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title: Setting Up Registration Fees
description: Learn how to set up one-off or annual registration fees in Class Manager, including per-student and per-family settings.
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April 2, 2026

# Setting Up Registration Fees

## Step-by-step guide to create and configure registration fees for your students and families

Class Manager lets you charge registration fees to students. You can create:

- **One-off fees** – charged once per student
- **Annual fees** – charged once per year per student

These fees can be turned on or off for each season, and season-specific fees can also be set when creating or editing a season.

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### Step 1: Enable Registration Fees

1. Go to `Settings` **→** `Registration and tuition fees`.
2. Turn on the **toggle button** to enable registration fees.

📝 You can turn this off later for individual seasons in the season create/edit form.

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### Step 2: Choose Fee Type

1. Select which type of fee you want to create:
   
     - `Create One-Off Fee`
     - `Create Annual Fee`
2. A form will slide in from the right. Complete the required fields:
   
     - **Name:** Enter a descriptive fee name (required)
     - **Year Start Date:** Determines when the annual fee is charged (required for annual fees only)
     - **Per Student:** Amount charged per student (required)
     - **Max per Family:** Caps total registration fees for multiple students in the same family (optional)
     - **Tax Rate:** Select the applicable tax rate (required)
3. Click `Create` to save the fee.

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### Step 3: Registration Fee Due Dates

1. If this is your first time setting up fees, a `Continue` button will appear on the lower right. Click it to move to the next step.
2. In the **Registration and Term Specific Fees** section, choose when fees are due:
   
     - `Due on Registration Date`(default)**:** Fee is due immediately when a student registers
     - `Due with First Installment`**:** Fee is paid together with the first tuition installment

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#### Example: When Registration Fees Are Charged

**Season/Term:** January–April  
**Installments:** Jan 1, Feb 1, Mar 1, Apr 1  
**Student enrolls:** December 15 (before the season/term starts)

- **Due on Registration Date**  
  The registration fee is paid **immediately on December 15**, when the student enrolls.
- **Due with First Installment**  
  The registration fee is paid **together with the first tuition installment**, depending on your **Tuition Fees settings**.
  
    - If **First installment Upfront / First and second upfront / First and last upfront** is selected, the registration fee is also due **on December 15**.
    - If **Nothing Upfront** is selected, the registration fee will be due **on January 1**, when the first installment is scheduled.

For more details on how tuition upfront rules work, see [Setting up Tuition Fees Paid at Enrollment](https://guides.classmanager.com/set-up-tuition-fees-paid-at-enrollment?hsLang=en)

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