> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.flylogs.com/fcom/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.flylogs.com/fcom/company-management/company-settings/billing.md).

# Billing

The Billing tab switches on the Flylogs [billing system](/fcom/billing/introduction.md) and holds its company-wide defaults.

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Billing is available on **Club, Premium and Unlimited** plans. On the Free plan the tab is disabled.
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### Billing system

* **Enable billing** — the master switch. When on, Flylogs generates a bill for every confirmed flight, tracks pilot and client account balances, and unlocks the rest of this tab plus the billing pages across the app. When off, no bills are created and all billing screens are hidden.

### Billing defaults

* **Default person to bill** — who receives the bill generated by a flight: the **client** attached to the flight, the **PIC** or the **SIC**. You can always change the billed person on each individual bill; this only sets the default.
* **VAT rate** — the tax percentage applied to billed items.
* **Default cost values** — for each extra cost type (**fuel**, **handling**, **airport taxes**, **others**) you can set a default amount that is pre-filled on new flight bills, and tick whether VAT applies to that cost type.
* **Notify by email new bills** — when enabled, the billed person receives an email each time the system creates a bill for them.

### Billing rates

Rates define **what an hour of flight costs**. Each rate has a name, an hourly price and the list of aircraft it applies to; when a flight on one of those aircraft is confirmed, the flight time is charged at the rate's hourly price.

* Create a rate with **New rate**, or click an existing row to edit or delete it.
* An aircraft can appear in several rates (for example a standard rate and a discounted package rate).
* **Prepaid package rate** marks the rate as part of a prepaid hours package — see [Prepaid packages](/fcom/billing/prepaid-packages.md).

For the full picture of how rates, packages and balances interact, read [Billing Rates](/fcom/billing/billing-rates.md).

### Stripe payments

Connect your own Stripe account to let pilots and clients pay their bills and top up credit online, without leaving Flylogs.

* **Public key** (`pk_…`) and **Secret key** (`sk_…`) — copy both from your [Stripe dashboard](https://dashboard.stripe.com). The public key is validated (it must start with `pk_`); the secret key is stored securely and used server-side only.
* Payments made through Stripe are credited automatically to the payer's Flylogs account balance.

See [Online payments](/fcom/billing/online-payments.md) for the pilot-facing flow.