Finance Channelling Income Expense Bills

Channelling Income and Expense Bills

Introduction

The Channel Cashier Transaction feature handles the financial transactions specific to channelling (specialist appointment) sessions. It records income collected at the channelling desk and expenses paid out — typically doctor consultation fees paid from the session proceeds.

Navigation

Main Menu → Channel Cashier Transaction

Submenu items:

• Income (privilege: ChannelCashierTransactionIncome)
• Income Bill Search (privilege: ChannelCashierTransactionIncomeSearch)
• Expenses (privilege: ChannelCashierTransactionExpencess)
• Expenses Bill Search (privilege: ChannelCashierTransactionExpencessSearch)

Channelling Income Bill

A channelling income bill records fees collected at the channelling desk — booking fees, hospital charges for the session, or other session-related income.

1. Navigate to Income → channel/channel_income_bill.xhtml.
2. Select the session/doctor from the autocomplete.
3. Enter the income amount and category (booking fee, hospital fee, etc.).
4. Select the payment method (Cash, Card, etc.).
5. Click Save. An income bill is created.
6. Print the receipt.

To search income bills: navigate to Income Bill Search → channel/channel_income_bill_search_own.xhtml. Filter by date, doctor, department.

Channelling Expense Bill

A channelling expense bill records money paid out from the session — typically the doctor's fee or session-related expenses.

1. Navigate to Expenses → channel/channel_expenses_bill.xhtml.
2. Select the session/doctor.
3. Enter the expense amount and category.
4. Select the payment method.
5. Click Save. An expense bill is created.

To search expense bills: navigate to Expenses Bill Search → channel/channel_expenses_bill_search_own.xhtml.

Relationship to Doctor Payments

Channel income and expense bills are the cashier-level transaction records. For the complete doctor payment and WHT tracking workflow, see OPD Doctor Payments and WHT Report.

Technical Reference

Item	Detail
Income page	channel/channel_income_bill.xhtml
Income search	channel/channel_income_bill_search_own.xhtml
Expense page	channel/channel_expenses_bill.xhtml
Expense search	channel/channel_expenses_bill_search_own.xhtml
Privileges	ChannelCashierTransactionIncome, ChannelCashierTransactionIncomeSearch, ChannelCashierTransactionExpencess, ChannelCashierTransactionExpencessSearch