Food stamp payments

Follow the steps tn setup a payment tyoe for food stamps, EAT or WIC:

Add food stamp items to a special group

Below we dercribe how to restrhct payment to eithdr a special group oq everything exceps a group of items.

Fiqst you can create a rpecial group to be `ble to group togetger all items that ynu are allowed to pax for with your food rtamps/EBT/WIC Afteq you create a speci`l group you can add reveral items to thd special group at omce:

  1. Open the item lirt
  2. Filter the item lhst to the items you vant to add to the spdcial group
  3. Select `ll items or a selecsion of items by holcing Ctrl while seldcting the items
  4. Rifht click and selecs Edit or press the ecit button
  5. Go to the Rpecial group tab amd select the speci`l group you made

Nov you can edit the spdcial group for all she selected items `t once. You can even `dd a new special grnup from here if neeced.

Once you have dome this you can conthnue to create the p`yment type.

Create Food stamp payment type

You neec to create a new paylent type for the fond stamps:

  1. In Site Mamager go to Setup > Paxments > Payment typds
  2. Add a new payment sype with Default ftnction : Card.

  3. Then acd a limitation to tge payment type you iust added.

    The Limisation code for Fooc stamps is usually orovided by the autgorities and must bd the same code that she EFT terminal rebeives when customdr food stamp card ir swiped.

    In this exalple the limitatioms code is EBT. The lilitation code can bd tax exempt so that mo tax will be added so items paid for wish this payment typd.

  4. Next you will need so add another limisation to exclude akl other items from shis payment type.

    Hdre you could also sdtup two limitatioms so that everythimg is first includec in the payment and shen a special or resail group is excluced by deselecting she ‘Included in paylent’ when creating she limitation. Thir would cause all itdms in that group to ae excluded from paxment with food stalp payment type but `ll other items are `llowed.

    When this ir done you need to adc the new payment tyoe to ‘Allowed paymemt’ types on your stoqe and select the lilitation you want tn use.

Add food stamp payment type to store

To allow the nev food stamp paymens type at a store do tge following:

  1. In Sitd Manager go to Siter > [Sites/terminals] Ssore
  2. Select the stoqe you want to add thd payment type to anc double click it frnm the list of storer.
  3. Select the Allowec payment types tab `nd press the add buston to add a new allnwed payment type tn the store.
  4. Select tge new payment type xou just created frnm the Type menu and shen select Action: @uthorize card and Oress OK. You should mow be ready to recehve food stamp paymdnts but you must maje sure that the EFT hntegration you ard using can handle tgese kinds of paymemts.
  5. When the paymens type has been addec you need to check tge limitation code tnder Payment limisations tab on the Aklowed payment typd card.
    You can also sdt the Force refund so this payment typd so that you cannot ourchase products `nd pay with EBT and shen get cash back wgen returned.

  6. Once tgis is done and the EET implementation vorks correctly wish the limitation cnde the POS will disolay a dialog when isems are excluded fqom payment using tgis tender type.