order. Change Order. Switch Order.	Order creation date	Order creation date	selected period of a Subscription Plan
Renewal fee	Creation of the Renew Order.	Order creation date	Order creation date	selected period of a Subscription Plan
Transfer fee	Creation of the Sales Order for the domain Subscription transfer.	Order creation date	Order creation date	period of a domain Subscription Plan
Recurring fee	Creation of the: Sales Order. Change Order. Switch Order. Renew Order.	depending on the Billing type: Pay as you go - after the actual usage of the Resources All other billing types - Order creation date	depending on the Billing type: Non-refund - Order creation date. All other billing types - the Billing day after the end of Charge period or the expiration date of the current period of the Subscription	one of the Subscription Billing periods taking into account Plan period of the Subscription (see below)

Specific aspects of the Recurring fee Charges generation

Generation of the Recurring fee Changes when a new Subscription is ordered

When a new Subscription is ordered, the Recurring fee Charges generation has the following specific aspects:

A Subscription can generate several Recurring fee Charges for the same Service or the same Resource. A number of the generated Charges depends on the Billing type and the period of the Subscription. For the most of the Billing types (except the Pay as you go billing type), the number of the generated Charges is calculated as N + 1, where N is the Subscription period in months.
If the Subscription is ordered on the Billing day or the billing type provides a free period of the Subscription from the Order creation date to the nearest Billing day, then the total amount of the Recurring fee Charges for the same Service or Resource will be equal to N.
Charges for current Billing period have the Blocked status. The only exception is the Non-refund billing type - when it is applied, the Recurring fee Charges for the current period has the Closed status (see Charges for the Non-refund billing type). Charges for future Billing periods are in the Blocked or Opened statuses depending on the Billing type (see Charges for the Subscriptions with different billing types).
Charge amount is calculated in proportion to the Charge period. Recurring fee for Application or Resource usage is specified for calendar month, therefore:
1. Charges for the full months of use of the Application or the Resource will always have the same amounts, regardless of the actual number of days in a month;
2. Charges for a fraction of a calendar month are calculated as the product of the actual period of use, in days, by the amount of monthly Recurring fee divided by the actual number of days in the month.

For example, a Subscription was ordered on November, 10th for a period of two months, and the billing type is Reservation (see Charges for Reservation billing type). Recurring fee for the Subscription usage is $30 per month.

Let's assume that the Billing day is set at 1st day of each month.

The Subscription generated three Charges (the period is two months, and plus one, according to formula N + 1, because the Subscription was ordered not in the Billing day):

Charge No.1:
1. Period: from the Order creation date (November, 10th) to the nearest Billing day (December, 1st).
2. Status: Blocked because the Charge was created for the current Billing period.
3. Amount: $21 (21 x $30 / 30) because the actual Subscription usage period in November was 21 days, from November, 10th to 30th inclusive.
4. Created at: November, 10th.
5. Close date: nearest Billing day (December, 1st).
Charge No.2:
1. Period: from Billing day the December, 1st to the next Billing day the January, 1st.
2. Status: Blocked because the Subscription Billing type is Reservation.
3. Amount: $30 because the Subscription was active through the whole month.
4. Created at: November, 10th.
5. Close date: Billing day the January, 1st.
Charge No.3:
1. Period: from the Billing day (January, 1st) to the Subscription period end date (February, 9th).
2. Status: Blocked because the Subscription Billing type is Reservation.
3. Amount: $9.64 (9 x 30 / 28) because the actual Subscription usage period in February was 9 days, from 1st to 9th February inclusive.
4. Created at: November, 10th.
5. Close date: the Subscription period end date on February, 9th.

Generation of the Recurring fee Changes when an existing Subscription is renewed

Subscriptions with the Pay in Full billing type can be renewed only automatically (see Auto-Renewing a Subscription).

Subscriptions with the Pay as you go billing type can't be renewed, because they are always ordered for the endless period.

Subscriptions with the CSP monthly and CSP annual billing types are renewed automatically. Manual renewal is available only after the Subscription expires (see Charges for CSP monthly billing type and Charges for CSP annual billing type).

When Subscription is renewed, the following type of Charges are generated, if the corresponding fees are set in the Plan:

Renewal fee Charges for the Subscription.
Renewal fee Charges for the Resources.
Recurring fee Charges for the Subscription renewal.
Recurring fee Charges for the Resources renewal.

All Charges are generated at the moment of the Renew Order creation, but the period that are paid by the Charges starts only after the expiration of the current Subscription period. The statuses of Charges prior to the original Subscription expiration differ depending on the Subscription billing type:

Billing type	Statuses of Charges prior to the original Subscription expiration
Reservation	Blocked
G Suite	Opened
Pay as you go	Subscription can't be renewed, because it is ordered for the endless period
Pay in full	Subscription can't be renewed prior to the original Subscription expiration
CSP monthly	Subscription can't be renewed prior to the original Subscription expiration
CSP annual	Subscription can't be renewed prior to the original Subscription expiration
Non-refund	Subscription renewal is unavailable in this version of the platform