Glossary

Term	Meaning
Service voucher (palveluseteli)	A voucher from the municipality that a family uses to buy early childhood education from a private daycare.
Service voucher report	The month’s report downloaded from eVaka, with each child’s co-payment. Invoicing starts from it.
Co-payment (omavastuu)	The family’s share that the service voucher does not cover. Comes from the municipality’s report as it is.
Client fee (asiakasmaksu)	The unit’s own fee that it charges the family on top of the co-payment.
Sibling discount	A discount taken off the client fee for siblings on the same invoice.
Invoicing details	The company in whose name the unit’s invoices are issued: name, business ID, account number, address and payment terms.
Invoice batch	One unit’s invoices for one month, made from an imported report. Its status is Draft or Finalized.
Invoice recipient	The guardian a child’s invoice is addressed to. A child has one invoice recipient.
Matching	Linking a report row to one of the unit’s children.
Finalize	The step where the invoices get their numbers and are locked.
Customer number	The payer’s permanent number in the unit. Given when their first invoice is finalized.
Reference number	The invoice’s payment reference, used to match the payment.
Virtual barcode	A string of digits the guardian can paste into their banking app. It holds the account number, amount, reference number and due date.
Sending	The step where finalized invoices appear in the guardians’ app.