[{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-10-06T23:04:38.000Z","tag_names":["technology fees","surcharging","dual pricing","compliant surcharging","bin validation","fee cap","state restrictions","surcharge prohibited states","connecticut surcharging","massachusetts surcharging","maine surcharging","oklahoma surcharging","colorado surcharge cap","card brand compliance","visa surcharging rules","mastercard surcharging rules","technology fee vs surcharge","convenience fee vs surcharge","cash discount","all or nothing fee"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie supports two ways to add a Technology Fee to a transaction so you ca","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie supports two ways to add a Technology Fee to a transaction so you can offset your cost of accepting cards: Surcharging and Dual Pricing. Both are configured under the same Technology Fees feature in your Biller Genie account, and both are designed to be card-brand compliant. The difference is in how the fee is presented to your customer","language_id":1,"id":2227513,"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":"biller genie supports two ways add technology fee transaction can offset cost accepting cards surcharging dual pricing. configured fees feature account, designed card-brand compliant. difference presented customer — drives option allowed, caps at, sees receipt. all-or-nothing setting account level. turned on, applies every processed exempt specific invoice. visa mastercard compliance requirement applied consistently disclosed way customer. showing one another put processing risk. article gives high-level comparison decide flavor fits business. setup steps, customer's checkout experience, accounting reconciliation, see linked articles bottom. adds small credit card transactions (and, configurations, ach transactions) help cover payment processing. appears invoice receipt, proceeds sync back software separate line item sales receipt books reconcile cleanly. come flavors original price. pays card, popup discloses surcharge new total. capped rules. pricing price (or cash) side-by-side start. popup, caps, state restrictions. works surcharging, goes quoted. chooses pay told it. point selection, shows clearly outlines additional total, either accept switch non-surcharged method (debit, ach, avoid behind scenes, checks card's bin (the first 6-8 digits, called bank identification number) confirm applying surcharge. identifies debit prepaid types protected pricing, prices moment receive needed full transparency upfront. pick matches willing pay. integration, lower displays \"cash\" instead. pattern mirrors gas-station shown pump familiar mental model customers. glance vs   cap max 3% (2% colorado) minimum maximum excluded check geography available 46 states. prohibited connecticut, maine, massachusetts, oklahoma. 50 states price; paying disclosure throughout chosen notification required follow guidelines, notify acquirer 30 days turning verify merchant processor legal team going live restrictions apply only. state-level caps. oklahoma prohibited. business registered states, choose colorado 2%. automatically enforces colorado-based accounts. allowed 3%. important laws change time, state's rules codified genie's automatic enforcement. operate. glossary fee, surcharge, convenience service four terms get used interchangeably conversation, mean different things brands regulators. umbrella name. covers added top specifically card. govern applied. practice upfront cash paying. alternate channel. strict charge (typically channel genuinely merchant's normal method). support convenience-fee programs directly. certain regulated industries (mostly government, education, utilities) regardless method. service-fee talk \"technology fee\" accurate term. \"surcharge\" using mode specifically. \"convenience \"service meanings merchants. frequently asked questions turn customers others no. global design. violation puts rationale. will gift charged transaction. card), actually syncs software. visible portal software, received. needs switch, modes operate time. looks like experience step-by-step screenshots flow. related reconciling chart accounts mapping lives","name":"Technology Fees: Dual Pricing and Surcharging at a Glance","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"technology-fees-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/technology-fees-overview?from_search=237965600","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie supports two ways add technology fee transaction can offset cost accepting cards surcharging dual pricing. configured fees feature account, designed card-brand compliant. difference presented customer — drives option allowed, caps at, sees receipt. all-or-nothing setting account level. turned on, applies every processed exempt specific invoice. visa mastercard compliance requirement applied consistently disclosed way customer. showing one another put processing risk. article gives high-level comparison decide flavor fits business. setup steps, customer's checkout experience, accounting reconciliation, see linked articles bottom. adds small credit card transactions (and, configurations, ach transactions) help cover payment processing. appears invoice receipt, proceeds sync back software separate line item sales receipt books reconcile cleanly. come flavors original price. pays card, popup discloses surcharge new total. capped rules. pricing price (or cash) side-by-side start. popup, caps, state restrictions. works surcharging, goes quoted. chooses pay told it. point selection, shows clearly outlines additional total, either accept switch non-surcharged method (debit, ach, avoid behind scenes, checks card's bin (the first 6-8 digits, called bank identification number) confirm applying surcharge. identifies debit prepaid types protected pricing, prices moment receive needed full transparency upfront. pick matches willing pay. integration, lower displays \"cash\" instead. pattern mirrors gas-station shown pump familiar mental model customers. glance vs   cap max 3% (2% colorado) minimum maximum excluded check geography available 46 states. prohibited connecticut, maine, massachusetts, oklahoma. 50 states price; paying disclosure throughout chosen notification required follow guidelines, notify acquirer 30 days turning verify merchant processor legal team going live restrictions apply only. state-level caps. oklahoma prohibited. business registered states, choose colorado 2%. automatically enforces colorado-based accounts. allowed 3%. important laws change time, state's rules codified genie's automatic enforcement. operate. glossary fee, surcharge, convenience service four terms get used interchangeably conversation, mean different things brands regulators. umbrella name. covers added top specifically card. govern applied. practice upfront cash paying. alternate channel. strict charge (typically channel genuinely merchant's normal method). support convenience-fee programs directly. certain regulated industries (mostly government, education, utilities) regardless method. service-fee talk \"technology fee\" accurate term. \"surcharge\" using mode specifically. \"convenience \"service meanings merchants. frequently asked questions turn customers others no. global design. violation puts rationale. will gift charged transaction. card), actually syncs software. visible portal software, received. needs switch, modes operate time. looks like experience step-by-step screenshots flow. related reconciling chart accounts mapping lives","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"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=237965600","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"}}]