--- title: "Multifamily Billing Overview" slug: "enabling-multifamily-billing" updated: 2024-06-21T18:05:55Z published: 2024-06-21T18:05:55Z canonical: "www.procaresupport.com/enabling-multifamily-billing" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.procaresupport.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Multifamily Billing Overview ### Creating a multifamily account with and without existing transactions Multifamily Billing allows unmarried (divorced, separated, etc.) parents to be invoiced separately and continue making payments towards their balance while keeping their billing information private from the child's other parent. [Embedded content](https://www.youtube.com/embed/IFRQ3xlJRCk) ## Creating a Multifamily *with* Existing Transactions When a family has a current balance prior to splitting into multifamilies, you must make sure there is no open balance for the family. If there is an open balance, the split family option will walk you through the process for applying a credit. 1. Navigate to **Billing** > **Accounting**, then select a student. 2. Click **Multifamily**. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28300%29.png) 3. The Multifamily Transactions popup will appear advising what changes will be made when splitting the family. Click **Next** to continue splitting the family. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28298%29.png) 4. If the first section displays "Apply Credit", the family currently holds a balance. Click **Apply Credit** to walk through the steps to bring the family to a zero balance. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28299%29.png) 5. Complete the Add Credit popup and click **Submit** (You will want to provide a credit equal to the outstanding balance. You can then invoice each of the families once they have been split to account for this balance). ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28301%29.png) 6. If the child(ren) have an active billing plan, it must be paused or removed prior to splitting the family. Click the Pause Plans button, if applicable. Selecting this button will pause the plans of any children in this family. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28302%29.png) 7. On the Pause Plans confirmation, click **Yes, Pause**. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28303%29.png) 8. Once the family has a zero balance and billing plans are paused, click **Next** to continue splitting the family. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28304%29.png) 9. Complete the Multifamily popup to assign family names and add or remove children and parents from under each family. 1. Enter the name of Family #1 and Family #2. 2. All children within the family will appear under both families. If necessary, click Remove under each child to remove them from the family. 3. Click Remove under each parent if needed. **Important**: Each family must have at least one parent. If all parents are removed from the family, parents will receive the error "Please select valid subfamily" whem attempting to make a payment. 10. Once all family information is complete, click **Save**. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28305%29.png) 11. Once a family is split, the Family Transactions section will display in three separate tabs: All Families will show transactions from both families, then each family will have separate tabs to display only transactions for the respective families. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28306%29.png) ## Creating a Multifamily *without* Existing Transactions When a family does not have a current outstanding balance within the system, follow the steps below: 1. Navigate to **Billing** > **Accounting**, then select a student. 2. Click **Multifamily**. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28307%29.png) 3. The Multifamily Transactions popup will appear advising what changes will be made when splitting the family. Click **Next** to continue splitting the family. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28298%29.png) 4. Complete the Multifamily popup to assign family names and add or remove children and parents from under each family. 1. Enter the name of Family #1 and Family #2. 2. All children within the family will appear under both families. If necessary, click Remove under each child to remove them from the family. 3. Click Remove under each parent if needed. **Important**: Each family must have at least one parent. If all parents are removed from the family, parents will receive the error "Please select valid subfamily" whem attempting to make a payment. 5. Once all family information is complete, click **Save**. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28308%29.png) 6. Once a family is split, the Family Transactions section will display in three separate tabs: All Families will show transactions from both families, then each family will have separate tabs to display only transactions for the respective families. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28309%29.png) ## Recurring Plan Setup for Multifamily When configuring Recurring Plans for a Multifamily setup, it's important to enable the **Show Multifamily** option. Additionally, ensure the **No Assigned Plans** checkbox is unchecked. Unchecking this box will remove children with an assigned plan. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cbafbd2c-42f8-485b-84e3-f3812fe8a596/Images/Documentation/image%28310%29.png)