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# [PracticeNow Billing] How are the active students counted for Billing?

|| If studios give free trials, free classes, or free subscriptions for a student, that student will not be considered for PracticeNow billing.
|| However, if the student pays you for a regular paid class or through donation or it is an unpaid class that you expect to be paid in the future, then that student will be considered for PracticeNow Billing.

|| This is applicable across subscriptions in Group, Personal, Workshops and Videos.

More details below:

**1. Who is an Active Student?**

|| Any paid student whose subscription is active is considered an Active student for billing purposes.

**2. Isn't the student billed only when the student renews their subscription?**

|| Yes. The student is billed when he/she renews their subscription and for the entire period that he/she is active.

Eg: If the student has renewed their subscription for 3 months, then they would be billed on a monthly basis until their subscription expires.

**3. Are free trials, free classes or free workshops being billed?**

|| No. The students who attend free workshops, free trials, or free classes will not be billed.
|| Only when they pay for their trial classes or workshops would they be considered as Active students for billing purposes.

**4. What if the same student buys two subscriptions — e.g., one for Pranayama and one for regular classes during the same time?**

If the student buys multiple subscriptions during the same period, he/she would be billed only once for that period.

**5. Where do I see the no of students for whom I have been billed for?**

You can see the same [here](https://practicenow.crisp.help/en/article/practicenow-invoice-where-can-i-check-the-students-that-i-have-been-billed-for-2tt6xn/)

**6. What if the student purchased a subscription on 1st Jul 2022 for 2 months. My PracticeNow Billing dates are 5th to 4th of the month. How would the student be billed to me?**

Students would be billed for the period that they are active.

Start date of Student's subscription - 1st Jul 22
End date of Student's subscription - 31st Aug 22

PracticeNow Billing - The student would be billed for 2 months - 
once in the invoice that starts from 5th Jun to 4th Jul, 
the second time in the invoice that has the starting date of 5th Jul to 4th Aug

**7. Unpaid classes taken by Students during the billing cycle**

Unpaid Students are considered as an active Student.

These are the students whom the studios have an arrangement to pay the fees at a later date.

These are the students who will be billed for the month when they attended the class but did not pay

Eg:

**Student Timeline:**

* Month 1: Attends 8 classes (unpaid)
* Month 2: Attends 6 classes (unpaid)
* Month 3: Pays for all previous classes
* Month 4: Attends 4 classes (paid)

**Billing Impact:**

* Month 1: Billed for the student for 8 classes
* Month 2: Billed for the student 6 classes
* Month 3: No changes to previous bills
* Month 4: Billed for the student 4 classes

To understand what are unpaid classes, please [refer to this document](https://practicenow.crisp.help/en/article/unpaid-classes-jitop2/?bust=1733897392551). 

If you are not sure if the student is going to pay you, then [follow the steps here to avoid being billed](https://practicenow.crisp.help/en/article/practicenow-billing-managing-unpaid-students-1hcwphk/?bust=1733896907277)