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Groups can own product offers that define service pricing for group members. The product offers can define pricing for both usage and non-usage event types.

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MATRIXX Pricing and Rating
- About Pricing and Rating
  MATRIXX Pricing and Rating provides an introduction to MATRIXX pricing and rating functionality and describes how to define the catalog components necessary for rating and policy selection. It also provides an overview of the MATRIXX rating process and an introduction to My MATRIXX, a web-based user interface application you use to create and manage product catalogs.
- Rating
  The following information describes MATRIXX Charging Application rating functionality.
- Pricing
  - Pricing Overview
    The MATRIXX pricing model is highly flexible and enables you to create innovative service offerings and tailor pricing to subscriber needs. It is compatible with the TM Forum (TMF) Shared Information/Data (SID) model.
  - Pricing Data
    The MATRIXX Engine pricing data model is compatible with the Shared Information/Data (SID) standard, as defined by the TM Forum (TMF).
  - Pricing Corrections and Revisions
    Make corrections and revisions to all pricing items except balance classes, meter classes, balances, meters, and products. For information about product offer versions, see the discussion about product offers.
  - Updating Pricing After Purchase
    Not all pricing items can be updated after pricing is loaded and subscribers are using it.
  - Pricing Plans
    Pricing plans define the pricing and policies that allow you to control how you provide services to subscribers and how you are paid for those services. Pricing plans are comprised of catalog items, offers, bundles, and supporting objects required to implement pricing.
  - Planning a Pricing Plan
    Before you create a _glossary/pricing_plan.html, determine how you want to name, organize, and set up the items that form planning a pricing plan.
  - Deploying a Pricing Plan
    Deploying a pricing plan involves compiling the pricing plan into a configuration file and loading the configuration file into the pricing database. During compilation, the pricing schema is validated and any errors that occur are displayed.
  - Group-Owned Pricing
    Groups can own product offers that define service pricing for group members. The product offers can define pricing for both usage and non-usage event types.
  - Taxation
    MATRIXX supports two types of taxation: tax classes and selectors, and US taxation. Tax classes specify tax rates or fixed taxes, and tax selectors dynamically select the tax rate, and apply one or more taxes to a charge. US taxation determines the taxes for a given location, and specifies the tax type, product category the tax applies to, and the tax authority who receives the tax based on CCH tax data.
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Group-Owned Pricing

Groups can own product offers that define service pricing for group members. The product offers can define pricing for both usage and non-usage event types.

Usage Pricing for Groups

Group-owned usage pricing is applied when group members use the service associated with the product offer. The usage pricing impacts a virtual balance in the subscription wallets. This balance is directly tied to the G/L balance in the group wallet to which all impacts roll up. This enables usage to trigger credit limits and notifications at both the subscription level and group level, so both group members and subgroups in the group hierarchy are restricted to consuming a specified balance amount that is a fraction of the group balance. For example, if a group owns a product offer that charges a reduced rate of $0.01 per minute during peak call usage, that charge is applicable for all group members who do not have restrictions during usage. Restrictions can apply when, for example, the group member is at a credit limit against the group voice minutes or tries to make a phone call during an off-peak time period.

When a network message is received for a usage event and the subscription has a virtual balance, any price components that impact the aggregated balance owned by the subscription's parent groups are considered applicable during rating.

Non-Usage Pricing for Groups

Group-owned non-usage pricing is applied only to the balance in the group's wallet and not to the virtual balances in group member wallets. Like subscription-owned non-usage pricing, the impacts occur during cycle processing, first use of a balance, product offer purchases, and catalog item cancellations. For example, cycle processing might trigger a monthly prepaid data allowance and charge a monthly access fee. These price components do not impact subscription balances nor do they trigger credit limits and notifications against subscription balances. They apply only to the balance in the group wallet.