Key takeaways
Sometimes. Phi Delta Theta now requires every chapter to use Unified Finance as its sole dues and banking platform (exemptions reviewed yearly). Phi Kappa Tau returned to chapter billing for Fall 2026 and lets chapters collect locally by any method. Delta Upsilon encourages re:Members but does not require it. What each published 2026 policy says, how to tell which billing model you are under, and what a treasurer still decides.
Sometimes. Whether your chapter has to use the dues platform your national headquarters picked depends on which of three billing models your organization runs, and in 2026 the answers point in opposite directions. Phi Delta Theta now requires every chapter to use one platform (re:Members Unified Finance, formerly Billhighway) as its sole tool for banking, accounting, and dues collection, with exemptions reviewed once a year. Phi Kappa Tau went the other way for Fall 2026: headquarters invoices the chapter, and the chapter collects from members locally "using whatever method works best." Delta Upsilon sits in the middle, with a partner platform that chapters are encouraged, but not required, to use. Below is what each published policy actually says, how to tell which model you are under, and what a treasurer can still decide.
The short version: if headquarters bills each member individually through its own platform, you use that platform for national dues and usually for chapter dues too. If headquarters bills the chapter one consolidated invoice per term, the chapter owns local collection and can pick any tool, including a platform HQ has a partnership with, a different one, or none. Check your organization's most recent fee schedule or billing policy for the word "required"; if it is not there, the choice is yours.
Why are national fraternities changing how dues are billed in 2026?
Two things happened at once. In January 2026 the IRS issued new procedures for nonprofit group exemptions, the first major rewrite in more than forty-five years. A fraternity's group exemption is what lets each chapter hold tax-exempt status without filing its own application, so headquarters now have a stronger reason to see every chapter's books. At the same time, banks in the United States and Canada have grown reluctant to open and keep accounts for unincorporated nonprofits like chapters. Phi Delta Theta cites both as the reason for its mandate, and the same pressures are behind the accounting, tax-filing, and banking features every Greek-life finance vendor added this year.
The billing model is the other variable. Some headquarters invoice every member directly and let the platform remit the national share; others invoice the chapter once per term and leave collection to the treasurer. Phi Kappa Tau tried individual billing in Fall 2025 and reversed it a year later after chapter feedback, which is why the same fraternity can look mandatory one year and hands-off the next.
Which national fraternities require a specific dues platform?
Phi Delta Theta: Unified Finance is required
Phi Delta Theta is the clearest 2026 example of a hard mandate. Its undergraduate FAQ answers "Is this required?" with: "Yes. A General Council policy requires every chapter to use Unified Finance as its sole software for financial management, banking and payments, accounting, and dues collection. Exemptions to this policy will be reviewed by General Headquarters by June 30 each year." Chapters must complete sign-up by the end of the 2026-27 academic year; early sign-ups opened in mid-August 2026 and chapters are transitioning on a rolling basis. Phi Delta Theta describes the move as expanding its re:Members partnership: Unified Finance is re:Members' rebranded Billhighway product, accessed through myPhiDelt, and about 85% of Phi Delt chapters were already on greekbill (re:Members Choice Finance) and get a provider-managed migration. The chapter accreditation guide reinforces it: points are awarded for using Unified Finance/Greekbill or holding an approved exemption.
What that means for a Phi Delt treasurer: unless your chapter has an approved exemption, you cannot run chapter dues on a different platform, and the exemption request goes to General Headquarters (chapteraccounting@phideltatheta.org) on an annual cycle. Dueflow is not an option for a Phi Delt chapter under this policy, and we would rather say that plainly than have you find out from your chapter support coordinator.
Which national fraternities let chapters choose their own dues platform?
Phi Kappa Tau: back to chapter billing for Fall 2026
Phi Kappa Tau is the mirror image. After a year of billing members individually through GreekBill, the Executive Offices announced that "based on your feedback, Phi Kappa Tau is returning to chapter billing for Fall 2026, giving your chapter full control over local collection." National dues and fees are now one consolidated invoice per chapter per term through the Phi Tau Portal (ChapterSpot), due September 15 for fall, and "your chapter is then responsible for collecting reimbursement from individual members locally, using whatever method works best for your brothers." Chapters "again have full flexibility to offer local payment plans, scholarships, or need-based adjustments," which individual billing did not allow.
GreekBill is still encouraged for local collection under the fraternity's partnership, and members can pay old individual balances there through November 1, 2026. But it is a chapter-level choice. Any individual balance still unpaid on November 15 rolls up to the chapter's national account with a Net-30 window, at which point collecting it "becomes the chapter's responsibility, the same as any other local dues collection."
Delta Upsilon: a partner platform, encouraged but not required
Delta Upsilon announced a partnership with re:Members Financials (formerly greekbill) in fall 2024 and wrote the policy into the announcement: "While chapters are not required to utilize re:Members Financials, they are encouraged to." Chapters that use it pay a per-member fee, and the International Fraternity offered to cover two months of that fee for chapters that signed on by the end of 2024-25. The platform syncs the chapter roster with the DU Portal, which is the practical reason many DU chapters adopt it, but a chapter that prefers another tool for local dues is within policy.
Tau Kappa Epsilon and Tau Epsilon Phi: HQ bills through its own portal, chapter collects locally
Tau Kappa Epsilon's 2026-27 fee structure routes candidate and initiation fees through MyTKE.org and puts annual membership fees, the risk management fee, and the chapter assessment fee on the chapter statement, with early-pay incentives (for example, paying the full year by October 1 saves $31 per man versus the two-installment rate). The chapter still has to collect its own dues and the national share from members however it sees fit. Tau Epsilon Phi's spring 2026 policy is similar at a smaller scale: rosters go through GreekTrack, national dues of $350 per member per semester are invoiced to the chapter, and headquarters asks to be paid by check or Zelle to avoid card fees. Neither policy names a required platform for the chapter's own dues.
How do I find out which model my chapter is under?
Read three documents, in this order:
- The current fee schedule or billing policy (usually a PDF on the headquarters site titled "Fee Structure," "Schedule of Dues," or "Roster and Billing Policies"). Look for whether HQ invoices "each member" or "the chapter," and for the words "required" or "sole."
- Any platform announcement or FAQ from the last two years. Phi Delt, Phi Kappa Tau, and DU all published a plain-language FAQ when they changed models, and the policy language is in the FAQ rather than the bylaws.
- The chapter accreditation or standards rubric. Even where a platform is not mandatory, accreditation points for using it (as in Phi Delt's rubric) tell you how strongly HQ wants you on it.
If you still cannot tell, ask your chapter support coordinator or consultant one question: "Does headquarters invoice members individually, or does it invoice the chapter?" That answer determines everything else.
What can a chapter treasurer still decide?
Under chapter billing, almost everything about local collection is yours: the platform, whether dues are paid online or off-platform, payment plans, early-bird and late pricing, and who absorbs processing fees. National dues still have to reach headquarters by its deadline, so the practical job is to bill members early enough that the national share is in the chapter account before the HQ due date. Our dues collection benchmarks show why that margin matters: across 4,347 dues charges on Dueflow, the median member pays about 13 days after the charge is issued and only about 38% pay on or before the due date, so a chapter that bills on the HQ deadline will remit late.
Under individual billing on a mandated platform, the treasurer's decisions shrink to what that platform allows: which fees appear on the member invoice, whether HQ's platform supports payment plans at the chapter level (one of the flexibilities Phi Kappa Tau cited when it reversed course), and how to reconcile members who pay by Zelle or check outside it. Even mandated chapters keep some off-platform activity to reconcile; on Dueflow, 45% of chapters that collected a dues payment since December 2025 recorded at least one Zelle, Venmo, check, or cash payment.
Does my chapter have to use GreekBill or re:Members?
Only if your headquarters says so in writing. Greekbill and re:Members (one company: greekbill is now re:Members Choice Finance and Billhighway is re:Members Unified Finance) hold partnerships with many national organizations, but a partnership is not a mandate. Delta Upsilon's and Phi Kappa Tau's policies both say "encouraged," and Phi Delta Theta's says "required." If yours says encouraged, compare on cost and fit: our Dueflow vs Greekbill and Dueflow vs re:Members pages lay out the published fees and feature differences, and how much fraternity national dues cost covers the national share you will be collecting on top of chapter dues.
Sources
- Phi Delta Theta, Unified Finance: FAQs for Undergraduates (July 2026) and Unified Finance: A Stronger Financial Foundation for Every Phi Delt Chapter (July 21, 2026); 2026-27 Chapter Accreditation Program Guide.
- Phi Kappa Tau, Return to Chapter Billing (Fall 2026).
- Delta Upsilon, DU Partners with re:Members Financials (2024).
- Tau Kappa Epsilon, The 2026-27 Fee Structure (March 15, 2026).
- Tau Epsilon Phi, Rosters and Billing Policies, Spring 2026.
- re:Members, Fraternal Payments (greekbill is now re:Members Choice Finance; Billhighway is re:Members Unified Finance).
Published by Dueflow. All quotations were read from the linked documents on September 23, 2026. Headquarters revise billing policies every year, so confirm the current rule with your organization before changing how you collect. Dueflow is a chapter-level dues platform; where a national organization mandates a single platform, Dueflow is not an option for that chapter, and we say so above. Spot an outdated policy? Email hello@dueflow.co and we will correct it.