Voucher / Store Credit (抵用券)
Also known as: Gift voucher · Promotional credit · Store credit
A promotional credit issued by the shop, redeemed against future services. Settles the customer's bill but does NOT count toward shop revenue or beautician performance.
Full definition
A voucher (抵用券) is a fixed-denomination promotional credit (e.g., NT$500) the shop issues during marketing campaigns. When the client returns, they redeem it against the bill — like a gift certificate but typically non-refundable to cash. Voucher accounting is tricky: the client's account looks like they paid, but the shop received no actual cash, so vouchers MUST be excluded from revenue and performance calculations.
Why this concept matters
Vouchers are a double-edged tool. Issuing them drives traffic, but counting them as revenue inflates numbers and corrupts commission calculations. Not counting them but leaving the client's books unbalanced creates "why did NT$500 disappear from my account?" confusion. You need explicit cash-vs-credit distinction in the data model.
How MeiYe Zhan handles it
MeiYe Zhan treats vouchers as `PaymentMethod.method === 'voucher'` — a first-class payment-method type. **Excluded at the source**: `treatmentPaidRatios` filters out voucher amounts when computing the cash ratio, so all downstream performance calculations (dashboard, reports, attendance payroll) automatically exclude them. Voucher amounts still appear on the client's ledger for reconciliation; month-end reports show cash vs credit clearly.
Concrete example
A NT$1,000 treatment paid with NT$500 cash + NT$500 voucher. Client account: +NT$1,000 booked, voucher decremented by NT$500. Shop revenue: NT$500 (cash only). Beautician performance: NT$500. Dashboard automatically subtracts voucher from both revenue and performance cards.
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