[{"question":{"category_id":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-19T18:38:43.000Z","tag_names":["chart of accounts","coa mapping","biller genie chart of accounts","sales account mapping","late fee account","sweep account mapping","undeposited funds account","system items","convenience fee","surcharge mapping","qbo chart of accounts","qbd chart of accounts","red green sync indicator","remap accounts","override account mapping","account balance","balance column","current balance","sweep account balance","account balance in biller genie","open in quickbooks","negative balance","balance not zero"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie connects to your accounting software (QuickBooks Online or QuickBook","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie connects to your accounting software (QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop via MagicCarpet ) using a Chart of Accounts mapping that controls where invoices, refunds, technology fees, and customer payments get posted. Most merchants are happy with the seeded defaults — Biller Genie sets them up automatically on first sync — but you ca","language_id":1,"id":3821036,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie connects accounting software (quickbooks online quickbooks desktop via magiccarpet ) using chart accounts mapping controls invoices, refunds, technology fees, customer payments get posted. merchants happy seeded defaults — sets automatically first sync can override items accounts. article walks tool lives, indicators mean, customize. find lives inside accounting-software section merchant portal add-ons \u0026gt; refreshed ui groups everything two sections (the line writes invoices) destination post to). moved abr page remember setting account mappings automatic batch reconciliation page, live anymore. now part add-on directly. existing carried new location nothing reset. status indicator means (green vs red) item shows current green = synced. exists software, correctly linked. red (\"not synced\") waiting broken. either created recently synced yet, issue (for example, linked deleted software). just made change, normal moment usually flips next sync. persistent needs attention. open question re-point valid account. seeing balances mapped balance, pulled balance appears small colored pill account, info icon beside last updated blue positive balance. grey zero. orange negative. especially useful sweep return zero day's posts, quick glance confirms flowing should. sub-accounts show too. use online, will see external link click directly online. seeds connect creates set somewhere data produces. none collide added alongside whatever have. name type origin late fee service creation used late-fee charge invoice. covers checkout dual pricing flavor fees). user-facing label customized fees settings. refund failover receipts credit memos gaap-style per-account split applied. posts configured income surcharge (name locked) surcharging enabled. auto-enforced every match reseller's name. renaming permanent effect corrects back required regulations customer-facing receipt. third party transaction records captured outside collected person, transactions run gateway-direct) stays consistent. bg sales default items. point rather land books. expense map amounts used. unmapped; overridden dedicated contra-revenue undeposited funds (specific type) it; looks intermediate stage deposits reconciling bank feed. type, break mapping. must quickbooks's canonical generic bank-type substituted. cc installed activated card ach idea deposits. check (rdc c21). apm alternative payment method (paypal, etc.). instead overridable. want genie's \"late income\" one tool, pick dropdown software's accounts, save. remembers choice uses future common reason visit redirect structure bookkeeper maintains. delete to, detects missing attempt surfaces synced\"). need depended runs cleanly again. silently re-create software. intentional make changes behind back. vanishes, fix choose target. staging place deposited bank. pays invoice, lands funds; deposit (or journal entry, it) sweeps native equivalent. renamed localized still resolves correctly. recent improvement older logic relied broke it. durable renames. different cash-on-hand like pairing designed work together. segregated per (credit card, ach, check, apm). type-specific day end, single entry matches net landing feed's auto-match feature (in online) ties automatically, eliminating manual deposit-record work. without abr, reconcile manually \"record deposits\" workflow. recording feeds comparison. frequently asked questions accounting-software-specific portal. merchants, go desktop. previously lived page; longer hosts showing \"not synced.\" newly runs. cycle, pointing deleted, renamed, never created. target; clear ones yes. remembered invoice deposit. paid invoices entry) moves standard practice xero. things look refactor, cause issues. issues rename, double-check confirm lookup resolved row verify right install . enabled, one-to-one bank-feed transaction. manually. normally returns shortly settling normal. keeps growing, negative entries expect. pointed contact support correct v3 integration. mostly yes, bi-directional void available qbdv3. functionality, upgrade (qbdv4). works qbdv3 magiccarpet; differences around gets happens. reach subscriber success email subscribersuccess@billergenie.com help migrating magiccarpet. related articles understanding voids refunds (full partial)","name":"Chart of Accounts: Mapping Your Accounts in Biller Genie","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"chart-of-accounts-mapping","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/chart-of-accounts-mapping?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie connects accounting software (quickbooks online quickbooks desktop via magiccarpet ) using chart accounts mapping controls invoices, refunds, technology fees, customer payments get posted. merchants happy seeded defaults — sets automatically first sync can override items accounts. article walks tool lives, indicators mean, customize. find lives inside accounting-software section merchant portal add-ons \u0026gt; refreshed ui groups everything two sections (the line writes invoices) destination post to). moved abr page remember setting account mappings automatic batch reconciliation page, live anymore. now part add-on directly. existing carried new location nothing reset. status indicator means (green vs red) item shows current green = synced. exists software, correctly linked. red (\"not synced\") waiting broken. either created recently synced yet, issue (for example, linked deleted software). just made change, normal moment usually flips next sync. persistent needs attention. open question re-point valid account. seeing balances mapped balance, pulled balance appears small colored pill account, info icon beside last updated blue positive balance. grey zero. orange negative. especially useful sweep return zero day's posts, quick glance confirms flowing should. sub-accounts show too. use online, will see external link click directly online. seeds connect creates set somewhere data produces. none collide added alongside whatever have. name type origin late fee service creation used late-fee charge invoice. covers checkout dual pricing flavor fees). user-facing label customized fees settings. refund failover receipts credit memos gaap-style per-account split applied. posts configured income surcharge (name locked) surcharging enabled. auto-enforced every match reseller's name. renaming permanent effect corrects back required regulations customer-facing receipt. third party transaction records captured outside collected person, transactions run gateway-direct) stays consistent. bg sales default items. point rather land books. expense map amounts used. unmapped; overridden dedicated contra-revenue undeposited funds (specific type) it; looks intermediate stage deposits reconciling bank feed. type, break mapping. must quickbooks's canonical generic bank-type substituted. cc installed activated card ach idea deposits. check (rdc c21). apm alternative payment method (paypal, etc.). instead overridable. want genie's \"late income\" one tool, pick dropdown software's accounts, save. remembers choice uses future common reason visit redirect structure bookkeeper maintains. delete to, detects missing attempt surfaces synced\"). need depended runs cleanly again. silently re-create software. intentional make changes behind back. vanishes, fix choose target. staging place deposited bank. pays invoice, lands funds; deposit (or journal entry, it) sweeps native equivalent. renamed localized still resolves correctly. recent improvement older logic relied broke it. durable renames. different cash-on-hand like pairing designed work together. segregated per (credit card, ach, check, apm). type-specific day end, single entry matches net landing feed's auto-match feature (in online) ties automatically, eliminating manual deposit-record work. without abr, reconcile manually \"record deposits\" workflow. recording feeds comparison. frequently asked questions accounting-software-specific portal. merchants, go desktop. previously lived page; longer hosts showing \"not synced.\" newly runs. cycle, pointing deleted, renamed, never created. target; clear ones yes. remembered invoice deposit. paid invoices entry) moves standard practice xero. things look refactor, cause issues. issues rename, double-check confirm lookup resolved row verify right install . enabled, one-to-one bank-feed transaction. manually. normally returns shortly settling normal. keeps growing, negative entries expect. pointed contact support correct v3 integration. mostly yes, bi-directional void available qbdv3. functionality, upgrade (qbdv4). works qbdv3 magiccarpet; differences around gets happens. reach subscriber success email subscribersuccess@billergenie.com help migrating magiccarpet. related articles understanding voids refunds (full partial)","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2024-07-02T17:14:35.000Z","tag_names":["biller genie","paypal integration"],"answer_sample":"Integrating PayPal to your existing Biller Genie checkout experience allows your ","long_answer_sample":"Integrating PayPal to your existing Biller Genie checkout experience allows your customers to pay with their PayPal balance, Pay Later, and Venmo.    To learn more, read our article: PayPal Overview, or follow the steps below to get started!   Before starting, make sure you have your login information for: Biller Genie\nPayPal     Step 1 Within the B","language_id":1,"id":2649368,"last_published_date":"May 25th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"integrating paypal existing biller genie checkout experience allows customers pay balance, later, venmo.    learn more, read article overview, follow steps get started! starting, make sure login information step 1 within portal, navigate add-ons marketplace 2 narrow results selecting “payments” category, use search function typing “paypal.”  click tile 3 ‘install’ 4 'sign paypal' 5 enter email address password associated account.  connected, will display “you're currently connected!” option disable products, wish.  connecting automatically enable products customers. however, like payment methods, can disabled control panel and/or individual customer level. \u0026gt; defaults. general tab, yes/no switch labeled ‘allow apm payments’ (apm = alternate methods), select customers  turn globally, certain globally customers.  selected works you, adjust global setting, open first needs adjusted. advanced options, toggle allowed. now ready accept payments directly inside software!","name":"Installing the PayPal Add-on","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"installing-the-paypal-add-on","first_category":"Features \u0026 Addons","categories_display_for_views":"Features \u0026 Addons","parent_categories":[1368784],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/features-and-addons/installing-the-paypal-add-on?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"integrating paypal existing biller genie checkout experience allows customers pay balance, later, venmo.    learn more, read article overview, follow steps get started! starting, make sure login information step 1 within portal, navigate add-ons marketplace 2 narrow results selecting “payments” category, use search function typing “paypal.”  click tile 3 ‘install’ 4 'sign paypal' 5 enter email address password associated account.  connected, will display “you're currently connected!” option disable products, wish.  connecting automatically enable products customers. however, like payment methods, can disabled control panel and/or individual customer level. \u0026gt; defaults. general tab, yes/no switch labeled ‘allow apm payments’ (apm = alternate methods), select customers  turn globally, certain globally customers.  selected works you, adjust global setting, open first needs adjusted. advanced options, toggle allowed. now ready accept payments directly inside software!","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:31:16.057Z","tag_names":["credit memo biller genie","customer credit","customer account credit","apply credit to invoice","overpayment refund","goodwill credit customer","customer prepayment","returned goods credit","qbo credit memo","xero credit note","unapplied credit"],"answer_sample":"A common ask from new Biller Genie customers: \"Can I create a credit memo to appl","long_answer_sample":"A common ask from new Biller Genie customers: \"Can I create a credit memo to apply against this customer's next invoice?\" The short answer is no — credit memos and customer account credit are handled entirely in your accounting software. This article explains why, what to do instead, and how the workflow lands on the Biller Genie side. Credit memos ","language_id":1,"id":3826912,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"common ask new biller genie customers \"can create credit memo apply customer's next invoice\" short answer — memos customer account handled entirely accounting software. article explains why, instead, workflow lands side. feature \"credit memo\" \"customer credit\" object merchant portal. page view balance, action invoice, field record showing \"available credit.\" credit-memo lives software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero), simply reflects resulting invoice payment balances produces. belong transactions. reduce revenue, affect a/r general ledger, need reflected books exactly way regular invoices payments are. system that. tax handling non-trivial. original tax, usually reverses too. qbo, qbd, xero handle natively; rebuilding inside reconciliation problems. auditability. ever get audited, able show every applied. keeps audit trail wouldn't. scenarios \"my overpaid two options depending wants refund overpayment. open transaction genie's transactions report, click refund, overage amount. processes gateway funds return customer. simplest option overpayment small asked difference back. invoice. qbo + \u0026gt; memo, pick customer, enter amount handling, save. becomes available syncs genie, it'll applied pays net returned goods paying want future items. software, will offer memo. save applied, sync difference. \"i give $100 goodwill gesture\" line like \"goodwill service interruption.\" (or oldest makes sense). reduced balance sync. prepaid sent hold patterns work prepayment deposit / (this varies \"receive payment\" without selecting invoice; qbd payments\" undeposited workflow; contact). eventually it. first amount, mark paid, actual later separate transaction. simpler creates invoices. looks brings state shows total minus credit. sees page. fully covers marks paid (no reminders go out, autopay charge attempted). unapplied (not yet attached specific invoice), surface record. credits via per-invoice reduction. related articles sales tax-exempt connect online deleting deactivating","name":"Credit Memos and Customer Account Credit","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"credit-memos-and-customer-credit","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/credit-memos-and-customer-credit?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"common ask new biller genie customers \"can create credit memo apply customer's next invoice\" short answer — memos customer account handled entirely accounting software. article explains why, instead, workflow lands side. feature \"credit memo\" \"customer credit\" object merchant portal. page view balance, action invoice, field record showing \"available credit.\" credit-memo lives software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero), simply reflects resulting invoice payment balances produces. belong transactions. reduce revenue, affect a/r general ledger, need reflected books exactly way regular invoices payments are. system that. tax handling non-trivial. original tax, usually reverses too. qbo, qbd, xero handle natively; rebuilding inside reconciliation problems. auditability. ever get audited, able show every applied. keeps audit trail wouldn't. scenarios \"my overpaid two options depending wants refund overpayment. open transaction genie's transactions report, click refund, overage amount. processes gateway funds return customer. simplest option overpayment small asked difference back. invoice. qbo + \u0026gt; memo, pick customer, enter amount handling, save. becomes available syncs genie, it'll applied pays net returned goods paying want future items. software, will offer memo. save applied, sync difference. \"i give $100 goodwill gesture\" line like \"goodwill service interruption.\" (or oldest makes sense). reduced balance sync. prepaid sent hold patterns work prepayment deposit / (this varies \"receive payment\" without selecting invoice; qbd payments\" undeposited workflow; contact). eventually it. first amount, mark paid, actual later separate transaction. simpler creates invoices. looks brings state shows total minus credit. sees page. fully covers marks paid (no reminders go out, autopay charge attempted). unapplied (not yet attached specific invoice), surface record. credits via per-invoice reduction. related articles sales tax-exempt connect online deleting deactivating","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":1369271,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-07-22T18:46:46.250Z","tag_names":["abr setup","account balances","account mapping","activate abr","batch reconciliation","chargeback sweep","chart of accounts","last sync","merchant fees account","quickbooks accounts","returned payments","settlement account","sweep account","undeposited funds","abr"],"answer_sample":"Before Automatic Batch Reconciliation (ABR) can post journal entries, it needs to","long_answer_sample":"Before Automatic Batch Reconciliation (ABR) can post journal entries, it needs to know which QuickBooks accounts play which role. This article walks through the accounts ABR uses, how to map them, how to read the balance display, and how activation works, including what happens if you have open batches or are upgrading from the earlier version of th","language_id":1,"id":3893598,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"automatic batch reconciliation (abr) can post journal entries, needs know quickbooks accounts play role. article walks abr uses, map them, read balance display, activation works, including happens open batches upgrading earlier version add-on. start accounting software must connected online, desktop magiccarpet. payment gateway type (credit card, ach, check) want activate. uses mapped per relevant account settlement sweep clearing account. holds funds transit bank. return zero everything reconciles. current asset real deposit (bank) bank merchant fees expense daily discount fees. required use discount. chargeback credit card only. parks disputed arbitrated. returned payments reject losses recognized; line item used rebill invoices. undeposited one-time entries posted activate deactivate module. existing hard prerequisites activated synced. additionally requires mapping roles assigned chart tool settings. module screen, name blue link, jump straight itself. viewing mappings add-on editing sweep, settlement, links reading display screen shows pill pulled directly grey (zero) zero. synced means reconciled. (positive) positive balance. usually settled yet, transaction attention. orange (negative) negative. often points money arrived without matching record. see history triage steps. hover last sync, time quickbooks. two things balances read-only. biller genie pulls sync never writes back. number account's include sub-accounts. stale, may lag currently shows. deep online merchants, names link quickbooks, register one click. clicking listed opens example opening cc activating toggle. toggle stays disabled recorded yet running amount asks confirm activating. confirmation, entry moves account, starts telling truth day one. later module, reversing remaining reconciliation, tiles appear marketplace, migrate new there. carry review migration way. move switch back, prominent warning asking runs. confirm. shown migrating runs undone related articles understanding linking fee connect magiccarpet","name":"Setting Up ABR: Account Mappings and Balances","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"abr-account-mappings-and-balances","first_category":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","categories_display_for_views":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","parent_categories":[1369271],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation/abr-account-mappings-and-balances?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"automatic batch reconciliation (abr) can post journal entries, needs know quickbooks accounts play role. article walks abr uses, map them, read balance display, activation works, including happens open batches upgrading earlier version add-on. start accounting software must connected online, desktop magiccarpet. payment gateway type (credit card, ach, check) want activate. uses mapped per relevant account settlement sweep clearing account. holds funds transit bank. return zero everything reconciles. current asset real deposit (bank) bank merchant fees expense daily discount fees. required use discount. chargeback credit card only. parks disputed arbitrated. returned payments reject losses recognized; line item used rebill invoices. undeposited one-time entries posted activate deactivate module. existing hard prerequisites activated synced. additionally requires mapping roles assigned chart tool settings. module screen, name blue link, jump straight itself. viewing mappings add-on editing sweep, settlement, links reading display screen shows pill pulled directly grey (zero) zero. synced means reconciled. (positive) positive balance. usually settled yet, transaction attention. orange (negative) negative. often points money arrived without matching record. see history triage steps. hover last sync, time quickbooks. two things balances read-only. biller genie pulls sync never writes back. number account's include sub-accounts. stale, may lag currently shows. deep online merchants, names link quickbooks, register one click. clicking listed opens example opening cc activating toggle. toggle stays disabled recorded yet running amount asks confirm activating. confirmation, entry moves account, starts telling truth day one. later module, reversing remaining reconciliation, tiles appear marketplace, migrate new there. carry review migration way. move switch back, prominent warning asking runs. confirm. shown migrating runs undone related articles understanding linking fee connect magiccarpet","categories":{"current":{"id":1369271,"name":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T18:02:48.000Z","tag_names":["ar aging report","biller genie invoices","bulk pay","export invoices csv","invoice columns","invoice filtering","invoice grid","invoice list","invoice search","invoice status open paid","persistent filters","viewing invoices"],"answer_sample":"The Invoices grid is your main view for browsing, filtering, and acting on your a","long_answer_sample":"The Invoices grid is your main view for browsing, filtering, and acting on your accounts receivable. This article covers how to read the grid, the filter options that save the most time, and the related views (A/R aging, bulk payment, statements) you'll likely reach from here. Open Invoices \u0026gt; All Invoices from the main menu. What you see on the g","language_id":1,"id":1956810,"last_published_date":"May 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"invoices grid main view browsing, filtering, acting accounts receivable. article covers read grid, filter options save time, related views (a/r aging, bulk payment, statements) likely reach here. open \u0026gt; menu. see row one invoice. default columns invoice # — reference number (matches accounting software). customer customer's display name. click record. date due payment due. total amount. balance remaining unpaid status current, x day(s) late, paid. (the \"late\" count uses eastern standard time day boundary, local timezone relevant east coast.) filtering searching dropdown narrow / overdue paid pending all. search box searches across number, first name, last business partial matches work. column headers sort ascending/descending. per-column filters beneath header date-range, customer-name, amount filtering. persistent remembering sessions team always works filtered slice example, \"show type = wholesale\" turning saves re-applying every load page. merchant-wide toggle lives control panel settings enable filters. on, state invoices, customers, transactions grids remembered page reloads everyone account. default), reset defaults loads. turn single-user accounts, teams work view. leave multi-user person prefers start clean (otherwise teammate's sticks everyone). details toggle, configure general . detail. can process send manual reminder, opt reminders, modify it, timeline , export pdf. paying multiple customers wants pay several single transaction, use instead time. record (or via portal), select pay, split them. a/r aging report drill shows flat list. buckets-by-age (current, 1-30, 31-60, 61-90, 90+ days late), reports aging. bucket range equivalent status=overdue additional age filter. right working collections exporting button lets pull current csv. useful spreadsheet analysis sharing accountant. note reflects active full set. articles activity history setting manually","name":"Viewing Invoices","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"viewing-invoices","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/viewing-invoices?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"invoices grid main view browsing, filtering, acting accounts receivable. article covers read grid, filter options save time, related views (a/r aging, bulk payment, statements) likely reach here. open \u0026gt; menu. see row one invoice. default columns invoice # — reference number (matches accounting software). customer customer's display name. click record. date due payment due. total amount. balance remaining unpaid status current, x day(s) late, paid. (the \"late\" count uses eastern standard time day boundary, local timezone relevant east coast.) filtering searching dropdown narrow / overdue paid pending all. search box searches across number, first name, last business partial matches work. column headers sort ascending/descending. per-column filters beneath header date-range, customer-name, amount filtering. persistent remembering sessions team always works filtered slice example, \"show type = wholesale\" turning saves re-applying every load page. merchant-wide toggle lives control panel settings enable filters. on, state invoices, customers, transactions grids remembered page reloads everyone account. default), reset defaults loads. turn single-user accounts, teams work view. leave multi-user person prefers start clean (otherwise teammate's sticks everyone). details toggle, configure general . detail. can process send manual reminder, opt reminders, modify it, timeline , export pdf. paying multiple customers wants pay several single transaction, use instead time. record (or via portal), select pay, split them. a/r aging report drill shows flat list. buckets-by-age (current, 1-30, 31-60, 61-90, 90+ days late), reports aging. bucket range equivalent status=overdue additional age filter. right working collections exporting button lets pull current csv. useful spreadsheet analysis sharing accountant. note reflects active full set. articles activity history setting manually","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2024-02-15T17:51:54.000Z","tag_names":["allow partial payments check","biller genie native invoice","check amount validation","check invoice matching","check search criteria","check sync accounting","match check to invoice","multi-invoice check","partial payments check","processing a check","qbo check sync","quickbooks check","standalone check","standalone check transaction","virtual terminal check","xero check sync"],"answer_sample":"Once a check has been captured with either Mobile Check Capture or Remote Deposit","long_answer_sample":"Once a check has been captured with either Mobile Check Capture or Remote Deposit Capture (RDC), it sits in the Add-On view waiting to be processed. Processing means matching the captured check to a specific invoice — or recording it as a standalone transaction not tied to an invoice — and submitting the payment to the banking network. This article ","language_id":1,"id":2410793,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"check captured either mobile capture remote deposit (rdc), sits add-on view waiting processed. processing means matching specific invoice — recording standalone transaction tied submitting payment banking network. article explains search works, partial-payment rules are, use check, processed checks sync back accounting software. yet, see capturing magtek reader . conceptual overview live captured-but-not-yet-processed visible page (the queue shared rdc) add-ons \u0026gt; rdc shows places. whoever processes person deliberately separate steps scanning can done one staff member invoices another (often someone access). step 1. page, locate click process. 2. field find customer pay. process submit transaction. customer/invoice works form free-text matches input multiple fields account. type name biller genie searches across customer-name file first name, last display genie, business customer's appears connected software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero whichever use). partial work. number invoice's reference displayed genie. amount total, paid toward invoice, current remaining balance. $250 balance $250, searching 250 will it. must compare select single apply to, validates rule depends allow payments setting (on record, invoice). less equal underpayments allowed; overpayments rejected. exactly underpayments, overpayments. covers customer), sum selected invoices' balances exactly, regardless setting. level, allowing (not invoice) correspond maybe deposit, one-off retainer, something invoiced yet instead. form, leave set \"standalone transaction\" rather picking customer/invoice. work like virtual terminal records payment, captures funds, treats deposit. linked invoice. important associated nothing mark file. show bank statement (and genie's transactions report), need record manually sales receipt income entry. want sync, create accounting-software behavior originated created qbo / qbd synced genie) settles, pushes closes automatically. biller-genie-native directly software) applied updates inside exist software, there. (no noted above, sync. manually. submit, taken details full void (if still within window) print email image now pending report working network (typically 3–5 days). rejects, moves rejected reopens collection. checks, return capture. trouble search, validation rejecting appear expected, contact support@billergenie.com applicable) whether via error messages related articles ach credit card reject codes","name":"Processing a Check: Matching, Standalone, and Sync","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"processing-a-check","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/processing-a-check?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"check captured either mobile capture remote deposit (rdc), sits add-on view waiting processed. processing means matching specific invoice — recording standalone transaction tied submitting payment banking network. article explains search works, partial-payment rules are, use check, processed checks sync back accounting software. yet, see capturing magtek reader . conceptual overview live captured-but-not-yet-processed visible page (the queue shared rdc) add-ons \u0026gt; rdc shows places. whoever processes person deliberately separate steps scanning can done one staff member invoices another (often someone access). step 1. page, locate click process. 2. field find customer pay. process submit transaction. customer/invoice works form free-text matches input multiple fields account. type name biller genie searches across customer-name file first name, last display genie, business customer's appears connected software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero whichever use). partial work. number invoice's reference displayed genie. amount total, paid toward invoice, current remaining balance. $250 balance $250, searching 250 will it. must compare select single apply to, validates rule depends allow payments setting (on record, invoice). less equal underpayments allowed; overpayments rejected. exactly underpayments, overpayments. covers customer), sum selected invoices' balances exactly, regardless setting. level, allowing (not invoice) correspond maybe deposit, one-off retainer, something invoiced yet instead. form, leave set \"standalone transaction\" rather picking customer/invoice. work like virtual terminal records payment, captures funds, treats deposit. linked invoice. important associated nothing mark file. show bank statement (and genie's transactions report), need record manually sales receipt income entry. want sync, create accounting-software behavior originated created qbo / qbd synced genie) settles, pushes closes automatically. biller-genie-native directly software) applied updates inside exist software, there. (no noted above, sync. manually. submit, taken details full void (if still within window) print email image now pending report working network (typically 3–5 days). rejects, moves rejected reopens collection. checks, return capture. trouble search, validation rejecting appear expected, contact support@billergenie.com applicable) whether via error messages related articles ach credit card reject codes","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T15:02:56.000Z","tag_names":["allow ach","allow credit card","biller genie customer defaults","by customer type","charge late fees default","control panel customer defaults","customer defaults","customer type defaults","customer type quickbooks","enable customer type defaults","global customer defaults","require auto-pay at checkout","save and apply to existing","update individual setting","wholesale retail defaults","xero contact groups"],"answer_sample":"Customer Defaults control how Biller Genie behaves for your customers by default ","long_answer_sample":"Customer Defaults control how Biller Genie behaves for your customers by default — what payment methods are allowed, whether autopay is required, whether late fees apply, and how invoice messages and reminders go out. You set the defaults once and they shape every new customer added to your account going forward. For most accounts, one set of defaul","language_id":1,"id":1957815,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"customer defaults control biller genie behaves customers default — payment methods allowed, whether autopay required, late fees apply, invoice messages reminders go out. set shape every new added account going forward. accounts, one enough; sophisticated setups, can switch page type mode maintain different (wholesale vs retail, net 30 60, etc.). customer-level settings stack two layers play, understanding difference saves lot confusion later (this article) template seeds onto first created (via accounting-software sync, manual creation, import). global mode; per mode. per-customer actual customer's record, edited customer-by-customer time. see overrides reminders, fees, features . important nuance seed create time step way. editing automatically update existing keep whatever plus edits made since. explicit \"apply existing\" options (covered below) want push change customers; deliberate, automatic. find open panel \u0026gt; defaults. three tabs general, messenger, reminders. general tab policies allow credit card payments pay debit card. means offered screen, gateway supports it. ach (bank transfer). apm alternative methods. today primarily paypal supported gateway. partial amount total instead paying full. useful overdue large invoices full balance right away. charge applies late-fee policy. requires fee manager add-on. technology on, dual pricing surcharging applied credit-card configuration. plans request plan portal. merchant must approve takes effect. enable receipts emails receipt pays. customer-portal checkout behavior require stored method \"save file\" agreement forced checkout. workflow charging later. auto-pay beyond storing enroll future paid. best subscription, retainer, recurring-billing models. display parent portal sub-customer login shows sub-customer's too. sub bill route payment. ignore email conflicts controls without addresses appear report. flagged. use serve walk-in paper-only never collect email. missing address messenger get delivered matrix rows message types, columns delivery channels (email, paper mail). row, toggle channel independently. always available; mail active paper-mail subscription. types upcoming heads-up sent ahead invoice's due date. updated changed. arrive next update. statement periodic listing invoices. past due. applied. inherits. configured parent, toggles record grayed parent's drive gets sent. follow-up cadence uses governs repeating follow-ups delivered. covers touch; nudges top-of-mind messenger. independent row. newer add-on version, statements email-only. inherits settings. switching business need say wholesale retail set, seeded based managed accounting software, genie. reads via sync bucket create, rename, delete inside quickbooks online live lists types. assign record. desktop built-in field additional info xero contact groups, maps model. requirements premium-plan feature. page, include support@billergenie.com discuss upgrade options. least defined software assigned. configure on. selector appears header \"default – customers\" followed dropdown synced special option pick dropdown. type. click save. repeat differentiate. catch-all fallback baseline. worked example sell (b2b, 30, prefers ach) (one-off, pays point sale, only). longer reminder cadence. off, shorter sensible middle-ground assigned type, one. syncs \"wholesale,\" \"retail\" retail's changes changing re-seed type's run create/import. reset match defaults, either edit manually individual setting current tool (described specific across given save apply adjusting tab's settings, behave differently. everyday adjusted become touched. almost situation. forward overwrites heads up. wipes customization board. override replaced. established accounts surgical instead. rarely. typically setup customization, genuinely everyone updating single (or type) overwriting anything else. top expand drop-down. name dropdown, value, value customers. mode, scopes currently-selected turn customers, anyone's policy, cadence, partial-payment wholesale, drop-down, autopay, apply. done now on; everything else stays same. recommended day-to-day adjust shapes baseline touching anyone existing. leaves (including settings) intact. one-off adjustments directly. frequently asked questions (what cadence). looks (which show, footer text, template). goes shown ones currently effect customer. time; subsequent with. toggle. toggle, upgrades. no. (qbo qbd field, groups). rename there, automatically. different. keeps related articles","name":"Customer Defaults: Global and By Customer Type","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setting-global-customer-defaults","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/setting-global-customer-defaults?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customer defaults control biller genie behaves customers default — payment methods allowed, whether autopay required, late fees apply, invoice messages reminders go out. set shape every new added account going forward. accounts, one enough; sophisticated setups, can switch page type mode maintain different (wholesale vs retail, net 30 60, etc.). customer-level settings stack two layers play, understanding difference saves lot confusion later (this article) template seeds onto first created (via accounting-software sync, manual creation, import). global mode; per mode. per-customer actual customer's record, edited customer-by-customer time. see overrides reminders, fees, features . important nuance seed create time step way. editing automatically update existing keep whatever plus edits made since. explicit \"apply existing\" options (covered below) want push change customers; deliberate, automatic. find open panel \u0026gt; defaults. three tabs general, messenger, reminders. general tab policies allow credit card payments pay debit card. means offered screen, gateway supports it. ach (bank transfer). apm alternative methods. today primarily paypal supported gateway. partial amount total instead paying full. useful overdue large invoices full balance right away. charge applies late-fee policy. requires fee manager add-on. technology on, dual pricing surcharging applied credit-card configuration. plans request plan portal. merchant must approve takes effect. enable receipts emails receipt pays. customer-portal checkout behavior require stored method \"save file\" agreement forced checkout. workflow charging later. auto-pay beyond storing enroll future paid. best subscription, retainer, recurring-billing models. display parent portal sub-customer login shows sub-customer's too. sub bill route payment. ignore email conflicts controls without addresses appear report. flagged. use serve walk-in paper-only never collect email. missing address messenger get delivered matrix rows message types, columns delivery channels (email, paper mail). row, toggle channel independently. always available; mail active paper-mail subscription. types upcoming heads-up sent ahead invoice's due date. updated changed. arrive next update. statement periodic listing invoices. past due. applied. inherits. configured parent, toggles record grayed parent's drive gets sent. follow-up cadence uses governs repeating follow-ups delivered. covers touch; nudges top-of-mind messenger. independent row. newer add-on version, statements email-only. inherits settings. switching business need say wholesale retail set, seeded based managed accounting software, genie. reads via sync bucket create, rename, delete inside quickbooks online live lists types. assign record. desktop built-in field additional info xero contact groups, maps model. requirements premium-plan feature. page, include support@billergenie.com discuss upgrade options. least defined software assigned. configure on. selector appears header \"default – customers\" followed dropdown synced special option pick dropdown. type. click save. repeat differentiate. catch-all fallback baseline. worked example sell (b2b, 30, prefers ach) (one-off, pays point sale, only). longer reminder cadence. off, shorter sensible middle-ground assigned type, one. syncs \"wholesale,\" \"retail\" retail's changes changing re-seed type's run create/import. reset match defaults, either edit manually individual setting current tool (described specific across given save apply adjusting tab's settings, behave differently. everyday adjusted become touched. almost situation. forward overwrites heads up. wipes customization board. override replaced. established accounts surgical instead. rarely. typically setup customization, genuinely everyone updating single (or type) overwriting anything else. top expand drop-down. name dropdown, value, value customers. mode, scopes currently-selected turn customers, anyone's policy, cadence, partial-payment wholesale, drop-down, autopay, apply. done now on; everything else stays same. recommended day-to-day adjust shapes baseline touching anyone existing. leaves (including settings) intact. one-off adjustments directly. frequently asked questions (what cadence). looks (which show, footer text, template). goes shown ones currently effect customer. time; subsequent with. toggle. toggle, upgrades. no. (qbo qbd field, groups). rename there, automatically. different. keeps related articles","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":1369271,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-07-22T18:46:47.465Z","tag_names":["batch history","transaction linking","unlinked transactions","sweep balance","sweep account","third party sales receipt","sync error","pending sync","batch reconciliation","abr","reconcile batches","virtual terminal","hosted payment page"],"answer_sample":"The Batch History screen is the diagnostic heart of Automatic Batch Reconciliatio","long_answer_sample":"The Batch History screen is the diagnostic heart of Automatic Batch Reconciliation (ABR). It shows every settled batch, lets you expand a batch into its individual transactions, and tells you exactly which transactions to look at when your sweep account does not return to zero. The batch grid Each payment type's module shows its own Batch History gr","language_id":1,"id":3893599,"last_published_date":"August 3rd, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"batch history screen diagnostic heart automatic reconciliation (abr). shows every settled batch, lets expand individual transactions, tells exactly transactions look sweep account return zero. grid payment type's module grid. see id settle date gross amount (plus fee net columns credit card merchants daily discount) counts sales refunds status pill, plus confirm action waiting entry statuses move pending (daily discount batches fee) \u0026gt; sync syncing synced, error (red pill) journal post. retries automatically normal cycle. can filter all, sync, error. two quick notes voided payments never appear settles. ride inside day's batch. refund-heavy day total negative; simply flips direction still zeroes out. expanding click transactions. rows matching record biller genie show blue invoice # link opens directly; exists, falls back receipt, transaction itself. gateway txn column older batches. per-transaction detail appears created going forward. installed, supported linking, will expanded. expected, defect. four states, plain language checked independent links gateway's reference match accounting receipt synced quickbooks present missing, gives possible states state means fully linked yes reconciled end end. nothing do. third-party sale originated gateway, genie, carries quickbooks. exists typical causes virtual terminal sale, hosted page detached invoice. swept money, ever offset sweep, amount. unlinked (shown red \"unlinked\"). deposit includes money booked anywhere, leaves negative balance. makes visible glance row carried quickbooks, behind payment-only state. hit zero puts takes sides agree, lands balance single health check grey good. least one recent linked. triage pill orange instead grey. open history, batches, classify suspect using table above. fix gateway. book (or receipt) source. reached resolve example reattaching recording payment, gets offsetting entry. usually fine, actually synced. properly linked, returns ach built genie's funded records, construction. provides detail, enriches display changes linking. details hide none. related articles understanding setting abr mappings balances entries report processing matching, standalone,","name":"Reading Your Batch History: Transaction Linking and Your Sweep Balance","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"batch-history-transaction-linking-and-sweep-balance","first_category":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","categories_display_for_views":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","parent_categories":[1369271],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation/batch-history-transaction-linking-and-sweep-balance?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"batch history screen diagnostic heart automatic reconciliation (abr). shows every settled batch, lets expand individual transactions, tells exactly transactions look sweep account return zero. grid payment type's module grid. see id settle date gross amount (plus fee net columns credit card merchants daily discount) counts sales refunds status pill, plus confirm action waiting entry statuses move pending (daily discount batches fee) \u0026gt; sync syncing synced, error (red pill) journal post. retries automatically normal cycle. can filter all, sync, error. two quick notes voided payments never appear settles. ride inside day's batch. refund-heavy day total negative; simply flips direction still zeroes out. expanding click transactions. rows matching record biller genie show blue invoice # link opens directly; exists, falls back receipt, transaction itself. gateway txn column older batches. per-transaction detail appears created going forward. installed, supported linking, will expanded. expected, defect. four states, plain language checked independent links gateway's reference match accounting receipt synced quickbooks present missing, gives possible states state means fully linked yes reconciled end end. nothing do. third-party sale originated gateway, genie, carries quickbooks. exists typical causes virtual terminal sale, hosted page detached invoice. swept money, ever offset sweep, amount. unlinked (shown red \"unlinked\"). deposit includes money booked anywhere, leaves negative balance. makes visible glance row carried quickbooks, behind payment-only state. hit zero puts takes sides agree, lands balance single health check grey good. least one recent linked. triage pill orange instead grey. open history, batches, classify suspect using table above. fix gateway. book (or receipt) source. reached resolve example reattaching recording payment, gets offsetting entry. usually fine, actually synced. properly linked, returns ach built genie's funded records, construction. provides detail, enriches display changes linking. details hide none. related articles understanding setting abr mappings balances entries report processing matching, standalone,","categories":{"current":{"id":1369271,"name":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T15:30:47.000Z","tag_names":["xero sync","connect xero","xero integration","xero oauth","biller genie xero","xero standard advisor","xero connection","xero troubleshooting","xero authentication unsuccessful","xero invoice errors","xero default payment account","enable payments to this account","xero clearing account","xero payment account","xero bank reconciliation","reconcile xero payments","batch deposits xero","match deposits in xero","reconcile biller genie payments"],"answer_sample":"Connecting Biller Genie to Xero links the two systems through Xero's secure OAuth","long_answer_sample":"Connecting Biller Genie to Xero links the two systems through Xero's secure OAuth authorization flow. Once connected, your customers and invoices stay in sync between the two systems with no manual reconciliation. This article walks through the connection, what happens during the first sync, how to manage the connection day-to-day, and how to troubl","language_id":1,"id":1956641,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"connecting biller genie xero links two systems xero's secure oauth authorization flow. connected, customers invoices stay sync manual reconciliation. article walks connection, happens first sync, manage connection day-to-day, troubleshoot common errors. start sign merchant portal admin user. access user account standard advisor permissions organization want sync. roles (invoice only, read only) permission authorize genie. connects becomes \"owner\" integration — later removed xero, breaks different reconnect. decide connect multiple organizations one login, choose right authorization. need refunds, sales receipts, automatic batch reconciliation feature parity quickbooks online inside abr (automatic reconciliation), bill parent, features unavailable connected xero. using know exactly supported isn't. portal, click add-ons marketplace. select accounting software category tile (or search \"xero\"). install. redirects page. connect. review requesting (read write contacts, invoices, accounts, items, payments), allow access. returns finishes, see confirmation add-on page data will available throughout portal. pulls order chart accounts revenue, expense, bank, plus types active/archived status. system items creates line needs late fees, technology refunds (if exist already). contacts (customers) active archived including bill-to ship-to addresses, email, phone, contact groups (which map customer genie). open authorised sync; subsequent syncs tracks paid, voided, deleted invoices. fees applies configured outstanding mapped segmentation. api rate-limited 60 requests per minute, paces second requests. typical hundred takes 1 3 minutes. larger company files take proportionally longer. settings anytime interacts auto-sync turn ongoing background off. on, webhooks near-real-time polling fallback runs midnight, 5 am, 11 6 pm utc. turning pauses updates systems. default payment set deposits collected payments. can sales, current asset, income \"enable payments account\" turned (many businesses use dedicated clearing this). without enabled, prompt enable try again. note bank appear list, support enabling saved default. recorded match later; \"reconciling deposits\" below. commodity code unspsc synced retention interval controls often reminds unsynced data. reconciling records collects individual applied invoice posted account. processor funds batches, deposit statement usually covers several create integration), matching screen. makes quick asset named something like \"biller clearing\" genie, (see above). every posts marked paid. appears feed, reconcile screen, tab deducts paying out, add details split transaction full amount coded account, negative expense (your accountant confirm use). reconciled, balance zero. leftover means reached yet, matched. help numbers carries processor's reference (with suffix cc ach), trace single batch. void reopens, voided never linger refresher screen itself, central . managing lets view third-party app within organization. navigation, \u0026gt; apps alongside apps. granted, last disconnect directly canonical, up-to-date instructions disconnecting go revokes token, stops install state clears side. instead (under apps), detects revocation next attempt treats disconnected. existing stays genie; new occur reconnecting originally \"owns\" connection. organization, loses authentication failing error calling getaccounts {\"type\"null,\"title\"\"forbidden\",\"status\"403,\"detail\"\"authenticationunsuccessful\"} fix it, reconnect log troubleshooting errors \"invoice # must unique\" number exists export duplicate number. options change longer conflicts. delete update starting conflict regenerate invoice. \"the discount rate '0.00' invalid\" contains item value. accept rejects export. resolve re-invoice item. discounts another way (using field line, positive nets correctly). \"to fields paid item, supply lineitemid\" occurs re-sync exported updated integration. remove unpaid, alternatively, make necessary changes manually token expired \"authentication unsuccessful\" tokens expire periodically; normally refreshes automatically. refresh fails (typically revoked permissions), breaks. \"reconnecting removed\" section above. pick recent (near-real-time) four times day. webhook missed reason, scheduled catches it. now force immediate frequently asked questions anything authorizes behalf. customers, going forward, writes (mostly fee additions) back data-flow details. selected wrong switch steps above, authorization, let login. sure selecting correct clicking stopped working check three checks (1) still showing (2) setting (3) recently yes, no. time. vice versa), first, now-disconnected system. related articles global defaults","name":"How to Connect Xero","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"syncing-with-xero","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/syncing-with-xero?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"connecting biller genie xero links two systems xero's secure oauth authorization flow. connected, customers invoices stay sync manual reconciliation. article walks connection, happens first sync, manage connection day-to-day, troubleshoot common errors. start sign merchant portal admin user. access user account standard advisor permissions organization want sync. roles (invoice only, read only) permission authorize genie. connects becomes \"owner\" integration — later removed xero, breaks different reconnect. decide connect multiple organizations one login, choose right authorization. need refunds, sales receipts, automatic batch reconciliation feature parity quickbooks online inside abr (automatic reconciliation), bill parent, features unavailable connected xero. using know exactly supported isn't. portal, click add-ons marketplace. select accounting software category tile (or search \"xero\"). install. redirects page. connect. review requesting (read write contacts, invoices, accounts, items, payments), allow access. returns finishes, see confirmation add-on page data will available throughout portal. pulls order chart accounts revenue, expense, bank, plus types active/archived status. system items creates line needs late fees, technology refunds (if exist already). contacts (customers) active archived including bill-to ship-to addresses, email, phone, contact groups (which map customer genie). open authorised sync; subsequent syncs tracks paid, voided, deleted invoices. fees applies configured outstanding mapped segmentation. api rate-limited 60 requests per minute, paces second requests. typical hundred takes 1 3 minutes. larger company files take proportionally longer. settings anytime interacts auto-sync turn ongoing background off. on, webhooks near-real-time polling fallback runs midnight, 5 am, 11 6 pm utc. turning pauses updates systems. default payment set deposits collected payments. can sales, current asset, income \"enable payments account\" turned (many businesses use dedicated clearing this). without enabled, prompt enable try again. note bank appear list, support enabling saved default. recorded match later; \"reconciling deposits\" below. commodity code unspsc synced retention interval controls often reminds unsynced data. reconciling records collects individual applied invoice posted account. processor funds batches, deposit statement usually covers several create integration), matching screen. makes quick asset named something like \"biller clearing\" genie, (see above). every posts marked paid. appears feed, reconcile screen, tab deducts paying out, add details split transaction full amount coded account, negative expense (your accountant confirm use). reconciled, balance zero. leftover means reached yet, matched. help numbers carries processor's reference (with suffix cc ach), trace single batch. void reopens, voided never linger refresher screen itself, central . managing lets view third-party app within organization. navigation, \u0026gt; apps alongside apps. granted, last disconnect directly canonical, up-to-date instructions disconnecting go revokes token, stops install state clears side. instead (under apps), detects revocation next attempt treats disconnected. existing stays genie; new occur reconnecting originally \"owns\" connection. organization, loses authentication failing error calling getaccounts {\"type\"null,\"title\"\"forbidden\",\"status\"403,\"detail\"\"authenticationunsuccessful\"} fix it, reconnect log troubleshooting errors \"invoice # must unique\" number exists export duplicate number. options change longer conflicts. delete update starting conflict regenerate invoice. \"the discount rate '0.00' invalid\" contains item value. accept rejects export. resolve re-invoice item. discounts another way (using field line, positive nets correctly). \"to fields paid item, supply lineitemid\" occurs re-sync exported updated integration. remove unpaid, alternatively, make necessary changes manually token expired \"authentication unsuccessful\" tokens expire periodically; normally refreshes automatically. refresh fails (typically revoked permissions), breaks. \"reconnecting removed\" section above. pick recent (near-real-time) four times day. webhook missed reason, scheduled catches it. now force immediate frequently asked questions anything authorizes behalf. customers, going forward, writes (mostly fee additions) back data-flow details. selected wrong switch steps above, authorization, let login. sure selecting correct clicking stopped working check three checks (1) still showing (2) setting (3) recently yes, no. time. vice versa), first, now-disconnected system. related articles global defaults","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}},{"question":{"category_id":1369271,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-07-22T18:46:44.601Z","tag_names":["abr","automatic batch reconciliation","batch reconcilation","batch reconciliation","clearing account","daily deposit","merchant fees","quickbooks reconciliation","reconcile deposits","settlement account","settlement sweep","sweep account","undeposited funds"],"answer_sample":"If you accept payments, you know the bookkeeping problem: the money that lands in","long_answer_sample":"If you accept payments, you know the bookkeeping problem: the money that lands in your bank account never looks like the invoices you sent. Deposits arrive in daily batches, processing fees come out on their own schedule, and the occasional chargeback or returned ACH payment pulls money back. Matching all of that to your accounting records by hand i","language_id":1,"id":3893597,"last_published_date":"July 27th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"accept payments, know bookkeeping problem money lands bank account never looks like invoices sent. deposits arrive daily batches, processing fees come schedule, occasional chargeback returned ach payment pulls back. matching accounting records hand slow error-prone. automatic batch reconciliation (abr) makes software tell story statement, automatically. works quickbooks online desktop magiccarpet. support xero coming later. finding add-on marketplace life without abr undeposited funds abr, payments sync traditional way funds, (or bookkeeper) manually group match actually hit bank, work hand, reconcile clawbacks yourself. replaces manual matching. money, accounts payable you, grouping happen own. sweep uses simple clearing pattern built around settlement (the \"sweep\"). holding books, real account. represents transit processor bank. recorded, booked sweep. gateway settles posts journal entry moves total everything matched, returns zero. balance return zero signal something needs attention, history screen shows exactly transactions look at. expects (separate settlement) abr's entries assume common processors move money. helps assumptions front deposits. day's deposited either gross (fees billed monthly) net fee (daily discount). models supported natively. monthly separate withdrawal. bills month, withdrawal part batch. deliberately post it; book month-end ordinary expense, always have. instead taken deposit, switch module discount, handles chargebacks cardholder disputes sale, leaves debit, reduction deposit. match. nets deposit instead, see reconciling netted straight normal clawback pattern, them. expect day settle, batches appear module's grid settle date, amount, status. settled becomes one quickbooks, moving batch's mapped show live balances pulled quick glance tells whether cleared. synced means reconciled. voids batch, voided settles. refunds ride inside handled automatically, refund-heavy negative. installing covered credit card reconciliation, recording. reject handling settlement. check processed biller genie. paypal reconciliation. note recording genie only. keeps ledger agreement bank; dispute, represent, arbitrate anything. still manage actual dispute process directly processor. getting started install merchant portal, map activate types want. full walkthrough setting mappings balances. related articles reading transaction linking discount chart mapping accounting-software integrations","name":"Understanding Automatic Batch Reconciliation","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"understanding-automatic-batch-reconciliation","first_category":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","categories_display_for_views":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","parent_categories":[1369271],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation/understanding-automatic-batch-reconciliation?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"accept payments, know bookkeeping problem money lands bank account never looks like invoices sent. deposits arrive daily batches, processing fees come schedule, occasional chargeback returned ach payment pulls back. matching accounting records hand slow error-prone. automatic batch reconciliation (abr) makes software tell story statement, automatically. works quickbooks online desktop magiccarpet. support xero coming later. finding add-on marketplace life without abr undeposited funds abr, payments sync traditional way funds, (or bookkeeper) manually group match actually hit bank, work hand, reconcile clawbacks yourself. replaces manual matching. money, accounts payable you, grouping happen own. sweep uses simple clearing pattern built around settlement (the \"sweep\"). holding books, real account. represents transit processor bank. recorded, booked sweep. gateway settles posts journal entry moves total everything matched, returns zero. balance return zero signal something needs attention, history screen shows exactly transactions look at. expects (separate settlement) abr's entries assume common processors move money. helps assumptions front deposits. day's deposited either gross (fees billed monthly) net fee (daily discount). models supported natively. monthly separate withdrawal. bills month, withdrawal part batch. deliberately post it; book month-end ordinary expense, always have. instead taken deposit, switch module discount, handles chargebacks cardholder disputes sale, leaves debit, reduction deposit. match. nets deposit instead, see reconciling netted straight normal clawback pattern, them. expect day settle, batches appear module's grid settle date, amount, status. settled becomes one quickbooks, moving batch's mapped show live balances pulled quick glance tells whether cleared. synced means reconciled. voids batch, voided settles. refunds ride inside handled automatically, refund-heavy negative. installing covered credit card reconciliation, recording. reject handling settlement. check processed biller genie. paypal reconciliation. note recording genie only. keeps ledger agreement bank; dispute, represent, arbitrate anything. still manage actual dispute process directly processor. getting started install merchant portal, map activate types want. full walkthrough setting mappings balances. related articles reading transaction linking discount chart mapping accounting-software integrations","categories":{"current":{"id":1369271,"name":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-31T02:38:58.745Z","tag_names":["autopay decline reasons","auto-pay declines","autopay failures","autopay report","biller genie autopay failed","do not honor","expired card autopay disabled","gateway decline","insufficient funds autopay"],"answer_sample":"The Auto-Pay Declines report is the single place where every declined automatic-p","long_answer_sample":"The Auto-Pay Declines report is the single place where every declined automatic-payment attempt across your account is logged. Use it as your daily punch list — every entry here is an open invoice that tried to auto-charge and didn't go through, which means you have a customer to follow up with. Where to find it From the main menu, click Reports \u0026gt","language_id":1,"id":3833018,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"auto-pay declines report single place every declined automatic-payment attempt across account logged. use daily punch list — entry open invoice tried auto-charge go through, means customer follow with. find main menu, click reports \u0026gt; declines. need user viewer (or higher) role see managing users . entries appear biller genie logs new row time automatic payment declined. common reasons insufficient funds ach debit card rejected customer's balance. / honor issuing bank without specific reason. expired stored file past expiration date. auto-disables autopay happens. closed invalid method longer valid (closed account, replaced number). gateway error communication temporary issue (uncommon; usually self-resolves). exact decline reason whatever returned. full ach-specific return codes (r01-r85), credit reject column shows id event's internal id. mostly support reference. display name name. jump record. details compound cell number (links invoice), company name, first/last gateway. date failed happened. filtering sorting header sort. filter beneath narrowing useful spotting trends like \"every week funds.\" page sizes range 10 all. exporting csv export top page. download named autopayreport.xlsx (it's inside .xlsx-named spreadsheet apps correctly either way). right action depends reach customer. retry manually days, send link pay another way. next scheduled happens standard cadence (typically reminder cycle). auto-disabled. update via portal invite store method). dead. replace it. self-resolves cycle. repeated identical errors, contact support@billergenie.com related articles transactions storing methods customer-enabled auto","name":"Auto-Pay Declines Report","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"auto-pay-declines-report","first_category":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","categories_display_for_views":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","parent_categories":[1368781],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/reports-and-reconciliation/auto-pay-declines-report?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"auto-pay declines report single place every declined automatic-payment attempt across account logged. use daily punch list — entry open invoice tried auto-charge go through, means customer follow with. find main menu, click reports \u0026gt; declines. need user viewer (or higher) role see managing users . entries appear biller genie logs new row time automatic payment declined. common reasons insufficient funds ach debit card rejected customer's balance. / honor issuing bank without specific reason. expired stored file past expiration date. auto-disables autopay happens. closed invalid method longer valid (closed account, replaced number). gateway error communication temporary issue (uncommon; usually self-resolves). exact decline reason whatever returned. full ach-specific return codes (r01-r85), credit reject column shows id event's internal id. mostly support reference. display name name. jump record. details compound cell number (links invoice), company name, first/last gateway. date failed happened. filtering sorting header sort. filter beneath narrowing useful spotting trends like \"every week funds.\" page sizes range 10 all. exporting csv export top page. download named autopayreport.xlsx (it's inside .xlsx-named spreadsheet apps correctly either way). right action depends reach customer. retry manually days, send link pay another way. next scheduled happens standard cadence (typically reminder cycle). auto-disabled. update via portal invite store method). dead. replace it. self-resolves cycle. repeated identical errors, contact support@billergenie.com related articles transactions storing methods customer-enabled auto","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T13:36:45.000Z","tag_names":["record deposits","reconcile bank feed","undeposited funds","qbd record deposits","qbo bank deposit","xero bank reconciliation","automatic batch reconciliation","abr","sweep account","deposit account","daily discount","monthly discount"],"answer_sample":"Recording deposits and reconciling them against your bank feed is two-thirds of c","long_answer_sample":"Recording deposits and reconciling them against your bank feed is two-thirds of closing out an accounting period. The other third — applying customer payments against invoices — is the easy half. The deposit reconciliation half is the one that eats hours of bookkeeper time every month. This article explains what's actually happening when you record ","language_id":1,"id":1957709,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"recording deposits reconciling bank feed two-thirds closing accounting period. third — applying customer payments invoices easy half. deposit reconciliation half one eats hours bookkeeper time every month. article explains actually happening record deposit, matters using biller genie, genie's automatic batch (abr) collapses tedious part work nothing. 1 works (the fundamentals) accrual accounting, payment touches books two distinct steps, step requirement recorded invoice sales receipt. pays, mark paid (or create receipt immediate payment). → reconciliation. tells \"this owes less just paid.\" feed. receives money (which usually happens later overnight ach, 1-2 days credit cards), lands statement needs matched payments. \"the cash physically moved customer's ours.\" reconciliations happen close period accurately. skip first customers showing balances owe. second say less) does. undeposited funds account holding register steps sits special called (sometimes \"clearing account,\" \"holding \"till\"). temporary parking spot collected yet cleared bank. typical day business takes mix types looks like software pays $500 credit-card invoice. recorded; moves funds. b $1,200 ach c writes $300 check. day-end balance $2,000 across three different transaction types. point, shows actual arriving. come lump. separate batches type, days, processor fees deducted. begins. intuit's overview quickbooks xero merchants, see central . feeds live near-live) connection software. pushes pulls) deposits, withdrawals, lists \"to review\" inbox inside books. feed, match system knows refer transaction. ai/rules auto-suggest matches, suggestions good data underneath them. bank-feed workflow, manage set rules guides; xero's flow described small tax accuracy. agree bank, filings drift reality. irs care funds; cares says. position visibility. unreconciled hide real cash. think $50k; says $42k; $8k stuck unmatched batches. fraud error detection. discipline catches missed payment, duplicate chargeback recorded. $400 compounds months. audit readiness. lenders, investors, auditors want clean monthly reconciliations. \"we're behind\" answer well. 2 without abr automated tool, you) matching hand. workflow whether desktop, online, xero, anything else screens differ. manual desktop open banking \u0026gt; make depending qbd version). screen list currently sitting funds, mixed cards, checks, manually identify subset belongs recording. hard part. \"ach $1,847.23\" scan list, find day, add up, factor fee, pick right ones sum $1,847.23. check including. click ok. screen, date. save deposit. leave appears register. repeat day. online go + new destination select included save. model little dedicated default. directly lines time. batched (multiple combining single deposit), offers \u0026amp; line multiple amount. still selecting combination split ui. painful volume. merchant 50 transactions per generates couple hundred entries week. picking daily sorting work. fees. card processors often deduct depositing net $1,000 gross $971.50 know recreate math, fee deduction separately. get wrong fails. checks settle schedules. day's might hit five needing match. errors compound. misclassify next too. bookkeepers eventually spend finding mistakes transactions. expensive. businesses pay $30-50/hour week adds thousands dollars year keep aligned 3 add-on deposit-matching automatically. core insight genie exactly expected amount will processed place. can hand pre-matched journal entry mirrors hits software's ai matches sets chart accounts install abr, creates segregated sweep type card, check, alternative-payment-method (apm, paypal) never account. default eight created apm posts individual processes. reconcile bank-type treats liquidity. rename remap mapping tool prefers names. throughout pay. processes appropriate sweep, on. linked normal. end tallies debit account, exact quickbooks' built-in sees scans transactions, finds (same amount, date, description), auto-suggests \"match\" auto-matches via done. $0 close). left exception investigation chargeback, refund sync, payment. non-zero focused open-ended hunt longer sort reconstruct processor-fee math. track days. entries. mixed-type trying figure makes line. exception-spotting superpower abr's always exactly, definition exception. runs \"what's unreconciled\" seconds look balances. scroll hundreds answer. discounting extra \"daily discount\" (deducting rather billing monthly), comes fees, fix discount instead (recommended users), disappears entirely. available magiccarpet. legacy qbdv3 integration feature parity details. invoices. time, moment pays. specifically addresses reconciliation, above. replace bookkeeper. replaces portion review exceptions, classify uncommon close. stop spending rote matching. choosing path processing handful saved low-volume month, fine probably need automation. break-even point somewhere around 30-50 month volume, starts hurt. frequently asked questions use prefer. off, syncs account; deposits. segregated-sweep-account journal-entry pattern. existing turn stay are. affects enabled full sync completed. backlog let take going forward. zero mean means something happened normal common causes chargebacks (a disputed charge pulled back), refunds synced cleanly, settle. investigate exception, phantom. yes. consistent descriptions amounts pair well rules. merchants auto-confirm rule sight, reducing click-to-match zero. customize uses , override seeded choosing. prefer fold numbering scheme. currently. built quickbooks-specific behavior. bank-reconciliation screen. picture. related articles understanding connect magiccarpet","name":"Recording Deposits and Reconciling Bank Feeds","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"record-deposits-in-quickbooks-desktop","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/record-deposits-in-quickbooks-desktop?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"recording deposits reconciling bank feed two-thirds closing accounting period. third — applying customer payments invoices easy half. deposit reconciliation half one eats hours bookkeeper time every month. article explains actually happening record deposit, matters using biller genie, genie's automatic batch (abr) collapses tedious part work nothing. 1 works (the fundamentals) accrual accounting, payment touches books two distinct steps, step requirement recorded invoice sales receipt. pays, mark paid (or create receipt immediate payment). → reconciliation. tells \"this owes less just paid.\" feed. receives money (which usually happens later overnight ach, 1-2 days credit cards), lands statement needs matched payments. \"the cash physically moved customer's ours.\" reconciliations happen close period accurately. skip first customers showing balances owe. second say less) does. undeposited funds account holding register steps sits special called (sometimes \"clearing account,\" \"holding \"till\"). temporary parking spot collected yet cleared bank. typical day business takes mix types looks like software pays $500 credit-card invoice. recorded; moves funds. b $1,200 ach c writes $300 check. day-end balance $2,000 across three different transaction types. point, shows actual arriving. come lump. separate batches type, days, processor fees deducted. begins. intuit's overview quickbooks xero merchants, see central . feeds live near-live) connection software. pushes pulls) deposits, withdrawals, lists \"to review\" inbox inside books. feed, match system knows refer transaction. ai/rules auto-suggest matches, suggestions good data underneath them. bank-feed workflow, manage set rules guides; xero's flow described small tax accuracy. agree bank, filings drift reality. irs care funds; cares says. position visibility. unreconciled hide real cash. think $50k; says $42k; $8k stuck unmatched batches. fraud error detection. discipline catches missed payment, duplicate chargeback recorded. $400 compounds months. audit readiness. lenders, investors, auditors want clean monthly reconciliations. \"we're behind\" answer well. 2 without abr automated tool, you) matching hand. workflow whether desktop, online, xero, anything else screens differ. manual desktop open banking \u0026gt; make depending qbd version). screen list currently sitting funds, mixed cards, checks, manually identify subset belongs recording. hard part. \"ach $1,847.23\" scan list, find day, add up, factor fee, pick right ones sum $1,847.23. check including. click ok. screen, date. save deposit. leave appears register. repeat day. online go + new destination select included save. model little dedicated default. directly lines time. batched (multiple combining single deposit), offers \u0026amp; line multiple amount. still selecting combination split ui. painful volume. merchant 50 transactions per generates couple hundred entries week. picking daily sorting work. fees. card processors often deduct depositing net $1,000 gross $971.50 know recreate math, fee deduction separately. get wrong fails. checks settle schedules. day's might hit five needing match. errors compound. misclassify next too. bookkeepers eventually spend finding mistakes transactions. expensive. businesses pay $30-50/hour week adds thousands dollars year keep aligned 3 add-on deposit-matching automatically. core insight genie exactly expected amount will processed place. can hand pre-matched journal entry mirrors hits software's ai matches sets chart accounts install abr, creates segregated sweep type card, check, alternative-payment-method (apm, paypal) never account. default eight created apm posts individual processes. reconcile bank-type treats liquidity. rename remap mapping tool prefers names. throughout pay. processes appropriate sweep, on. linked normal. end tallies debit account, exact quickbooks' built-in sees scans transactions, finds (same amount, date, description), auto-suggests \"match\" auto-matches via done. $0 close). left exception investigation chargeback, refund sync, payment. non-zero focused open-ended hunt longer sort reconstruct processor-fee math. track days. entries. mixed-type trying figure makes line. exception-spotting superpower abr's always exactly, definition exception. runs \"what's unreconciled\" seconds look balances. scroll hundreds answer. discounting extra \"daily discount\" (deducting rather billing monthly), comes fees, fix discount instead (recommended users), disappears entirely. available magiccarpet. legacy qbdv3 integration feature parity details. invoices. time, moment pays. specifically addresses reconciliation, above. replace bookkeeper. replaces portion review exceptions, classify uncommon close. stop spending rote matching. choosing path processing handful saved low-volume month, fine probably need automation. break-even point somewhere around 30-50 month volume, starts hurt. frequently asked questions use prefer. off, syncs account; deposits. segregated-sweep-account journal-entry pattern. existing turn stay are. affects enabled full sync completed. backlog let take going forward. zero mean means something happened normal common causes chargebacks (a disputed charge pulled back), refunds synced cleanly, settle. investigate exception, phantom. yes. consistent descriptions amounts pair well rules. merchants auto-confirm rule sight, reducing click-to-match zero. customize uses , override seeded choosing. prefer fold numbering scheme. currently. built quickbooks-specific behavior. bank-reconciliation screen. picture. related articles understanding connect magiccarpet","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T13:11:26.000Z","tag_names":["apply payment to invoice","invoice payment guardrails","attach transaction","detach transaction","deposit before invoice","standalone transaction attach","virtual terminal deposit","payment page deposit","manually attach payment","reassign payment biller genie","attach customer mismatch","when not to use attach detach","sync queue diagnose"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie has Attach and Detach actions on every transaction. They let you man","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie has Attach and Detach actions on every transaction. They let you manually associate a one-time payment with an invoice, or disassociate one. Both are last-resort tools. The accounting-software sync is the right place to fix invoice/payment mismatches in almost every case — this article exists for the small number of situations where dir","language_id":1,"id":1957669,"last_published_date":"August 10th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie attach detach actions every transaction. let manually associate one-time payment invoice, disassociate one. last-resort tools. accounting-software sync right place fix invoice/payment mismatches almost case — article exists small number situations direct attach/detach genuinely move, steer away isn't. use sparingly. manual bypass normal flow can leave accounting software disagreeing paid. reaching either action, read section instead. using want paid invoice without first running software, better path take deposit apply later see \"the attach\" below. deposit, cleanest attaching transaction deposit-then-invoice workflow collect customer (a retainer, upfront amount) corresponding exists. records standalone later, work done generated sitting unattached action link two. initial virtual terminal process directly genie's in-person phone-taken payment. hosted page send capture requiring invoice. produces genie. eventually shows (synced created manually), open click came showing open, always attach. check stuck queue error resolve will correctly own. pending status waiting ach/check settlement wait it'll automatically funded. applied different help source-of-truth qbo/xero wrong association. fallback diagnosis confirms never auto-match enqueued narrow limited one legitimate scenario need perform currently associated another record, intend record resulting entry manually. example refund blocked still attached partially payment, refund, adjustment systems reflect state. now-deleted free handle situation outside sync. just \"this invoice,\" (delete propagate). detach-then-re-attach inside creates window two disagree, may reconcile cleanly. step 1. go reports \u0026gt; transactions search id. 2. found, offers option it. 3. pick confirm select correct drop-down list validates amount (it must less equal balance unless partial payments allowed exactly balance) enqueues push back via queue. flips now unattached, reverts invoice's history. remember undo pushed software. reversal qbo/xero/qbd. guardrails enforces merchant account. validation exceed remaining (biller subtracts un-funded checking). funded-only non-ach funded attached. ach pending; rejected voided blocked. customer-match enforce transaction's matches customer. technically a's b's careful feature, missing guardrail. bulk pay restriction part group detached individually. plan tied separate handling accept attach/detach. related articles marked history outbound timeline activity","name":"Attaching and Detaching Transactions","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"attach-invoice-to-transaction","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/attach-invoice-to-transaction?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie attach detach actions every transaction. let manually associate one-time payment invoice, disassociate one. last-resort tools. accounting-software sync right place fix invoice/payment mismatches almost case — article exists small number situations direct attach/detach genuinely move, steer away isn't. use sparingly. manual bypass normal flow can leave accounting software disagreeing paid. reaching either action, read section instead. using want paid invoice without first running software, better path take deposit apply later see \"the attach\" below. deposit, cleanest attaching transaction deposit-then-invoice workflow collect customer (a retainer, upfront amount) corresponding exists. records standalone later, work done generated sitting unattached action link two. initial virtual terminal process directly genie's in-person phone-taken payment. hosted page send capture requiring invoice. produces genie. eventually shows (synced created manually), open click came showing open, always attach. check stuck queue error resolve will correctly own. pending status waiting ach/check settlement wait it'll automatically funded. applied different help source-of-truth qbo/xero wrong association. fallback diagnosis confirms never auto-match enqueued narrow limited one legitimate scenario need perform currently associated another record, intend record resulting entry manually. example refund blocked still attached partially payment, refund, adjustment systems reflect state. now-deleted free handle situation outside sync. just \"this invoice,\" (delete propagate). detach-then-re-attach inside creates window two disagree, may reconcile cleanly. step 1. go reports \u0026gt; transactions search id. 2. found, offers option it. 3. pick confirm select correct drop-down list validates amount (it must less equal balance unless partial payments allowed exactly balance) enqueues push back via queue. flips now unattached, reverts invoice's history. remember undo pushed software. reversal qbo/xero/qbd. guardrails enforces merchant account. validation exceed remaining (biller subtracts un-funded checking). funded-only non-ach funded attached. ach pending; rejected voided blocked. customer-match enforce transaction's matches customer. technically a's b's careful feature, missing guardrail. bulk pay restriction part group detached individually. plan tied separate handling accept attach/detach. related articles marked history outbound timeline activity","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":1369271,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-07-22T18:46:51.582Z","tag_names":["abr","bank reconciliation","batch reconciliation","charge back","chargeback","combined settlement","deposit does not match","manual journal entry","netted deposit","quickbooks journal entry","settlement account","short deposit","sweep account","net settlement","ach return netted"],"answer_sample":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation (ABR) assumes the standard settlement model: when ","long_answer_sample":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation (ABR) assumes the standard settlement model: when a cardholder disputes a sale, your processor withdraws the chargeback amount from your bank account as its own separate debit. Some processors work differently and take the chargeback out of your daily deposit instead, so on a day with a chargeback, the deposit that rea","language_id":1,"id":3893603,"last_published_date":"August 14th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"automatic batch reconciliation (abr) assumes standard settlement model cardholder disputes sale, processor withdraws chargeback amount bank account separate debit. processors work differently take daily deposit instead, day chargeback, reaches smaller total. article merchants second group. symptom days actual abr recorded, sweep may hold leftover balance. bookkeeping only. everything page keeping ledger agreement bank. recording biller genie dispute arbitrate anything; still manage payment processor. first choice ask best fix configuration, bookkeeping. partner whether merchant can configured chargebacks drawn separately instead combined batch. support this. settle separately, abr's matches reality exactly reconciles natively, manual work. possible journal entry change keep books straight one small per accounting software. moves accounts recorded real net clears debit / credit (your account) post dated affected settled, memo like \"chargeback netted deposit, invoice #…\" easy trace later. mapped balances, residual balance shows quickbooks online steps click + new \u0026gt; entry. set date batch's date. line 1 choose (bank) enter debits column. 2 credits add referencing invoice, save. desktop note (connected magiccarpet), made company menu make general entries. use two lines, account, conventions. matching short statement reconcile feed, single equals minus chargeback. match it, select entries together clears. (which posts separate-withdrawal assumption), include creating one, clear left sweep. doubt, aim checks matches, returns zero. returned ach payments way. deduct later withdrawing separately. one-entry applies; see section \"if taken deposit\" handling rejects settlement. related articles understanding reading history transaction linking deposits reconciling feeds","name":"Reconciling When Chargebacks Are Netted From Your Deposit","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"reconciling-chargebacks-netted-from-your-deposit","first_category":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","categories_display_for_views":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","parent_categories":[1369271],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation/reconciling-chargebacks-netted-from-your-deposit?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"automatic batch reconciliation (abr) assumes standard settlement model cardholder disputes sale, processor withdraws chargeback amount bank account separate debit. processors work differently take daily deposit instead, day chargeback, reaches smaller total. article merchants second group. symptom days actual abr recorded, sweep may hold leftover balance. bookkeeping only. everything page keeping ledger agreement bank. recording biller genie dispute arbitrate anything; still manage payment processor. first choice ask best fix configuration, bookkeeping. partner whether merchant can configured chargebacks drawn separately instead combined batch. support this. settle separately, abr's matches reality exactly reconciles natively, manual work. possible journal entry change keep books straight one small per accounting software. moves accounts recorded real net clears debit / credit (your account) post dated affected settled, memo like \"chargeback netted deposit, invoice #…\" easy trace later. mapped balances, residual balance shows quickbooks online steps click + new \u0026gt; entry. set date batch's date. line 1 choose (bank) enter debits column. 2 credits add referencing invoice, save. desktop note (connected magiccarpet), made company menu make general entries. use two lines, account, conventions. matching short statement reconcile feed, single equals minus chargeback. match it, select entries together clears. (which posts separate-withdrawal assumption), include creating one, clear left sweep. doubt, aim checks matches, returns zero. returned ach payments way. deduct later withdrawing separately. one-entry applies; see section \"if taken deposit\" handling rejects settlement. related articles understanding reading history transaction linking deposits reconciling feeds","categories":{"current":{"id":1369271,"name":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2024-10-25T21:30:28.000Z","tag_names":["when will i receive my deposits","deposit timing","deposit funding timeline","credit card funding time","ach settlement","nacha settlement windows","paypal deposit timing","check funding","next day funding","same day ach","biller genie deposit timing","gateway batch cutoff","odfi settlement","bank deposit delay"],"answer_sample":"\"When will I receive my deposit\" is one of the most common questions Biller Genie","long_answer_sample":"\"When will I receive my deposit\" is one of the most common questions Biller Genie merchants ask, and the answer depends almost entirely on which payment method the customer used — not on Biller Genie itself. Biller Genie hands the transaction off to a payment processor or network the moment your customer pays; from there, the funding clock is contro","language_id":1,"id":2869891,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"\"when will receive deposit\" one common questions biller genie merchants ask, answer depends almost entirely payment method customer used — itself. hands transaction processor network moment pays; there, funding clock controlled gateway, card networks, nacha, paypal, depending type. article walks four types supports today, controls timeline each, look authoritative timing specific situation. short version genie's role ends gateway hand-off; everything processor's policy. today credit cards debit processed configured gateway. ach (electronic bank transfer) nacha-governed network. check via provider rails. paypal paypal's settlement system. timeline. none genie. process immediately hands. transactions fund within 24-48 hours. next-day funding, exact gateway's batch cutoff time. individually batches. daily (typically late evening eastern time, varies). captured next cycle; roll following day's batch. processors offer cutoff. same-day (for additional fee). \"high-risk\" new-merchant terms longer holds. holidays weekends. generally pauses friday-evening may show account monday tuesday. settlement. visa, mastercard, american express, discover slightly different schedules. abstract you, part shows \"around\" business day rather see cycle, authorization connection know authorized captured. actual deposit landing bank. need confirm date, portal directly. move operated nacha (the national automated clearing house association). defines windows fixed times funded banks. multiple per day, window catches. connects odfi (originating depository financial institution basically, originates behalf). rules submits nacha's windows. odfis hit day; others submit day. publishes detailed operating covering timing, return codes, obligations. source overview . high-level pattern processes defined batches throughout adds faster standard typically settles 1-2 days. (if it) can settle returns reversals follow timelines. insufficient funds account-not-found comes back 1-3 days; codes take longer. status updates vs queries update transaction, reports accepted, settled, returned, etc. funding. reported \"settled\" (cleared nacha) actually land account, odfi's posting schedule. \"biller settled yet\" normal state, bug. two separate events; gap set statuses affect invoice governed network, reflects transaction's progress real might received submitted moving accepted transmitted customer's rdfi, receiving institution) processing. paid cleared finalized. error issue stored (account closed, deleted, etc.). forward. maps is... reminders fees pending paused closed automatically resume / returned reopens enabled) reaches paid, closes syncs accounting software. stay \"catch up\" time pending. rejection fails, explained payments deposited timelines (see section above) checks ride rails behind scenes. processing working toward cycles; live, expect timing. handles outside networks. arrive balance minutes payment, become available withdraw seller-protection risk policies. current including hold periods new accounts, dispute reserves, withdrawal-to-bank money policies periodically; docs account's state. summary table type typical hours (next-day common); + days (same-day odfis) (rides rails) immediately; withdrawal policy tell date sits front chain. authorize capture post hand lose visibility side. processor, systems operate independently accurate merchant portal. real-time cutoff, schedule, details, refer published rules. paypal-specific settings help center. \"where right now\", reference number frequently asked friday tuesday pause non-banking holiday, wednesday. says empty. going (or network), posted yet. bank's batches, ach. contact takes quoted you. get maybe. talk programs. ach, ask whether support (additional apply). guidance linking verifying speeds withdrawals. use report. deposit. bulk autopay report invoices together useful cross-referencing never landed two-step (1) captured/settled activity, (2) posted, support. passed when; reach related articles recording deposits reconciling feeds understanding automatic reconciliation connecting","name":"Deposit Funding Timeframes by Payment Method","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"when-will-i-receive-my-deposits","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/when-will-i-receive-my-deposits?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"\"when will receive deposit\" one common questions biller genie merchants ask, answer depends almost entirely payment method customer used — itself. hands transaction processor network moment pays; there, funding clock controlled gateway, card networks, nacha, paypal, depending type. article walks four types supports today, controls timeline each, look authoritative timing specific situation. short version genie's role ends gateway hand-off; everything processor's policy. today credit cards debit processed configured gateway. ach (electronic bank transfer) nacha-governed network. check via provider rails. paypal paypal's settlement system. timeline. none genie. process immediately hands. transactions fund within 24-48 hours. next-day funding, exact gateway's batch cutoff time. individually batches. daily (typically late evening eastern time, varies). captured next cycle; roll following day's batch. processors offer cutoff. same-day (for additional fee). \"high-risk\" new-merchant terms longer holds. holidays weekends. generally pauses friday-evening may show account monday tuesday. settlement. visa, mastercard, american express, discover slightly different schedules. abstract you, part shows \"around\" business day rather see cycle, authorization connection know authorized captured. actual deposit landing bank. need confirm date, portal directly. move operated nacha (the national automated clearing house association). defines windows fixed times funded banks. multiple per day, window catches. connects odfi (originating depository financial institution basically, originates behalf). rules submits nacha's windows. odfis hit day; others submit day. publishes detailed operating covering timing, return codes, obligations. source overview . high-level pattern processes defined batches throughout adds faster standard typically settles 1-2 days. (if it) can settle returns reversals follow timelines. insufficient funds account-not-found comes back 1-3 days; codes take longer. status updates vs queries update transaction, reports accepted, settled, returned, etc. funding. reported \"settled\" (cleared nacha) actually land account, odfi's posting schedule. \"biller settled yet\" normal state, bug. two separate events; gap set statuses affect invoice governed network, reflects transaction's progress real might received submitted moving accepted transmitted customer's rdfi, receiving institution) processing. paid cleared finalized. error issue stored (account closed, deleted, etc.). forward. maps is... reminders fees pending paused closed automatically resume / returned reopens enabled) reaches paid, closes syncs accounting software. stay \"catch up\" time pending. rejection fails, explained payments deposited timelines (see section above) checks ride rails behind scenes. processing working toward cycles; live, expect timing. handles outside networks. arrive balance minutes payment, become available withdraw seller-protection risk policies. current including hold periods new accounts, dispute reserves, withdrawal-to-bank money policies periodically; docs account's state. summary table type typical hours (next-day common); + days (same-day odfis) (rides rails) immediately; withdrawal policy tell date sits front chain. authorize capture post hand lose visibility side. processor, systems operate independently accurate merchant portal. real-time cutoff, schedule, details, refer published rules. paypal-specific settings help center. \"where right now\", reference number frequently asked friday tuesday pause non-banking holiday, wednesday. says empty. going (or network), posted yet. bank's batches, ach. contact takes quoted you. get maybe. talk programs. ach, ask whether support (additional apply). guidance linking verifying speeds withdrawals. use report. deposit. bulk autopay report invoices together useful cross-referencing never landed two-step (1) captured/settled activity, (2) posted, support. passed when; reach related articles recording deposits reconciling feeds understanding automatic reconciliation connecting","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T14:54:25.000Z","tag_names":["payment sync queue","payment sync history","sync error","invoice not paid in quickbooks","qbo sync error","xero sync error","qbd web connector","dequeue payment sync","transaction has been deleted","stale object error","closed transaction cannot be edited","authentication failed","6240 qbo","5010 qbo","3120 qbd","3171 qbd","3200 qbo","reconcile biller genie quickbooks","late fee not on quickbooks invoice","payments needing resolution","re-queue payment","dismiss payment","payment withheld from sync"],"answer_sample":"When a customer pays an invoice through Biller Genie, the payment is recorded in ","long_answer_sample":"When a customer pays an invoice through Biller Genie, the payment is recorded in Biller Genie first and then pushed back to your accounting software (QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, or Xero) so your books match reality. Most of the time this push happens within a few minutes and you never have to think about it. When something goes wrong, the","language_id":1,"id":1957804,"last_published_date":"August 10th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"customer pays invoice biller genie, payment recorded genie first pushed back accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) books match reality. time push happens within minutes never think it. something goes wrong, ends sync queue error message — will continue show unpaid resolve report check whenever clearly paid still showing open xero. nine times ten answer here, tells exactly fix. matters reconciliation pain integrated a/r workflow comes one system other. took money great accountant opens next morning sees open. two systems disagree. now phone call. genie's \"this payment\" surface. every entry represents transaction landed failed post software. fix, fix underlying cause (or determine way), click dequeue remove queue. that, agree again. find main menu, reports \u0026gt; history. page panels (top) payments currently stuck. daily action list. history (bottom) either synced successfully dequeued. useful audit forensics. requires viewer role higher) see managing users . column shows id links details genie. tracing processed. associated with. amount dollar trying sync. created enqueued (= processed bg). last attempt tried payment. empty, row retried yet. recent queue, failing repeatedly. accounts receivable account to. \"a/r found.\" desc returned single wrong. actions button appears least made. removes retry. \"dequeue, retry\" below. actually works (and retries fire) soon added background process runs schedule tries queued online xero 5 minutes. desktop 2 web connector actively running merchant's machine. syncs, moves panel status \"synced.\" fails, stays timestamp updates, gets new message. keep retrying fixed retry budget gives n attempts (except specific cases, noted below). common messages patterns often. exact wording directly software's api response passes minimal translation full available. \"transaction deleted\" / \"object found\" \"stale reference\" means customer) supposed applied deleted apply code 6240 610; 3120; \"invoice valid status.\" safely issue purely accounting-software side. deletion intentional want either, dequeue. accidental need books, recreate software, manually (biller re-attempt different original gone). auto-detects case (error 3120) and, 3 retries, automatically dequeues row. move without anything. \"payment greater invoice's current balance\" someone another balance less apply. records exist money. applied. duplicate (cash posted + bg-processed payment), delete manual let bg's correctly. (your business kept purpose), accept bg live bg, object error\" object\" edited moment 5010. benign catalog. cycle (5 later qbo/xero) updated succeed. persists across multiple cycles, escalate support else may going on. \"closed edited\" period locked containing closed (the month/quarter/year). refuses modify period. 6000 transaction\" detail; 3171. temporarily reopen (settings settings advanced close qbo; edit preferences closing date qbd), sync, re-close (without unlocking period) \"authentication failed\" \"authorization \"authenticationunsuccessful\" connection disconnected oauth token expired, revoked, integration unlinked. 3200. reconnect go add-ons, entry, disconnect connect again). resume syncing cycle. email notifications enabled control settings, likely got alert already. \"timeout only) computer respond fast enough, cancelled request. usually transient. first, confirm machine use is, just wait (2 minutes) try again, checks whether anyway previous retrying. repeated timeouts row, restart application. \"validation error(s) ...\" (xero rejected several reasons spelled colon. variants modification voided deleted. above. exceeds outstanding balance-mismatch case. 'xyz' longer matches re-select account. \"in order xero, default name 'sales' 'enable accounts' option switched required\" chart payments-enabled sales set place can via api. accounts. create named \"sales\" turn \"enable account\" option. save. (you'll reconcile affected surfaces informational only, auto-retried error.) dequeue, important. permanently marked \"not synced.\" dequeueing right (e.g., bookkeeper found hand). permanent (invoice purpose; it; etc.). decided particular temporary (\"stale object,\" timeout, etc.) authentication failure clears itself. understand contact support@billergenie.com dequeued, own. automatic rules auto-dequeues cases take (3120), deleted, point older 365 days cleanup 900 retires year-old rows. \"automatically dequeued due age\" make (status = synced). researching old ever pushed; final reason). auditing known outage related queues outbound covers line items (late fees, technology fees) existing invoices. workflow, data. voids flow separate sibling report. refund refunds back. pro tip weekly review non-empty end-of-month, almost certainly states vs 5-minute friday catches problems month-end reports. completed days, get alert. needing resolution sometimes deliberately holds instead sending usual settled applying ach overpay pushing leave unapplied credit sitting customer, send second paid\" email. top history, reason shown. captured hand-off paused, waits decide. to-do link straight panel, timeline withheld sits held choose options dismiss hand simply pushed. leaves panel. re-queue all. choosing reminder first. order. refused closed. bring change come re-queue. through, closes sides, disappears closed, voided, charged back, returned. refunded ach, finish settling rather re-queueing articles activity configure general (email notification)","name":"Payment Sync Queue and History: Why Invoices Sometimes Don’t Show Paid in Your Accounting Software","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-the-payment-sync-history-report","first_category":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","categories_display_for_views":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","parent_categories":[1368781],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/reports-and-reconciliation/using-the-payment-sync-history-report?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customer pays invoice biller genie, payment recorded genie first pushed back accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) books match reality. time push happens within minutes never think it. something goes wrong, ends sync queue error message — will continue show unpaid resolve report check whenever clearly paid still showing open xero. nine times ten answer here, tells exactly fix. matters reconciliation pain integrated a/r workflow comes one system other. took money great accountant opens next morning sees open. two systems disagree. now phone call. genie's \"this payment\" surface. every entry represents transaction landed failed post software. fix, fix underlying cause (or determine way), click dequeue remove queue. that, agree again. find main menu, reports \u0026gt; history. page panels (top) payments currently stuck. daily action list. history (bottom) either synced successfully dequeued. useful audit forensics. requires viewer role higher) see managing users . column shows id links details genie. tracing processed. associated with. amount dollar trying sync. created enqueued (= processed bg). last attempt tried payment. empty, row retried yet. recent queue, failing repeatedly. accounts receivable account to. \"a/r found.\" desc returned single wrong. actions button appears least made. removes retry. \"dequeue, retry\" below. actually works (and retries fire) soon added background process runs schedule tries queued online xero 5 minutes. desktop 2 web connector actively running merchant's machine. syncs, moves panel status \"synced.\" fails, stays timestamp updates, gets new message. keep retrying fixed retry budget gives n attempts (except specific cases, noted below). common messages patterns often. exact wording directly software's api response passes minimal translation full available. \"transaction deleted\" / \"object found\" \"stale reference\" means customer) supposed applied deleted apply code 6240 610; 3120; \"invoice valid status.\" safely issue purely accounting-software side. deletion intentional want either, dequeue. accidental need books, recreate software, manually (biller re-attempt different original gone). auto-detects case (error 3120) and, 3 retries, automatically dequeues row. move without anything. \"payment greater invoice's current balance\" someone another balance less apply. records exist money. applied. duplicate (cash posted + bg-processed payment), delete manual let bg's correctly. (your business kept purpose), accept bg live bg, object error\" object\" edited moment 5010. benign catalog. cycle (5 later qbo/xero) updated succeed. persists across multiple cycles, escalate support else may going on. \"closed edited\" period locked containing closed (the month/quarter/year). refuses modify period. 6000 transaction\" detail; 3171. temporarily reopen (settings settings advanced close qbo; edit preferences closing date qbd), sync, re-close (without unlocking period) \"authentication failed\" \"authorization \"authenticationunsuccessful\" connection disconnected oauth token expired, revoked, integration unlinked. 3200. reconnect go add-ons, entry, disconnect connect again). resume syncing cycle. email notifications enabled control settings, likely got alert already. \"timeout only) computer respond fast enough, cancelled request. usually transient. first, confirm machine use is, just wait (2 minutes) try again, checks whether anyway previous retrying. repeated timeouts row, restart application. \"validation error(s) ...\" (xero rejected several reasons spelled colon. variants modification voided deleted. above. exceeds outstanding balance-mismatch case. 'xyz' longer matches re-select account. \"in order xero, default name 'sales' 'enable accounts' option switched required\" chart payments-enabled sales set place can via api. accounts. create named \"sales\" turn \"enable account\" option. save. (you'll reconcile affected surfaces informational only, auto-retried error.) dequeue, important. permanently marked \"not synced.\" dequeueing right (e.g., bookkeeper found hand). permanent (invoice purpose; it; etc.). decided particular temporary (\"stale object,\" timeout, etc.) authentication failure clears itself. understand contact support@billergenie.com dequeued, own. automatic rules auto-dequeues cases take (3120), deleted, point older 365 days cleanup 900 retires year-old rows. \"automatically dequeued due age\" make (status = synced). researching old ever pushed; final reason). auditing known outage related queues outbound covers line items (late fees, technology fees) existing invoices. workflow, data. voids flow separate sibling report. refund refunds back. pro tip weekly review non-empty end-of-month, almost certainly states vs 5-minute friday catches problems month-end reports. completed days, get alert. needing resolution sometimes deliberately holds instead sending usual settled applying ach overpay pushing leave unapplied credit sitting customer, send second paid\" email. top history, reason shown. captured hand-off paused, waits decide. to-do link straight panel, timeline withheld sits held choose options dismiss hand simply pushed. leaves panel. re-queue all. choosing reminder first. order. refused closed. bring change come re-queue. through, closes sides, disappears closed, voided, charged back, returned. refunded ach, finish settling rather re-queueing articles activity configure general (email notification)","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-24T14:51:16.328Z","tag_names":["xero features","xero limitations","xero vs quickbooks","xero feature parity","xero refunds","xero sales receipts","xero abr","xero projects","xero sub customers","xero contact groups","xero multi currency","xero draft invoice"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie integrates with Xero so your customers and invoices stay in sync bet","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie integrates with Xero so your customers and invoices stay in sync between the two systems automatically. That said, the Xero integration doesn't have full feature parity with Biller Genie's QuickBooks Online integration — some Biller Genie features that QBO users rely on aren't available on Xero. This article explains what syncs, what do","language_id":1,"id":3827354,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie integrates xero customers invoices stay sync two systems automatically. said, integration full feature parity genie's quickbooks online — features qbo users rely available xero. article explains syncs, doesn't, manual workflows use automated. syncs share customer invoice data. table shows flows data → (contacts) ✓ ⚠ fees (late fees, technology added line items) items / system created chart accounts ✗ modified email addresses contact groups types synced payments payment records indirect (biller marks paid via fee/payment line) refunds sales receipts several work supported account connected important workflow, plan around limitation consider instead. workaround (credit memo sync) issue refund genie, record manually automatic batch reconciliation (abr) reconcile bank deposits (immediate-payment docs) immediate instead bill parent (parent pays sub-customer) manage sub-customer's billing individually sub-customers hierarchy limited projects appear sub-customers; see \"projects\" section auto-sync toggle ui webhook-driven real-time custom fields xero's built-in history resync (one-click) support auto open button (jump source) new tab attachment forwarding add attachments directly gap exists online's api exposes richer set entities (refund receipt, sub-customer hierarchy) map cleanly features. document model simpler example, treats just rather separate type. gaps technical (no equivalent), scope built version yet). matters complete integration. recording voids void transaction merchant, still back. keep books accurate, log locate for. click remove payment. reopens original outstanding balance. want fully credit customer, create note refunded amount apply (or leave account). known limitation. roadmap yet available. depend sync, better fit. \"sales receipt\" type calls receipt (an immediate-payment document) regular gets day issued. result similar; different. need syncing behavior (a distinct entity accounting software), option. xero, every paid; sales-receipt books. abr add-on automatically reconciles deposit batches feed online. merchants connected, removed add-ons marketplace entirely, automated reconciliation, feed, find deposit, match batch. \"bulk autopay\" report included makes easier. (xero's sub-customers) called projects. project linked (customer). projects, contact. relationship one level deep sub-projects supported. list syncing. show info icon next name. hovering name refers \"sub-customers,\" regardless whether creating tab. project. select (customer) associate dropdown. details save. runs (typically within seconds webhook, scheduled polling sync), appears associated must first. changing project's always contact; exist own. move different go overview. three-dot menu edit. dropdown save change. updates parent. limitations detached requires billing, reminders, autopay managed record. only. display works deep. turn contact, contact's portal view includes projects' invoices. . grouped contacts (wholesale, retail, etc.), can defaults them) sync. multi-currency supports invoicing certain plans, currently expose handling merchants. organization uses multiple currencies, amounts raw numbers without currency conversion cause inaccurate totals reporting genie. single-currency organizations fine. draft three statuses draft, authorised, paid. authorised (and later paid, voided, deleted) drafts skipped considered \"real\" vice versa), check invoice's status approve moves authorised. tax handles differently qbo, item explicit code. inferred posts taxable\" applies configured rate means calculated total per-line codes ui. late inherit setting fine-grained control per item, configure frequently asked questions showing recorded gateway), \"recording xero\" above. get or, critical switch (which abr). pay sub-customers' online-only feature. (sub-customer) autopay, reminders independently route parent's method. settings page. list, project, it. per-customer overrides things like configuration. optimized pattern picks up. primarily double-check appearing expected verify (draft vs. authorised) disconnect losing yes. disconnecting removes ↔ authorization leaves already-synced receive reconnect. related articles connect sub","name":"Using Xero in Biller Genie","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-xero-in-biller-genie","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/using-xero-in-biller-genie?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie integrates xero customers invoices stay sync two systems automatically. said, integration full feature parity genie's quickbooks online — features qbo users rely available xero. article explains syncs, doesn't, manual workflows use automated. syncs share customer invoice data. table shows flows data → (contacts) ✓ ⚠ fees (late fees, technology added line items) items / system created chart accounts ✗ modified email addresses contact groups types synced payments payment records indirect (biller marks paid via fee/payment line) refunds sales receipts several work supported account connected important workflow, plan around limitation consider instead. workaround (credit memo sync) issue refund genie, record manually automatic batch reconciliation (abr) reconcile bank deposits (immediate-payment docs) immediate instead bill parent (parent pays sub-customer) manage sub-customer's billing individually sub-customers hierarchy limited projects appear sub-customers; see \"projects\" section auto-sync toggle ui webhook-driven real-time custom fields xero's built-in history resync (one-click) support auto open button (jump source) new tab attachment forwarding add attachments directly gap exists online's api exposes richer set entities (refund receipt, sub-customer hierarchy) map cleanly features. document model simpler example, treats just rather separate type. gaps technical (no equivalent), scope built version yet). matters complete integration. recording voids void transaction merchant, still back. keep books accurate, log locate for. click remove payment. reopens original outstanding balance. want fully credit customer, create note refunded amount apply (or leave account). known limitation. roadmap yet available. depend sync, better fit. \"sales receipt\" type calls receipt (an immediate-payment document) regular gets day issued. result similar; different. need syncing behavior (a distinct entity accounting software), option. xero, every paid; sales-receipt books. abr add-on automatically reconciles deposit batches feed online. merchants connected, removed add-ons marketplace entirely, automated reconciliation, feed, find deposit, match batch. \"bulk autopay\" report included makes easier. (xero's sub-customers) called projects. project linked (customer). projects, contact. relationship one level deep sub-projects supported. list syncing. show info icon next name. hovering name refers \"sub-customers,\" regardless whether creating tab. project. select (customer) associate dropdown. details save. runs (typically within seconds webhook, scheduled polling sync), appears associated must first. changing project's always contact; exist own. move different go overview. three-dot menu edit. dropdown save change. updates parent. limitations detached requires billing, reminders, autopay managed record. only. display works deep. turn contact, contact's portal view includes projects' invoices. . grouped contacts (wholesale, retail, etc.), can defaults them) sync. multi-currency supports invoicing certain plans, currently expose handling merchants. organization uses multiple currencies, amounts raw numbers without currency conversion cause inaccurate totals reporting genie. single-currency organizations fine. draft three statuses draft, authorised, paid. authorised (and later paid, voided, deleted) drafts skipped considered \"real\" vice versa), check invoice's status approve moves authorised. tax handles differently qbo, item explicit code. inferred posts taxable\" applies configured rate means calculated total per-line codes ui. late inherit setting fine-grained control per item, configure frequently asked questions showing recorded gateway), \"recording xero\" above. get or, critical switch (which abr). pay sub-customers' online-only feature. (sub-customer) autopay, reminders independently route parent's method. settings page. list, project, it. per-customer overrides things like configuration. optimized pattern picks up. primarily double-check appearing expected verify (draft vs. authorised) disconnect losing yes. disconnecting removes ↔ authorization leaves already-synced receive reconnect. related articles connect sub","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}},{"question":{"category_id":1369271,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-08-03T20:04:14.524Z","tag_names":[],"answer_sample":"When you upgrade from the original Automatic Batch Reconciliation add-on to ABR v","long_answer_sample":"When you upgrade from the original Automatic Batch Reconciliation add-on to ABR v2, Biller Genie checks your Sweep account as part of the upgrade. If it is holding leftover funds from earlier reconciliation activity, the upgrade window shows you the exact amounts and can clean them up for you automatically. This article explains what you will see. I","language_id":1,"id":3904439,"last_published_date":"August 4th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"upgrade original automatic batch reconciliation add-on abr v2, biller genie checks sweep account part upgrade. holding leftover funds earlier activity, window shows exact amounts can clean automatically. article explains will see. applies quickbooks online desktop connections. reads balance live accounting software compares payments genuinely flight. anything left residue old system. amount simple debit credit table, using names, exactly post books moves settlement bank account, start v2 sweep. post, names. (this example short, sweep.) \"zero-out accounts\" toggle default. leave clearing entry posts automatically turn nothing created balances panel disappears, explain. see table always posts, accounts amounts. off, hidden entirely. reach read instantly. connects magic carpet connector, offline offered two choices sync retry connection, enter manually type straight quickbooks. button stays disabled one succeeds, unless case needed. short instead sometimes holds less in-flight payments. \"sweep shortfall\" movement flips difference everything reconciles cleanly. handled toggle. frequently asked questions change past bookkeeping no. backdated. entry, dated time upgrade, confirm. want keep off. handle bookkeeper later. use v3. look different check supports (v4) connector. older connections works before, team help tidy afterward. related articles understanding setting mappings reading history transaction linking","name":"Upgrading from the Original ABR: What Happens to Your Sweep Balance","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"upgrading-from-the-original-abr-what-happens-to-your-sweep-balance","first_category":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","categories_display_for_views":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","parent_categories":[1369271],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation/upgrading-from-the-original-abr-what-happens-to-your-sweep-balance?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"upgrade original automatic batch reconciliation add-on abr v2, biller genie checks sweep account part upgrade. holding leftover funds earlier activity, window shows exact amounts can clean automatically. article explains will see. applies quickbooks online desktop connections. reads balance live accounting software compares payments genuinely flight. anything left residue old system. amount simple debit credit table, using names, exactly post books moves settlement bank account, start v2 sweep. post, names. (this example short, sweep.) \"zero-out accounts\" toggle default. leave clearing entry posts automatically turn nothing created balances panel disappears, explain. see table always posts, accounts amounts. off, hidden entirely. reach read instantly. connects magic carpet connector, offline offered two choices sync retry connection, enter manually type straight quickbooks. button stays disabled one succeeds, unless case needed. short instead sometimes holds less in-flight payments. \"sweep shortfall\" movement flips difference everything reconciles cleanly. handled toggle. frequently asked questions change past bookkeeping no. backdated. entry, dated time upgrade, confirm. want keep off. handle bookkeeper later. use v3. look different check supports (v4) connector. older connections works before, team help tidy afterward. related articles understanding setting mappings reading history transaction linking","categories":{"current":{"id":1369271,"name":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T14:30:05.000Z","tag_names":["quickbooks online","qbo","connect quickbooks online","sync quickbooks","qbo oauth","intuit connection","first sync","auto sync","qbo integration","qbo sync settings"],"answer_sample":"Connecting Biller Genie to QuickBooks Online links the two systems through Intuit","long_answer_sample":"Connecting Biller Genie to QuickBooks Online links the two systems through Intuit's secure OAuth authorization flow. Once connected, your customers, items, accounts, invoices, sales receipts, and refunds stay in sync between the two systems with no manual reconciliation. Before you start Sign in to your Biller Genie merchant portal as an admin user.","language_id":1,"id":1956499,"last_published_date":"May 26th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"connecting biller genie quickbooks online links two systems intuit's secure oauth authorization flow. connected, customers, items, accounts, invoices, sales receipts, refunds stay sync manual reconciliation. start sign merchant portal admin user. access master credentials. user authorizing connection must company want sync. know file connect — manage multiple companies one intuit login, choose authorization. select will with. selecting wrong pull unintended invoices account. double-check name clicking connect. portal, click add-ons marketplace. accounting software category tile (or use search field find it). install. quickbooks. redirects page. review requesting (full read write data) authorize. returns first begins automatically. finishes, see confirmation add-on page data available throughout portal. happens authorize connection, pulls account following order chart accounts income, expense, bank, receivable plus types subtypes. line items products \u0026amp; services (used receipts), including system seeds late fees, technology surcharges, refunds, third-party transactions. tax preferences rates settings taxable route correctly. customers full customer roster, email, billing address, balance. recent open recently paid can collecting genie. receipts refund payment activity context sync, keeps continuously webhooks scheduled background job, new payments, voids, flow back forth without action. anytime interacts auto-sync turn ongoing off. pauses automatic updates systems. cc emails push email addresses set corresponding online. display line-item groups control whether grouped show creates commodity code default unspsc synced resync trigger fresh something looks date. runs audit-logged records. mapping now separate tool lives accounting-software section writes sales, sweep deposits, undeposited funds. article . managing inside lets view every connected app within company. navigation, apps gear icon's option, depending view) alongside apps. granted, last disconnect directly canonical, up-to-date instructions online, help (intuit help) disconnecting genie, go revokes token, stops install state clears side. instead (under apps), detects revocation next attempt treats disconnected. reconnecting credentials change login change, may need re-established. working (if still listed). follow steps step 3 above. faqs anything authorizes behalf. existing going forward, process them, way manually. selected switch using above, again. authorization, let pick different login. make sure correct stopped check three quick checks (1) showing (2) setting turned (3) changed credentials, reconnect previous section. voids void transaction record written automatically receipt applied refund, voided void. related articles partial) migrating desktop","name":"How to Connect QuickBooks Online","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"syncing-with-quickbooks-online","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/syncing-with-quickbooks-online?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"connecting biller genie quickbooks online links two systems intuit's secure oauth authorization flow. connected, customers, items, accounts, invoices, sales receipts, refunds stay sync manual reconciliation. start sign merchant portal admin user. access master credentials. user authorizing connection must company want sync. know file connect — manage multiple companies one intuit login, choose authorization. select will with. selecting wrong pull unintended invoices account. double-check name clicking connect. portal, click add-ons marketplace. accounting software category tile (or use search field find it). install. quickbooks. redirects page. review requesting (full read write data) authorize. returns first begins automatically. finishes, see confirmation add-on page data available throughout portal. happens authorize connection, pulls account following order chart accounts income, expense, bank, receivable plus types subtypes. line items products \u0026amp; services (used receipts), including system seeds late fees, technology surcharges, refunds, third-party transactions. tax preferences rates settings taxable route correctly. customers full customer roster, email, billing address, balance. recent open recently paid can collecting genie. receipts refund payment activity context sync, keeps continuously webhooks scheduled background job, new payments, voids, flow back forth without action. anytime interacts auto-sync turn ongoing off. pauses automatic updates systems. cc emails push email addresses set corresponding online. display line-item groups control whether grouped show creates commodity code default unspsc synced resync trigger fresh something looks date. runs audit-logged records. mapping now separate tool lives accounting-software section writes sales, sweep deposits, undeposited funds. article . managing inside lets view every connected app within company. navigation, apps gear icon's option, depending view) alongside apps. granted, last disconnect directly canonical, up-to-date instructions online, help (intuit help) disconnecting genie, go revokes token, stops install state clears side. instead (under apps), detects revocation next attempt treats disconnected. reconnecting credentials change login change, may need re-established. working (if still listed). follow steps step 3 above. faqs anything authorizes behalf. existing going forward, process them, way manually. selected switch using above, again. authorization, let pick different login. make sure correct stopped check three quick checks (1) showing (2) setting turned (3) changed credentials, reconnect previous section. voids void transaction record written automatically receipt applied refund, voided void. related articles partial) migrating desktop","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}},{"question":{"category_id":1369272,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T21:22:32.000Z","tag_names":["reminders","using reminders","reminder cadence","overdue reminders","payment due","upcoming payment","statement","merge tags","invoice messenger","escalation sequence","dunning","late fee reminder","reminder schedule","disable reminders","attach pdf"],"answer_sample":"Reminders are the automatic follow-up communications Biller Genie sends to your c","long_answer_sample":"Reminders are the automatic follow-up communications Biller Genie sends to your customers between the time an invoice goes out and the time it's paid. They're the engine that \"chases\" payments on your behalf — and the reason most Biller Genie merchants get paid significantly faster than they used to. This article explains how reminders work, what ea","language_id":1,"id":1957096,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"reminders automatic follow-up communications biller genie sends customers time invoice goes paid. engine \"chases\" payments behalf — reason merchants get paid significantly faster used to. article explains work, reminder type for, configure them. fit genie's messaging model two flavors customer communication messenger first touch. (and updates changes). (this article) cadence. repeats together cover whole life invoice. gets customer's hands; keeps top mind. six types organized message types, purpose. can turn one off, choose whether deliver email, paper mail, both. exact timing set globally configuration page. upcoming payment heads-up sent due. especially useful businesses offer terms (net 15, net 30) want encourage pay early, autopay appreciate charge hits. overdo early-warning touch usually plenty; starts feel like nagging. due invoice's date. updated existing changed (line item edited, amount adjusted, date moved). email only. statement periodic summary listing open invoices document. overdue past workhorse system. run recurring cadence core collections process. see escalation-sequence pattern below. late fee posts, giving chance kicks in. mail delivered always available. requires add-on . enabled type, reliably check email. installing add-on. brand-new account install takes ten seconds. step 1. add-ons marketplace genie, go marketplace, select category, click reminders. 2. tile. now shows ready configure. next section find configured three levels layered everywhere global defaults baseline every customer. once. overrides quickbooks (e.g. wholesale fewer retail). per-customer specific send vip touches; chronically more). most-specific layer wins. says \"statement on\" override turns statements. configuring (how days fires, soon etc.) page control panel \u0026gt; trigger schedule. fire due, itself); others schedule repeat n days). save. new applies point forward. global, channels change account. vary per turned delivery (email / mail) active \"message less\" pattern. practical start balanced works service b2b 3 date, update, month, (for accounts only). below; part spend tuning. 1 day adjust based fits policy. tune aggressive feels pushy; gentle ignored. watch overlap multiple schedules collide example, lands ends emails you, reads overzealous collections. setting cadence, walk couple sample timelines (day 0, 5, 30…) make sure scheduled day. unavoidable, stagger two. building escalation sequence effective single repeating tiered messages escalate tone channel older. tier block age range, matches serious situation become. common four-tier 0 60 friendly nudges, \"just reminder, please chance.\" 7-14 days. 2 120 firmer reminders, still \"your contact resolve this.\" add 90-day mark tangible escalation. 7-10 180 final notice. + mail. \"this hear may referred collections.\" 7 4 180+ either \"account suspended collections\" notice, stop sending route whichever schedule, subject line, body content. let opt later tiers never threaten everyone assumes genuinely delinquent unresponsive. long-standing who've simply slow will damage relationship. use exempt a-list tiers, carry friendlier 1/2 instead. merge tags personalizing templates support placeholders {customerfirstname} {amountdue} replaces real data out. template render correctly work information name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" name file (useful businesses). {customerbusinessname} business blank. {customerdisplayname} preferred display (combines set). {jobname} job title sub-customer setups). {other} value custom field. {invoicenumber} number. {invoicedate} (mm/dd/yyyy). {duedate} balance remaining, formatted currency $1,234.56). statements, total instead {ponumber} po number (empty none). {invoicedayslate} is. plain 42). negative yet. (conditional) fees merchant qualifies. otherwise empty strings, safely include double \"with fee\" \"without variants. {latefee} applied (currency formatted). {latefeedate} post link {customerportallink} full url portal drop give one-click pay-now link. {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. {dbaname} business's dba (the know by). tag rules case-sensitive works; replace literally. curly braces ({{...}}) square brackets ([...]) supported. dates hardcoded mm/dd/yyyy format uses locale's symbol formatting. merge-tag example simple scales across hi {customerfirstname}, remains unpaid. online thanks, abc plumbing co., personalized name, number, amount, late, manual editing disable need just customer, per-invoice opt-out portal, navigate reach record tab. modify confirmation banner appears. re-enabling path currently opted settings sparingly (customer → overrides) handles \"stop noise\" scenarios cleanly. statements behave little differently invoice, has, (typically month). config last month. recipient view links place, them, download pdf copy. partial within payments, directly view. apply paid, pro-rated customer-record off-schedule invoices, one-off immediately. calls asking complete picture. vs. individual pick strategy often crosses \"too email.\" monthly prefer consolidated view; retail time. attach default, rather whose ap teams archive pdfs toggle attachment yes. save settings. forward includes addition asks receiving sometimes ask redundant, quiet. oblige instead, want. patterns quiet pays consistently. statement, payment, fee. keep loop something lapses. everything except bare minimum. due; repeated follow-ups. entirely, prefers physical (with ). majority benefit exceptions. behavior genie; broader playbook. interact status future automatically. reduce outstanding getting nudges fully voided refunded generating voided/refunded amount. skipped (via waive flag) remind about. frequently asked questions automated sender address (or domain up) look correspondence company. notice automated. replies reply reply-to back genie. expected five causes (1) (check record), (2) fire, (3) bounced invalid, (4) disabled, (5) setting. actually right without changing yes itself, send. manually flow. preview looks option type. real-data receive. related articles fees, features using","name":"Using Reminders","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-reminders","first_category":"Invoice Messenger \u0026 Reminders","categories_display_for_views":"Invoice Messenger \u0026 Reminders","parent_categories":[1369272],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoice-messenger-and-reminders/using-reminders?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"reminders automatic follow-up communications biller genie sends customers time invoice goes paid. engine \"chases\" payments behalf — reason merchants get paid significantly faster used to. article explains work, reminder type for, configure them. fit genie's messaging model two flavors customer communication messenger first touch. (and updates changes). (this article) cadence. repeats together cover whole life invoice. gets customer's hands; keeps top mind. six types organized message types, purpose. can turn one off, choose whether deliver email, paper mail, both. exact timing set globally configuration page. upcoming payment heads-up sent due. especially useful businesses offer terms (net 15, net 30) want encourage pay early, autopay appreciate charge hits. overdo early-warning touch usually plenty; starts feel like nagging. due invoice's date. updated existing changed (line item edited, amount adjusted, date moved). email only. statement periodic summary listing open invoices document. overdue past workhorse system. run recurring cadence core collections process. see escalation-sequence pattern below. late fee posts, giving chance kicks in. mail delivered always available. requires add-on . enabled type, reliably check email. installing add-on. brand-new account install takes ten seconds. step 1. add-ons marketplace genie, go marketplace, select category, click reminders. 2. tile. now shows ready configure. next section find configured three levels layered everywhere global defaults baseline every customer. once. overrides quickbooks (e.g. wholesale fewer retail). per-customer specific send vip touches; chronically more). most-specific layer wins. says \"statement on\" override turns statements. configuring (how days fires, soon etc.) page control panel \u0026gt; trigger schedule. fire due, itself); others schedule repeat n days). save. new applies point forward. global, channels change account. vary per turned delivery (email / mail) active \"message less\" pattern. practical start balanced works service b2b 3 date, update, month, (for accounts only). below; part spend tuning. 1 day adjust based fits policy. tune aggressive feels pushy; gentle ignored. watch overlap multiple schedules collide example, lands ends emails you, reads overzealous collections. setting cadence, walk couple sample timelines (day 0, 5, 30…) make sure scheduled day. unavoidable, stagger two. building escalation sequence effective single repeating tiered messages escalate tone channel older. tier block age range, matches serious situation become. common four-tier 0 60 friendly nudges, \"just reminder, please chance.\" 7-14 days. 2 120 firmer reminders, still \"your contact resolve this.\" add 90-day mark tangible escalation. 7-10 180 final notice. + mail. \"this hear may referred collections.\" 7 4 180+ either \"account suspended collections\" notice, stop sending route whichever schedule, subject line, body content. let opt later tiers never threaten everyone assumes genuinely delinquent unresponsive. long-standing who've simply slow will damage relationship. use exempt a-list tiers, carry friendlier 1/2 instead. merge tags personalizing templates support placeholders {customerfirstname} {amountdue} replaces real data out. template render correctly work information name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" name file (useful businesses). {customerbusinessname} business blank. {customerdisplayname} preferred display (combines set). {jobname} job title sub-customer setups). {other} value custom field. {invoicenumber} number. {invoicedate} (mm/dd/yyyy). {duedate} balance remaining, formatted currency $1,234.56). statements, total instead {ponumber} po number (empty none). {invoicedayslate} is. plain 42). negative yet. (conditional) fees merchant qualifies. otherwise empty strings, safely include double \"with fee\" \"without variants. {latefee} applied (currency formatted). {latefeedate} post link {customerportallink} full url portal drop give one-click pay-now link. {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. {dbaname} business's dba (the know by). tag rules case-sensitive works; replace literally. curly braces ({{...}}) square brackets ([...]) supported. dates hardcoded mm/dd/yyyy format uses locale's symbol formatting. merge-tag example simple scales across hi {customerfirstname}, remains unpaid. online thanks, abc plumbing co., personalized name, number, amount, late, manual editing disable need just customer, per-invoice opt-out portal, navigate reach record tab. modify confirmation banner appears. re-enabling path currently opted settings sparingly (customer → overrides) handles \"stop noise\" scenarios cleanly. statements behave little differently invoice, has, (typically month). config last month. recipient view links place, them, download pdf copy. partial within payments, directly view. apply paid, pro-rated customer-record off-schedule invoices, one-off immediately. calls asking complete picture. vs. individual pick strategy often crosses \"too email.\" monthly prefer consolidated view; retail time. attach default, rather whose ap teams archive pdfs toggle attachment yes. save settings. forward includes addition asks receiving sometimes ask redundant, quiet. oblige instead, want. patterns quiet pays consistently. statement, payment, fee. keep loop something lapses. everything except bare minimum. due; repeated follow-ups. entirely, prefers physical (with ). majority benefit exceptions. behavior genie; broader playbook. interact status future automatically. reduce outstanding getting nudges fully voided refunded generating voided/refunded amount. skipped (via waive flag) remind about. frequently asked questions automated sender address (or domain up) look correspondence company. notice automated. replies reply reply-to back genie. expected five causes (1) (check record), (2) fire, (3) bounced invalid, (4) disabled, (5) setting. actually right without changing yes itself, send. manually flow. preview looks option type. real-data receive. related articles fees, features using","categories":{"current":{"id":1369272,"name":"Invoice Messenger \u0026 Reminders","url":"/invoice-messenger-and-reminders"}},"category_param":"invoice-messenger-and-reminders"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T18:35:19.000Z","tag_names":["bill with parent","display invoices with parent","parent customer","sub customer","sub-customer","quickbooks jobs","qbo job","qbd customer job","bill to parent","viewsubcustomersinvoices","consolidated billing","parent rollup","sub-customer email inheritance","sub customer autopay"],"answer_sample":"In QuickBooks, a customer can be set up as a sub-customer of another customer — u","long_answer_sample":"In QuickBooks, a customer can be set up as a sub-customer of another customer — useful for tracking jobs under a single account, multiple locations of one client, or a contractor doing work for a property owner. Biller Genie reads these parent/sub relationships from QuickBooks and gives you two distinct features to leverage them: Bill With Parent (r","language_id":1,"id":1956845,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"quickbooks, customer can set sub-customer another — useful tracking jobs single account, multiple locations one client, contractor work property owner. biller genie reads parent/sub relationships quickbooks gives two distinct features leverage bill parent (route sub-customer's billing parent), customer-portal experience lets portal user see, switch between, pay invoices records connected to. glance per-customer-or-per-type setting sub-customer. on, receives reminders, parent's autopay configuration drives payment, communications route parent. sub's invoice messenger , reminders auto settings get grayed take over. display per-customer toggle customer. view includes sub-customers combined list. independent turn either without other. works hood sub-customer, several pieces genie's behavior shift sub runtime messenger. send time, checks billtoqbonlineparent flag. looks uses reminder toggles decide whether send. ignored. pay. eligible autopay, system (autopay enabled, autopay-on-type, default payment method, threshold) determine charge. off, runs regardless record says. routing. still recorded database (the for), processing flow processing. payments processed using stored applies invoice. accounting software sees marked paid, coming card file. late fees. fees calculated \"owns\" overdue balance perspective), goes inheritance. methods shared automatically methods. merge just means method. file does, will fail method make sure working relying autopay. qbo qbd differ handling customer's to, persisted differently behind scenes online native \"billed with\" dropdown profile). syncs flag bi-directionally flip qbo, bg picks next sync; bg, writes back qbo. systems stay aligned automatically. desktop (magiccarpet) equivalent setting. stores locally persists across magiccarpet never read written desktop. qbd-connected customer, directly bg. nothing appears itself, qbd-side override value. practical implication expect round-trip check something off. qbd, source truth ever change projects require careful bulk changes technically hood, requires \"bill customer\" checkbox every project. use defaults surgical option push customers once, inadvertently breaks alignment cause confusing invoicing behavior. including projects; special handling.  projects, per non-project need changed, leave projects' alone. see intuit's help qbo-side requirement. management. owner parent; individual properties sub-customers. gets communications, arrangement, job billed reported separately. multi-location franchisees. franchisee corporate office handles keep per-location billing. general contractors paying subs' invoices. gc trades gc's covers trades' holding company operating entities. subsidiaries centralized decentralized point handle separately-tracked accounts, cleanest pattern. independently, let manage settings. configure system, sync, auto-pay run cover linked sub-customers' (or desktop), profile \"is sub-customer\". reads. wait sync manual sync). relationship genie, open record. pay, messenger, fields now inheriting video walkthrough short tutorial showing side setup, end step-by-step screenshots (quickbooks online) step 1. log account. 2. go sales \u0026gt; customers. 3. select whose want via 4. click edit profile. 5. section, parent, save. sync. turned inside tab, confirmation message configured ways (and optionally pay) view, access portal's top navigation. (configurable type ) mixed logs normally would. grid shows hide button collapse ones checkout. processes credited correct receipts depending sub). necessarily portal. happen together. switching person manages accounts example, manager pays bills three different llcs, separate accident logging out. customer-switching groups email address. in, active merchant's account shares logged-in user's match, navigation listing matched alphabetically. person, email, records. lists clicking switches context invoices, saved cards, configuration. share email. address, them. matching. customers, accountant clients switcher move freely. enable alone put surface one. link access. routes adds existing view. feature. email-based, parent/sub-based purely email-driven. records, separate, emails. status drive switcher. putting together common configurations buildings llc. subs building 101, 102, 103. manager. building. llc's charges building's place. result schedule b llcs llc a, b, c totally relationship. accountant's applicable (no relationship). applicable. c. needed. cadence login. independently co. co 1, payments. companies. company's cards stand own. companies' emails, accident, used. functions genie. reporting tag company; anything else. frequently asked questions charged back-invoices no. affects future retroactively charge exist unpaid picked going forward. manually-paid history touched. charged. fallback. multi-level hierarchy (grandparent → sub) model flat immediate only. \"parent\" grandparent, resolution; cascade chain. recommend hierarchies purposes level (parent predictable dropdown. (1) record's matches exactly (case-insensitive, punctuation whitespace matter), (2) (deactivated appear), (3) merchant logged in. \"display parent\" viewing historical hidden turning hides forward, delete already-issued receipts. stops seeing related articles global overrides fees, customer-enabled supported accounting-software integrations","name":"Parent and Sub Customers (including QuickBooks Jobs)","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"parentsub-customer","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/parentsub-customer?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"quickbooks, customer can set sub-customer another — useful tracking jobs single account, multiple locations one client, contractor work property owner. biller genie reads parent/sub relationships quickbooks gives two distinct features leverage bill parent (route sub-customer's billing parent), customer-portal experience lets portal user see, switch between, pay invoices records connected to. glance per-customer-or-per-type setting sub-customer. on, receives reminders, parent's autopay configuration drives payment, communications route parent. sub's invoice messenger , reminders auto settings get grayed take over. display per-customer toggle customer. view includes sub-customers combined list. independent turn either without other. works hood sub-customer, several pieces genie's behavior shift sub runtime messenger. send time, checks billtoqbonlineparent flag. looks uses reminder toggles decide whether send. ignored. pay. eligible autopay, system (autopay enabled, autopay-on-type, default payment method, threshold) determine charge. off, runs regardless record says. routing. still recorded database (the for), processing flow processing. payments processed using stored applies invoice. accounting software sees marked paid, coming card file. late fees. fees calculated \"owns\" overdue balance perspective), goes inheritance. methods shared automatically methods. merge just means method. file does, will fail method make sure working relying autopay. qbo qbd differ handling customer's to, persisted differently behind scenes online native \"billed with\" dropdown profile). syncs flag bi-directionally flip qbo, bg picks next sync; bg, writes back qbo. systems stay aligned automatically. desktop (magiccarpet) equivalent setting. stores locally persists across magiccarpet never read written desktop. qbd-connected customer, directly bg. nothing appears itself, qbd-side override value. practical implication expect round-trip check something off. qbd, source truth ever change projects require careful bulk changes technically hood, requires \"bill customer\" checkbox every project. use defaults surgical option push customers once, inadvertently breaks alignment cause confusing invoicing behavior. including projects; special handling.  projects, per non-project need changed, leave projects' alone. see intuit's help qbo-side requirement. management. owner parent; individual properties sub-customers. gets communications, arrangement, job billed reported separately. multi-location franchisees. franchisee corporate office handles keep per-location billing. general contractors paying subs' invoices. gc trades gc's covers trades' holding company operating entities. subsidiaries centralized decentralized point handle separately-tracked accounts, cleanest pattern. independently, let manage settings. configure system, sync, auto-pay run cover linked sub-customers' (or desktop), profile \"is sub-customer\". reads. wait sync manual sync). relationship genie, open record. pay, messenger, fields now inheriting video walkthrough short tutorial showing side setup, end step-by-step screenshots (quickbooks online) step 1. log account. 2. go sales \u0026gt; customers. 3. select whose want via 4. click edit profile. 5. section, parent, save. sync. turned inside tab, confirmation message configured ways (and optionally pay) view, access portal's top navigation. (configurable type ) mixed logs normally would. grid shows hide button collapse ones checkout. processes credited correct receipts depending sub). necessarily portal. happen together. switching person manages accounts example, manager pays bills three different llcs, separate accident logging out. customer-switching groups email address. in, active merchant's account shares logged-in user's match, navigation listing matched alphabetically. person, email, records. lists clicking switches context invoices, saved cards, configuration. share email. address, them. matching. customers, accountant clients switcher move freely. enable alone put surface one. link access. routes adds existing view. feature. email-based, parent/sub-based purely email-driven. records, separate, emails. status drive switcher. putting together common configurations buildings llc. subs building 101, 102, 103. manager. building. llc's charges building's place. result schedule b llcs llc a, b, c totally relationship. accountant's applicable (no relationship). applicable. c. needed. cadence login. independently co. co 1, payments. companies. company's cards stand own. companies' emails, accident, used. functions genie. reporting tag company; anything else. frequently asked questions charged back-invoices no. affects future retroactively charge exist unpaid picked going forward. manually-paid history touched. charged. fallback. multi-level hierarchy (grandparent → sub) model flat immediate only. \"parent\" grandparent, resolution; cascade chain. recommend hierarchies purposes level (parent predictable dropdown. (1) record's matches exactly (case-insensitive, punctuation whitespace matter), (2) (deactivated appear), (3) merchant logged in. \"display parent\" viewing historical hidden turning hides forward, delete already-issued receipts. stops seeing related articles global overrides fees, customer-enabled supported accounting-software integrations","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2024-07-03T20:15:24.000Z","tag_names":["online transactions","payment service"],"answer_sample":"Link your existing PayPal account to Biller Genie and instantly offer additional ","long_answer_sample":"Link your existing PayPal account to Biller Genie and instantly offer additional payment options in one convenient package.    PayPal Features Multiple Payment Options for Customer Use funds in their PayPal balance Pay Later (purchase is broken into payments) Venmo Convenient Checkout Once a payment method is linked to a customer's PayPal account, ","language_id":1,"id":2658199,"last_published_date":"May 26th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"link existing paypal account biller genie instantly offer additional payment options one convenient package.    features multiple customer use funds balance pay later (purchase broken payments) venmo checkout method linked customer's account, can invoice quickly without enter card/account number again. limitations integration available inside portal merchant portal, viewing statement link. fees processing charged directly recommend referencing website info details. premium apply volumes. technology charge customers credit debit cards, will used.  auto batch reconciliation compatibility genie's abr feature, want know transactions handled differently. enabled, sweep added chart accounts labeled “apm” (alternative methods). moved receivable apm account. difference create bank deposit entries. remain manually moved. need entry conjunction transferring account.  ready get started follow article installing add-on","name":"PayPal Overview","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"paypal-overview","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/paypal-overview?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"link existing paypal account biller genie instantly offer additional payment options one convenient package.    features multiple customer use funds balance pay later (purchase broken payments) venmo checkout method linked customer's account, can invoice quickly without enter card/account number again. limitations integration available inside portal merchant portal, viewing statement link. fees processing charged directly recommend referencing website info details. premium apply volumes. technology charge customers credit debit cards, will used.  auto batch reconciliation compatibility genie's abr feature, want know transactions handled differently. enabled, sweep added chart accounts labeled “apm” (alternative methods). moved receivable apm account. difference create bank deposit entries. remain manually moved. need entry conjunction transferring account.  ready get started follow article installing add-on","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2024-02-23T21:14:57.000Z","tag_names":["cash flow stage billing","estimate progress invoice","milestone invoicing","one big invoice vs many","partial payments","progress invoices","progress invoicing quickbooks","project invoice","qbo progress invoicing setup","stage billing"],"answer_sample":"If you bill in stages — for example, a contractor billing 25% at signing, 25% at ","long_answer_sample":"If you bill in stages — for example, a contractor billing 25% at signing, 25% at framing, 25% at drywall, 25% at completion — you have two ways to structure the receivable: progress invoices (multiple smaller invoices issued as work progresses) or one large invoice with partial payments. This article covers the trade-offs and when each pattern is th","language_id":1,"id":2428271,"last_published_date":"May 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"bill stages — example, contractor billing 25% signing, framing, drywall, completion two ways structure receivable progress invoices (multiple smaller issued work progresses) one large invoice partial payments. article covers trade-offs pattern better fit business. job works create separate stage ready bill. due date balance. customer pays arrives. collect 100% next ships. + payments big full amount, allow on. portions progresses. stays open running balance final payment closes out. usually stage-billed jobs, win three dimensions cleaner a/r aging. $40,000 sits $30,000 months drags aging hard. four $10,000 invoices, paid within 30 days completes, keep report healthy. faster cash flow. can prove done. customers pay promptly corresponds deliverable just received, vs. fully consumed yet. easier collections. goes late, strong, specific conversation \"we delivered framing april 1, $10,000, please pay.\" compared chasing balance, squishier. customer's procurement requires po per project. enterprise cut whole job. break need po. well-defined advance. predict project will split it, honest fabricating milestones. short jobs. total \u0026lt;$5,000 finishes week, overhead multiple worth it. patterns show biller genie reflects whatever set accounting software appear series independent grid. reminder cadence, autopay state, now link. individually pays. appears single entries timeline. reduces hits zero. reminders continue (referencing remaining balance) closes. record see allowing . setting invoicing quickbooks online native feature converts estimate staged invoices. high-level workflow turn invoicing. qbo, go settings (gear icon) \u0026gt; account sales. find section toggle save. (e.g. $40,000) detailed line items stage. issue completes. estimate, click choose portion (percentage total, dollar items). track qbo automatically subtracts estimate's always know left syncs invoice. grid follow normal cadence settings. maintains parent-estimate relationship; sees individual complete instructions (including template setup), intuit's documentation step-by-step guides support search \"progress invoicing.\" desktop qbd supports estimate. enable edit preferences jobs \u0026amp; estimates (company tab), check \"do invoicing\" use percentage amount. generated individually. xero estimate\" way. manually quotes used template, created independently. like other. best practices spell original / contract. exist bills first dates match delivery. net 15 \"stage delivered\" lands \"estimate signed.\" ship previous (or part, depending policy). main reason improves flow natural gating mechanism. memo description ties delivered. 2 4 completed 2026-04-15\" beats 2.\" consider repeating-stage clients. rhythm repeatedly (monthly retainer plus monthly work), smooths further. related articles schedule per-customer overrides","name":"Progress Invoices vs. Partial Payments: Best Practices","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setting-up-progress-invoices-in-quickbooks-online","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/setting-up-progress-invoices-in-quickbooks-online?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"bill stages — example, contractor billing 25% signing, framing, drywall, completion two ways structure receivable progress invoices (multiple smaller issued work progresses) one large invoice partial payments. article covers trade-offs pattern better fit business. job works create separate stage ready bill. due date balance. customer pays arrives. collect 100% next ships. + payments big full amount, allow on. portions progresses. stays open running balance final payment closes out. usually stage-billed jobs, win three dimensions cleaner a/r aging. $40,000 sits $30,000 months drags aging hard. four $10,000 invoices, paid within 30 days completes, keep report healthy. faster cash flow. can prove done. customers pay promptly corresponds deliverable just received, vs. fully consumed yet. easier collections. goes late, strong, specific conversation \"we delivered framing april 1, $10,000, please pay.\" compared chasing balance, squishier. customer's procurement requires po per project. enterprise cut whole job. break need po. well-defined advance. predict project will split it, honest fabricating milestones. short jobs. total \u0026lt;$5,000 finishes week, overhead multiple worth it. patterns show biller genie reflects whatever set accounting software appear series independent grid. reminder cadence, autopay state, now link. individually pays. appears single entries timeline. reduces hits zero. reminders continue (referencing remaining balance) closes. record see allowing . setting invoicing quickbooks online native feature converts estimate staged invoices. high-level workflow turn invoicing. qbo, go settings (gear icon) \u0026gt; account sales. find section toggle save. (e.g. $40,000) detailed line items stage. issue completes. estimate, click choose portion (percentage total, dollar items). track qbo automatically subtracts estimate's always know left syncs invoice. grid follow normal cadence settings. maintains parent-estimate relationship; sees individual complete instructions (including template setup), intuit's documentation step-by-step guides support search \"progress invoicing.\" desktop qbd supports estimate. enable edit preferences jobs \u0026amp; estimates (company tab), check \"do invoicing\" use percentage amount. generated individually. xero estimate\" way. manually quotes used template, created independently. like other. best practices spell original / contract. exist bills first dates match delivery. net 15 \"stage delivered\" lands \"estimate signed.\" ship previous (or part, depending policy). main reason improves flow natural gating mechanism. memo description ties delivered. 2 4 completed 2026-04-15\" beats 2.\" consider repeating-stage clients. rhythm repeatedly (monthly retainer plus monthly work), smooths further. related articles schedule per-customer overrides","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T18:06:44.000Z","tag_names":["autopay attempt log","detach payment timeline","email opened invoice","invoice activity","invoice event log","invoice history","invoice opt out reminders","invoice timeline","mailjet open click","reminder sent log","when was invoice sent","who paid invoice"],"answer_sample":"Every invoice in Biller Genie has a Timeline — a chronological log of everything ","long_answer_sample":"Every invoice in Biller Genie has a Timeline — a chronological log of everything that's happened to it: payments applied, payment attempts, reminders sent, opt-out toggles, voids/refunds, autopay attempts, manual notes, and email opens and clicks. The Timeline is the first place to look when you need to answer \"what happened with this invoice?\" — fo","language_id":1,"id":1956817,"last_published_date":"May 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"every invoice biller genie timeline — chronological log everything happened payments applied, payment attempts, reminders sent, opt-out toggles, voids/refunds, autopay manual notes, email opens clicks. first place look need answer \"what invoice\" support questions, audit needs, troubleshooting customer's experience match expected. find open invoices \u0026gt; (or clicking number anywhere appears). detail view, scroll history / section. entries appear newest-first. entry types mean lifecycle means created either synced accounting software, manually bg, imported. timeline. updated field changed typically edit software through, bg. paid invoice's remaining balance hit $0 (a payment, multiple payments, credit memo zeroed out). sets paiddate. applied card debit made amount $x processed applied. funds available 1-2 business days. ach submitted bank. note takes 3-5 days settle can still reject window. check captured via mobile capture rdc invoice. settles pending [type] attached yet funded associated reduced funds. common payments. voided, refunded, detached previously-applied reversed. went back paiddate cleared marked paid. attempts auto pay skipped since automatic attempted [date] per day. system tried earlier today, next attempt skipped. failed - ending xxxx expired. automatically disabled customer. stored auto-disables customer) fix due date. method (ending xxxx) authorization file bank account verification holds completes. #x [reason] gateway declined returned error. reason text comes response ones insufficient funds, declined, honor. activity \"[reminder type]\" reminder sent out. type tells one cadence (upcoming due, overdue, upcoming late fee, statement). paper mail queued add-on active. opened clicked click telemetry provider (mailjet). indicates recipient least loaded images link. useful \"they saw it\" signal though 100% reliable clients block tracking pixels. bounced (soft hard) deliver. soft bounce = temporary (full inbox, server unavailable); hard permanent (bad address). bounces, customer email. per-invoice opted reminders (also will excluded reminders) someone team opt emails go specifically. (if configured) attempts. now included sending resume scheduled cadence. notes add internal recording conversations, escalations, anything else want record of. detail, note, save. appears username timestamp. internal-only (the never sees them). diagnostic patterns \"did ever receive send entries, opens/clicks. see sends opens, might spam. \"why run\" recent entry. skip/fail tell (already-attempted, expired card, authorization). \"this supposed there\" pending-payment detach entries. shows full diagnostic. going out\" record's active status. delivery diagnosis . related articles viewing attaching detaching transactions","name":"Invoice Timeline and Activity History","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"view-invoice-timeline","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/view-invoice-timeline?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"every invoice biller genie timeline — chronological log everything happened payments applied, payment attempts, reminders sent, opt-out toggles, voids/refunds, autopay manual notes, email opens clicks. first place look need answer \"what invoice\" support questions, audit needs, troubleshooting customer's experience match expected. find open invoices \u0026gt; (or clicking number anywhere appears). detail view, scroll history / section. entries appear newest-first. entry types mean lifecycle means created either synced accounting software, manually bg, imported. timeline. updated field changed typically edit software through, bg. paid invoice's remaining balance hit $0 (a payment, multiple payments, credit memo zeroed out). sets paiddate. applied card debit made amount $x processed applied. funds available 1-2 business days. ach submitted bank. note takes 3-5 days settle can still reject window. check captured via mobile capture rdc invoice. settles pending [type] attached yet funded associated reduced funds. common payments. voided, refunded, detached previously-applied reversed. went back paiddate cleared marked paid. attempts auto pay skipped since automatic attempted [date] per day. system tried earlier today, next attempt skipped. failed - ending xxxx expired. automatically disabled customer. stored auto-disables customer) fix due date. method (ending xxxx) authorization file bank account verification holds completes. #x [reason] gateway declined returned error. reason text comes response ones insufficient funds, declined, honor. activity \"[reminder type]\" reminder sent out. type tells one cadence (upcoming due, overdue, upcoming late fee, statement). paper mail queued add-on active. opened clicked click telemetry provider (mailjet). indicates recipient least loaded images link. useful \"they saw it\" signal though 100% reliable clients block tracking pixels. bounced (soft hard) deliver. soft bounce = temporary (full inbox, server unavailable); hard permanent (bad address). bounces, customer email. per-invoice opted reminders (also will excluded reminders) someone team opt emails go specifically. (if configured) attempts. now included sending resume scheduled cadence. notes add internal recording conversations, escalations, anything else want record of. detail, note, save. appears username timestamp. internal-only (the never sees them). diagnostic patterns \"did ever receive send entries, opens/clicks. see sends opens, might spam. \"why run\" recent entry. skip/fail tell (already-attempted, expired card, authorization). \"this supposed there\" pending-payment detach entries. shows full diagnostic. going out\" record's active status. delivery diagnosis . related articles viewing attaching detaching transactions","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2024-10-28T20:38:09.000Z","tag_names":["automated","disable"],"answer_sample":"Some customers may have a unique process where Auto Pay doesn't work for them. Yo","long_answer_sample":"Some customers may have a unique process where Auto Pay doesn't work for them. You can easily disable this feature for a customer using the steps below:     Step 1: Open the Customer List In the Biller Genie portal, navigate to your Customers list Step 2: Select the Customer Use the search bar and/or filters to find the desired customer record.   St","language_id":1,"id":2871925,"last_published_date":"May 26th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"customers may unique process auto pay work them. can easily disable feature customer using steps   step 1 open list biller genie portal, navigate 2 select use search bar and/or filters find desired record. 3 settings click 'auto pay' tab, 'edit' 4 turn invoices ‘off’ ‘update customer’. faqs q tell turned read article reports. report titled “auto enabled” adjust choice yours! one key benefits portal enables take control accounts performing various actions independently. view past invoices, save new payment methods file, certain needed. however, flexibility limit access specific controls. decide whether edit profile update change auto-pay allow parent sub-customer per-customer basis. balance empowerment ensures seamless experience maintain oversight account settings.","name":"Turn Off Auto Pay","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"turn-off-auto-pay","first_category":"Features \u0026 Addons","categories_display_for_views":"Features \u0026 Addons","parent_categories":[1368784],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/features-and-addons/turn-off-auto-pay?from_search=237966305","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customers may unique process auto pay work them. can easily disable feature customer using steps   step 1 open list biller genie portal, navigate 2 select use search bar and/or filters find desired record. 3 settings click 'auto pay' tab, 'edit' 4 turn invoices ‘off’ ‘update customer’. faqs q tell turned read article reports. report titled “auto enabled” adjust choice yours! one key benefits portal enables take control accounts performing various actions independently. view past invoices, save new payment methods file, certain needed. however, flexibility limit access specific controls. decide whether edit profile update change auto-pay allow parent sub-customer per-customer basis. balance empowerment ensures seamless experience maintain oversight account settings.","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}}]