Bug 37645

Summary: Add ability to batch waive fines
Product: Koha Reporter: Enica Davis <enica>
Component: Fines and feesAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: amuchmore, blawlor, brandon, carthur, catrina, Chip.Halvorsen, ehoffman, george, hebah, jrobb, karie.straube, kbecker, kebliss, laura, magnus, mmyers, mspinney, rcoert, rleifker, saylett, tgoatley
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Description Enica Davis 2024-08-14 12:41:19 UTC
It would be nice if there's an ability in Koha to waive fines/fees in a batch.  This is part of a regular workflow for libraries, especially those who regularly purge patron accounts.
Comment 1 Katie Bliss 2024-08-22 17:44:11 UTC
+1
Comment 2 Rebecca Coert 2025-02-11 18:04:59 UTC
If it existed, I would definitely use this function! This would make our semi-annual patron cleanup faster and more efficient.
Comment 3 karie.straube 2025-07-03 15:27:32 UTC
My consortium also needs this functionality!
Comment 4 Brandon 2025-08-26 15:44:30 UTC
+1 We would also use this feature multiple times a year.
Comment 5 Mollie Myers 2025-10-17 21:39:44 UTC
If this existed I would LOVE to have this function as I've finally gotten clearance to clear out old accounts with or without charges past a certain date. We would use this feature once a year, I believe, but having the ability to do it ourselves vs. sending in a ticket to ByWater every year would be preferred. Thank you!
Comment 6 saylett 2025-11-10 17:06:57 UTC
We would also use this if available. We recently change dour policy to waive fines/fees that are older than 5 years, and have over 2,500 accounts that are eligible for fines/fees to be waived but we have to review them individually. Also, we're going to start deleting accounts that have been expired for more than 5 years, so this functionality would also be helpful for that process.
Comment 7 carthur@slolibrary.org 2025-12-03 17:15:00 UTC
+1
Comment 8 Kris 2025-12-12 19:06:04 UTC
We would love this for our yearly expired patron purge.
Comment 9 Todd Goatley 2026-01-09 19:56:00 UTC
+1
Comment 10 Amy Muchmore 2026-01-09 20:26:39 UTC
Our library would love this for our yearly expired patron purge
Comment 11 Rebecca Leifker 2026-01-09 21:05:22 UTC
This feature would be very helpful with the yearly patron purge.
Comment 12 Chip Halvorsen 2026-01-13 21:19:36 UTC
+1  We have a policy to do an annual writeoff of bills more than 7 years old. It would be nice to have options similar to "Batch patron deletion and anonymization," with selections similar to those used by the cronjob writeoff_debts.pl
Comment 13 Jason Robb 2026-01-14 18:56:44 UTC
+1