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title: Bottle Deposit/Service Fee – Bottle Deposit and Service Fees
description: "Follow the steps below to apply a bottle deposit or service fee to products in a specific category. 1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](httpss://manage.acadiapos.com) for **Retail** or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for **Restaurant** ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-02/d00d4886-c4dd-462d-8170-acf3aa82849d/screenshot_474328cf5433434cb63ab89e86e8ac1e_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) ### Create a Bottle Deposit/ Service Fee Category 2. Click \"Items\"…"
url: "https://acadiapos.com/doc/bottle-deposit-service-fee-bottle-deposit-and-service-fees/"
updated: "2026-07-07"
category: Inventory / Products
---

# Bottle Deposit/Service Fee – Bottle Deposit and Service Fees

Follow the steps below to apply a bottle deposit or service fee to products in a specific category.

1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](httpss://manage.acadiapos.com) for **Retail** or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for **Restaurant**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-02/d00d4886-c4dd-462d-8170-acf3aa82849d/screenshot_474328cf5433434cb63ab89e86e8ac1e_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

### Create a Bottle Deposit/ Service Fee Category

2. Click "Items"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-02/53e28a00-9fc8-48a6-82c6-ef7406499ab8/screenshot_d1b12647c59a4ce98dccd69cbad739ae_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

3. Click "View Categories"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-02/2fe67702-abd2-4a2d-abca-7c6209af6797/screenshot_d6bfdf40f84d4db1912b4c1e676b4965_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

4. Click "New Category"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/4da5f0de-516d-44b5-b0ba-ba24b03918c8/user_cropped_screenshot_0c6743fe8076448188cfc35878e9de99_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

5. - Under "Name" enter **Bottle Deposit** or **Service Fee.**

- Under "Description" enter the same

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/f0fe7abb-5d7d-4de9-8e9e-f8523bc18e45/user_cropped_screenshot_45341b900653493db98adb8726e28676_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

6. Click "Save Changes"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/0f0a6cfb-c242-4ec2-9a2d-893521366849/user_cropped_screenshot_c3f50f557dd54d5db404422a7b8c59c2_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

### Create a Bottle Deposit/Service Fee Product

7. Click "Items"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/2972d3b4-546e-4297-ae65-0780775d83f2/user_cropped_screenshot_36cf7fcdf6fe46fdb7b7afa533099555_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

8. Click "New Item"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/acaf6121-cc01-4560-b8f6-2a3de582042b/user_cropped_screenshot_b342bb22643f4ec9b55350e5fa2b61c7_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

9. - Under "Name" enter **Bottle Deposit** or **Service Fee**.

- Under "Category", select the **Bottle Deposit** or **Service Fee** category you created.
- Under "Tax Class", select **No Tax**.
- Under "Price", enter the amount.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/9c0b26ae-fa73-43ef-baec-90b232060713/user_cropped_screenshot_729daf850609494489b9263cf4bae6ed_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

10. Click "Save"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/bf9397e2-912f-4c9d-8295-812c4ca6bcd4/user_cropped_screenshot_89b620f6024946e7b7dbf3dbad8508e0_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

### Enable Surcharges

11. Click "Settings"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/ccc4b9a5-80da-42c8-96ed-ebdc226c68a5/user_cropped_screenshot_fcd353b988df4542a9e0ae72895ebddc_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

12. Click "General settings"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/e7fcc810-c65a-446f-a58f-846f385d6c08/user_cropped_screenshot_eabba10b0e224f4dbb774c325e0baf92_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

13. Scroll down to the "Additional features" section. Under "Support for Surcharges" select **Enabled**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-02/88004bdc-0b8d-4846-bb99-fe894333d4f2/user_cropped_screenshot_12332d99680247ad98f9009152b6d369_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

14. Scroll down and click "Save"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/5958d1b7-e93d-45b5-bcce-d2c8ba8831a6/user_cropped_screenshot_e2fb314fad394fd0ad43fb71188f0bee_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

### Set the Bottle Deposit/Service Fee Product as a Surcharge

15. Scroll down on the general settings page to the "Surcharges" section.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/ac2e2f29-1e00-40bd-86d0-9b0f8691343a/user_cropped_screenshot_87cc1aa0373942b082e0e58e36a69c15_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

16. Under "Surcharge Product 1" type the name **Bottle Deposit** or the **Product ID.**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/96bcc1c4-b1c3-4e47-8022-72e86ef3c274/user_cropped_screenshot_0e28051b06954618b5895a1fe22e8229_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

17. Under "Apply Surcharge to Category 1" type the name **Bottle Deposit** or the **Category** **ID**

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/617a7c7c-ce07-488c-ab2b-feb59b19742c/user_cropped_screenshot_fa76cb02a27c40ef9c50aecbcae9a0ad_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)

18. Click "Save"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-03/c5828a57-28e2-4e84-9385-bdf508496018/user_cropped_screenshot_1619a6c793b54785a43e46ee5f7c5aba_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)