Credit card and ACH processing with Practice CS and Kotapay
If you have a Kotapay account, you can process ACH and credit card transactions in Practice CS.
ACH payments
You can enter check payments in Practice CS and Kotapay will transfer the payment from your client's bank account to your firm's.
Credit card payments
Enter credit card payments from any major credit card in Practice CS and Kotapay will charge the credit card, depositing the payment in your firm's account.
NetClient CS Online Bill Pay
You can send an invoice to your client's NetClient CS portal and your client can pay their own invoice using any major credit card. Kotapay will charge the card and deposit payment in your firm's account.
Set up your firm
Start here if you've never processed payments in Practice CS before.
- Set up your Kotapay account. You'll need to contact Kotapay and complete the Request for Information for Thomson Reuters Customers form or call866-431-9926.
- In Practice CS, selectSetup, thenFirm.
- Select theBilling and A/Rtab.
- Mark the checkbox for the features you need:
- Enable credit card processing
- Enable ACH processing
- Enable printing invoices to NetClient CS
- SelectSetup CS Payment Account.
- Sign in with your NetStaff CS or CS Payment credentials. If you don't have a CS Payment or NetStaff account, selectCreate Account.note
- CS Payment accounts are free.
- If you have a NetStaff CS account, use it to sign in log in to CS Payment. You won't have a separate CS Payment account.
- When you create a CS Payment account, you'll receive an account activation email. Once your account is active, return to this screen in Practice CS and selectSetup CS Payment Accountto sign in.
Set up your clients
Once your firm is set up, you can add account information to your clients. You can do this before you start processing payments or as you go.
Process payments
Once you have client account information entered or you've turned on
Online bill pay
, you can collect and process payments.- Invoice your client.
- Start the payment using theReceipt & Adjustment Entryscreen.
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- Kotapay processes the transaction.
- Once processed, the receipt status updates toAccepted.