[{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T21:01:36.000Z","tag_names":["financial arrangement","billing option"],"answer_sample":"You can offer installment payment options for customers that need a more flexible","long_answer_sample":"You can offer installment payment options for customers that need a more flexible solution for paying invoices. You can enable Payment Plans on an individual or group basis, and give selected clients the ability to request flexible payment terms. Simply approve the Payment Plan request and Biller Genie will automatically collect on the approved sche","language_id":1,"id":1957071,"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":"can offer installment payment options customers need flexible solution paying invoices. enable plans individual group basis, give selected clients ability request terms. simply approve plan biller genie will automatically collect approved schedule reconcile transactions real-time. allow plans must turned customer. done globally customers. global step 1 main menu, navigate to control panel \u0026gt; customer defaults. 2 click toggle to next to allow plans. save new \u0026amp; apply existing to customers. select advanced advanced options and click edit. 3 sure click update customer to changes.","name":"Turning on Payment Plans","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"turning-on-payment-plans","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/turning-on-payment-plans?from_search=237967409","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"can offer installment payment options customers need flexible solution paying invoices. enable plans individual group basis, give selected clients ability request terms. simply approve plan biller genie will automatically collect approved schedule reconcile transactions real-time. allow plans must turned customer. done globally customers. global step 1 main menu, navigate to control panel \u0026gt; customer defaults. 2 click toggle to next to allow plans. save new \u0026amp; apply existing to customers. select advanced advanced options and click edit. 3 sure click update customer to changes.","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":"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=237967409","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":1369272,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T20:47:17.000Z","tag_names":["snail mail","postal mail"],"answer_sample":"After you’ve set up paper mail, you can begin using this powerful feature. Naviga","long_answer_sample":"After you’ve set up paper mail, you can begin using this powerful feature. Navigate to Add Ons and click Paper Mail. Paper Mail Dashboard On the Paper Mail Dashboard, you can see an overview of which paper reminders were sent today, this month and this year. Paper Mail Settings You can customize your paper mail settings under the settings tab. Here ","language_id":1,"id":1957050,"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":"you’ve set paper mail, can begin using powerful feature. navigate to add ons and click paper mail. mail dashboard dashboard, see overview reminders sent today, month year. settings customize tab. limit number pages allowed single print job monthly spending limit. sure click the update button save new settings. change return address label clicking edit button. update button changes. issues view pending approval, choose send discard. viewing history history, defaults via blue set reminder defaults link. page, right column gives complete control messaging. simply toggle next like send. made selections, either customers apply existing customers. way save, pop-up will ask confirm. click save. conflicts sent, genie verifies customer's addresses united states postal service ensuring highest deliverability rates. file, main menu, to reports, and select conflicts. confirm correct customer select suggests.","name":"Using Paper Mail","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-paper-mail","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-paper-mail?from_search=237967409","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"you’ve set paper mail, can begin using powerful feature. navigate to add ons and click paper mail. mail dashboard dashboard, see overview reminders sent today, month year. settings customize tab. limit number pages allowed single print job monthly spending limit. sure click the update button save new settings. change return address label clicking edit button. update button changes. issues view pending approval, choose send discard. viewing history history, defaults via blue set reminder defaults link. page, right column gives complete control messaging. simply toggle next like send. made selections, either customers apply existing customers. way save, pop-up will ask confirm. click save. conflicts sent, genie verifies customer's addresses united states postal service ensuring highest deliverability rates. file, main menu, to reports, and select conflicts. confirm correct customer select suggests.","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":"2026-05-21T03:59:46.551Z","tag_names":["per-customer overrides","customer overrides","waive next late fee","autopay one customer","customer-specific settings","override defaults","vip customer settings","turn off late fees one customer","customer-only autopay","bill with parent override","send receipts off"],"answer_sample":"Per-Customer Overrides are settings you change on one specific customer's record ","long_answer_sample":"Per-Customer Overrides are settings you change on one specific customer's record to make Biller Genie behave differently for that customer than your Customer Defaults seeded onto that customer at create time. Because defaults only run at create/import, anything you change on a customer's record at any point afterward is what's in effect for that cus","language_id":1,"id":3825118,"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":"per-customer overrides settings change one specific customer's record make biller genie behave differently customer defaults seeded onto create time. run create/import, anything point afterward effect going forward — periodically re-apply edits. mental model majority, exceptions cleanest way think genie's set match behavior want greater base treat majority customers, day out. use handle exceptions. common example charge late fees everybody, handful vips to. turn globally defaults, open vip's individually. default takes care every automatically; touch records need differ. pattern keeps account easy manage. remember configure new syncs inherit right baseline automatically, intervene real exception comes up. customize individual cautious \"save apply existing\" (and type defaults), save existing customers overwrites override customer. customizations made time, damage button can do. meaningful amount tuning place, switch + surgical \"update single setting\" option changes propagate. keep deliberate, rare reset action. find (customers tab \u0026gt; click name). edit page sections. default; others per-customer-only features global equivalent all. advanced options general-tab equivalents (payment methods, fees, partial payments, etc.) plus waive next fee grace lever. invoice messenger message types reach channels. reminders matrix messenger, scoped follow-up cadence. portal log portal. auto pay per-customer-only. enrollment, type, threshold, payment method live record; override. stored methods cards bank accounts file customer; defaults. fields look version checkboxes, toggles, dropdowns. visual \"this using default\" indicator. whatever value see active identical setting does. means whatever's wins regardless say. allow credit card payments ach apm (alternative primarily paypal today) send receipts ignore conflicts (email report) plans require checkout auto-pay bill parent (when sub-customer another) display invoices (sub-customer show parent's too) grace-period lever feature yes will skip exactly upcoming automatically back no. classic case calls say \"i'm three days, just got pulled fire-drill.\" short delay, permanently disable either. record, yes. charged skipped, flag flips standard late-fee policy. single-use waives fee. resets consistently late, either (a permanent change) design intentional grace, policy change. (per-customer only) gets overridden per \"auto pay\" toggle enrollment inherently per-customer, configuration lives record. section controls auto-charges enabled whether enrolled autopay full balance amount. charged. threshold invoice-amount cutoff (e.g. $500; bigger requires manual approval). leave blank direction \"auto-pay amount\" amount.\" closest thing \"global checkout-policy toggle, itself. forces enroll part paying first invoice. actual (type, method) sending less matrices six (upcoming payment, due, updated, statement, overdue, fee) email paper mail toggles each. lets decide receives. messaging often others, \"defaults = exceptions\" vips. long-tenured pays statement month overdue redundant. need. chronically customers. repeatedly might benefit additional touches enable email, on. channel preference. tell check mail; never paper. match. timing global, channels cadence days due date fires, soon fires vary turned message-type-on/off control logged profile update contact info, address, etc. add/remove enroll, unenroll, receive notification edits get notified matter actually in, leaving fine. lists customer, designate autopay. per-customer. workflow. sub-customer, routes communications side-effect, several sub-customer's disabled instead taken parent. mind again, become editable goes them. \"reset fields. stores like manually flip now. current customers\" easier path across pick setting, value, scope, done. works including ones pick. frequently asked questions survive sync quickbooks normal updates quickbooks-sourced data (name, genie-specific fees. overwritten qbo applies. bg remain unless explicitly ran lost overrides. undo. truly destructive design, run, previous values gone. strongly recommend switching single-setting customization place. support help reconstructing settings. versus inherited values, \"uses markers. be, (or type) separate compare. card. place add mark (if autopay). old deleted view. managed related articles supported accounting-software integrations","name":"Per-Customer Overrides for Reminders, Late Fees, and Other Features","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"per-customer-overrides","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/per-customer-overrides?from_search=237967409","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"per-customer overrides settings change one specific customer's record make biller genie behave differently customer defaults seeded onto create time. run create/import, anything point afterward effect going forward — periodically re-apply edits. mental model majority, exceptions cleanest way think genie's set match behavior want greater base treat majority customers, day out. use handle exceptions. common example charge late fees everybody, handful vips to. turn globally defaults, open vip's individually. default takes care every automatically; touch records need differ. pattern keeps account easy manage. remember configure new syncs inherit right baseline automatically, intervene real exception comes up. customize individual cautious \"save apply existing\" (and type defaults), save existing customers overwrites override customer. customizations made time, damage button can do. meaningful amount tuning place, switch + surgical \"update single setting\" option changes propagate. keep deliberate, rare reset action. find (customers tab \u0026gt; click name). edit page sections. default; others per-customer-only features global equivalent all. advanced options general-tab equivalents (payment methods, fees, partial payments, etc.) plus waive next fee grace lever. invoice messenger message types reach channels. reminders matrix messenger, scoped follow-up cadence. portal log portal. auto pay per-customer-only. enrollment, type, threshold, payment method live record; override. stored methods cards bank accounts file customer; defaults. fields look version checkboxes, toggles, dropdowns. visual \"this using default\" indicator. whatever value see active identical setting does. means whatever's wins regardless say. allow credit card payments ach apm (alternative primarily paypal today) send receipts ignore conflicts (email report) plans require checkout auto-pay bill parent (when sub-customer another) display invoices (sub-customer show parent's too) grace-period lever feature yes will skip exactly upcoming automatically back no. classic case calls say \"i'm three days, just got pulled fire-drill.\" short delay, permanently disable either. record, yes. charged skipped, flag flips standard late-fee policy. single-use waives fee. resets consistently late, either (a permanent change) design intentional grace, policy change. (per-customer only) gets overridden per \"auto pay\" toggle enrollment inherently per-customer, configuration lives record. section controls auto-charges enabled whether enrolled autopay full balance amount. charged. threshold invoice-amount cutoff (e.g. $500; bigger requires manual approval). leave blank direction \"auto-pay amount\" amount.\" closest thing \"global checkout-policy toggle, itself. forces enroll part paying first invoice. actual (type, method) sending less matrices six (upcoming payment, due, updated, statement, overdue, fee) email paper mail toggles each. lets decide receives. messaging often others, \"defaults = exceptions\" vips. long-tenured pays statement month overdue redundant. need. chronically customers. repeatedly might benefit additional touches enable email, on. channel preference. tell check mail; never paper. match. timing global, channels cadence days due date fires, soon fires vary turned message-type-on/off control logged profile update contact info, address, etc. add/remove enroll, unenroll, receive notification edits get notified matter actually in, leaving fine. lists customer, designate autopay. per-customer. workflow. sub-customer, routes communications side-effect, several sub-customer's disabled instead taken parent. mind again, become editable goes them. \"reset fields. stores like manually flip now. current customers\" easier path across pick setting, value, scope, done. works including ones pick. frequently asked questions survive sync quickbooks normal updates quickbooks-sourced data (name, genie-specific fees. overwritten qbo applies. bg remain unless explicitly ran lost overrides. undo. truly destructive design, run, previous values gone. strongly recommend switching single-setting customization place. support help reconstructing settings. versus inherited values, \"uses markers. be, (or type) separate compare. card. place add mark (if autopay). old deleted view. managed related articles 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":"2023-05-16T12:43:42.000Z","tag_names":["financing","credit cards"],"answer_sample":"Overview To allow customers to store and use Credit Card and ACH payment methods,","long_answer_sample":"Overview To allow customers to store and use Credit Card and ACH payment methods, these payment options must first be enabled in your Biller Genie account. Once enabled, customers will be able to add and manage their payment methods through the Customer Portal (if enabled), and payment options will be available on invoices.     How To Enable Credit ","language_id":1,"id":1957640,"last_published_date":"May 21st, 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":"overview allow customers store use credit card ach payment methods, options must first enabled biller genie account. enabled, will able add manage methods customer portal (if enabled), available invoices.   enable payments step 1 log navigate control panel \u0026gt; defaults 2 general section, locate following settings toggle setting yes needed. click save new apply moving forward.  3 (optional – existing customers) like update current well scroll bottom page. individual customers. select appropriate name dropdown changes. ensures profiles updated reflect preferences.  important notes enabling allows pay invoices using selected methods. see defaults. invoice pages, active. still trouble unable payments, contact support team support@billergenie.com include details method attempting whether applies customers, error messages displayed providing information help assist efficiently possible.","name":"Allowing Credit Card \u0026 ACH Payments","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"allowing-credit-card-ach-payments","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/allowing-credit-card-ach-payments?from_search=237967409","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"overview allow customers store use credit card ach payment methods, options must first enabled biller genie account. enabled, will able add manage methods customer portal (if enabled), available invoices.   enable payments step 1 log navigate control panel \u0026gt; defaults 2 general section, locate following settings toggle setting yes needed. click save new apply moving forward.  3 (optional – existing customers) like update current well scroll bottom page. individual customers. select appropriate name dropdown changes. ensures profiles updated reflect preferences.  important notes enabling allows pay invoices using selected methods. see defaults. invoice pages, active. still trouble unable payments, contact support team support@billergenie.com include details method attempting whether applies customers, error messages displayed providing information help assist efficiently possible.","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"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=237967409","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":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=237967409","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":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=237967409","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":1368782,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T19:13:44.000Z","tag_names":["biller genie","email domains"],"answer_sample":"A custom email domain lets Biller Genie send invoice emails from your domain (for","long_answer_sample":"A custom email domain lets Biller Genie send invoice emails from your domain (for example, billing@yourcompany.com) instead of the default Biller Genie envelope. Your customers see your business name in their inbox, and your emails are far more likely to land in the inbox instead of the spam folder. Setting this up takes about 15 to 30 minutes and r","language_id":1,"id":1956921,"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":"custom email domain lets biller genie send invoice emails (for example, billing@yourcompany.com) instead default envelope. customers see business name inbox, far likely land inbox spam folder. setting takes 15 30 minutes requires editing records provider (the company registered — godaddy, cloudflare, wix, squarespace, bluehost, network solutions, etc.). walks add, built-in verification panel tells piece place. technical setup need developer never edited dns before, can feel intimidating. steps written non-technical users, rather handle yourself, article whoever manages (your web designer, person, provider's support team). add three short text take there. start yourcompany.com). free webmail addresses like gmail, yahoo, outlook.com used own. access domain. usually \"dns,\" \"dns records,\" \"zone editor,\" \"manage dns\" section provider. signed merchant portal admin user. willing wait. changes propagate sometimes 24 hours. three-step genie's wizard steps, order choose tell want from. validate ownership prove adding single txt record. set (spf dkim) two providers (gmail, outlook, etc.) authorized behalf. step attempt validation button. click times penalty re-checking. 1 portal, open add-ons marketplace install enter just www, http//. save. advances 2. 2 proves belongs asking small record owner add. copy value shown wizard. values specific look different examples below. new browser tab log management page. (if know are, instructions below.) settings type / host content ttl leave (or hour 3600 seconds asked) save back genie, validation. might work first try normal across internet, fails time, wait 5 again. still hours, troubleshooting 3 spf dkim security standards apple mail, use verify actually came says correctly biggest factor whether versus sends mailjet , outbound partner. mail behalf (sender policy framework) servers allowed wizard, value. will something v=spf1 includespf.mailjet.com go check (a root starts v=spf1) one yet @ (which means domain) genie. edit it. existing senders authorized. create second per spec, break authentication everyone. currently service (google workspace, microsoft 365, e-commerce platform, etc.), probably listing services. combine record's sure how, ask team. (domainkeys identified mail) adds cryptographic signature outgoing altered transit mailjet._domainkey.yourcompany.com long string letters numbers typically several hundred characters. entire block. provider, (often mailjet._domainkey auto-appends string) wrap quotes fine (older godaddy interfaces, solutions) automatically double around values. automatically, them. failing validation, wrapping manually last resort. managed exact navigation depends direct links major documentation appear \"records.\" allow propagate. cloudflare zone. \"proxy status\" (gray cloud) proxied verification. wix → advanced records. supports wix-managed domains. squarespace domains settings. squarespace-managed require connected dns. bluehost manage reseller accounts ticket solutions account hours solutions. listed offer admin. find it, contact domain's dns, got originally bought sender registrar. icann lookup understanding status dashboard complete, page shows rows ownership, spf, dkim. row indicator showing corresponding correctly. ok  green place found validated  red verified yet. right (give time propagate), missing. ran all. often saved, added wrong error exists match expects. typo, truncated, conflicting red, message indicator. exactly off. verifying re-checking re-check schedule. runs green later flip red made re-verify refresh status. common reasons someone changed removed without realizing migrated carried over. another marketing platform) overwrote merging outage applied system change. every case, fix correct drift, issues \"not found\" exist confirm saved show confirmation save; separate \"apply\" \"publish\" step. make multiple easy one. propagation instant. pass found, team live. \"error\" may allowed. includes includespf.mailjet.com. typos. mistakes missing prefix, suffix, extra space quote middle. (name = bare domain), subdomain. long. copied clipboard interactions truncate strings. name. auto-appended (some full mailjet._domainkey.yourcompany.com). asks value, in. doesn't, out. either way, opposite. landing dashboard. significantly reduces deliverability. give days. reputation builds time. hit 4 weeks. recipient's uses enterprise filter proofpoint mimecast, barracuda, recipient safelist sending platform. services stricter rules gmail outlook hold review regardless spf/dkim avoid spam-trigger words subject lines body. generic \"pay invoice\" tends deliver better \"urgent final notice.\" almost different. search help center \"add record\" canonical guide. all, hosts website. faqs yahoo no. control outlook.com, hotmail) let configuration 10 waits propagation, merchants fully within hour. affect regular (biller provider) continues normally \"only domain\" callout above. change address yes. form update reply-to stay comfortable reach everything need. team, support@biller-genie.com visit techsupport.billergenie.com additional resources. using related run example locations franchise accounts), shared account. copied, (\"from\") articles messenger delivery best practices allowlisting ips (ip-based filtering)","name":"Custom Email Domains in Biller Genie","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-custom-email-domains-with-biller-genie","first_category":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","categories_display_for_views":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","parent_categories":[1368782],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/settings-and-account/using-custom-email-domains-with-biller-genie?from_search=237967409","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"custom email domain lets biller genie send invoice emails (for example, billing@yourcompany.com) instead default envelope. customers see business name inbox, far likely land inbox spam folder. setting takes 15 30 minutes requires editing records provider (the company registered — godaddy, cloudflare, wix, squarespace, bluehost, network solutions, etc.). walks add, built-in verification panel tells piece place. technical setup need developer never edited dns before, can feel intimidating. steps written non-technical users, rather handle yourself, article whoever manages (your web designer, person, provider's support team). add three short text take there. start yourcompany.com). free webmail addresses like gmail, yahoo, outlook.com used own. access domain. usually \"dns,\" \"dns records,\" \"zone editor,\" \"manage dns\" section provider. signed merchant portal admin user. willing wait. changes propagate sometimes 24 hours. three-step genie's wizard steps, order choose tell want from. validate ownership prove adding single txt record. set (spf dkim) two providers (gmail, outlook, etc.) authorized behalf. step attempt validation button. click times penalty re-checking. 1 portal, open add-ons marketplace install enter just www, http//. save. advances 2. 2 proves belongs asking small record owner add. copy value shown wizard. values specific look different examples below. new browser tab log management page. (if know are, instructions below.) settings type / host content ttl leave (or hour 3600 seconds asked) save back genie, validation. might work first try normal across internet, fails time, wait 5 again. still hours, troubleshooting 3 spf dkim security standards apple mail, use verify actually came says correctly biggest factor whether versus sends mailjet , outbound partner. mail behalf (sender policy framework) servers allowed wizard, value. will something v=spf1 includespf.mailjet.com go check (a root starts v=spf1) one yet @ (which means domain) genie. edit it. existing senders authorized. create second per spec, break authentication everyone. currently service (google workspace, microsoft 365, e-commerce platform, etc.), probably listing services. combine record's sure how, ask team. (domainkeys identified mail) adds cryptographic signature outgoing altered transit mailjet._domainkey.yourcompany.com long string letters numbers typically several hundred characters. entire block. provider, (often mailjet._domainkey auto-appends string) wrap quotes fine (older godaddy interfaces, solutions) automatically double around values. automatically, them. failing validation, wrapping manually last resort. managed exact navigation depends direct links major documentation appear \"records.\" allow propagate. cloudflare zone. \"proxy status\" (gray cloud) proxied verification. wix → advanced records. supports wix-managed domains. squarespace domains settings. squarespace-managed require connected dns. bluehost manage reseller accounts ticket solutions account hours solutions. listed offer admin. find it, contact domain's dns, got originally bought sender registrar. icann lookup understanding status dashboard complete, page shows rows ownership, spf, dkim. row indicator showing corresponding correctly. ok  green place found validated  red verified yet. right (give time propagate), missing. ran all. often saved, added wrong error exists match expects. typo, truncated, conflicting red, message indicator. exactly off. verifying re-checking re-check schedule. runs green later flip red made re-verify refresh status. common reasons someone changed removed without realizing migrated carried over. another marketing platform) overwrote merging outage applied system change. every case, fix correct drift, issues \"not found\" exist confirm saved show confirmation save; separate \"apply\" \"publish\" step. make multiple easy one. propagation instant. pass found, team live. \"error\" may allowed. includes includespf.mailjet.com. typos. mistakes missing prefix, suffix, extra space quote middle. (name = bare domain), subdomain. long. copied clipboard interactions truncate strings. name. auto-appended (some full mailjet._domainkey.yourcompany.com). asks value, in. doesn't, out. either way, opposite. landing dashboard. significantly reduces deliverability. give days. reputation builds time. hit 4 weeks. recipient's uses enterprise filter proofpoint mimecast, barracuda, recipient safelist sending platform. services stricter rules gmail outlook hold review regardless spf/dkim avoid spam-trigger words subject lines body. generic \"pay invoice\" tends deliver better \"urgent final notice.\" almost different. search help center \"add record\" canonical guide. all, hosts website. faqs yahoo no. control outlook.com, hotmail) let configuration 10 waits propagation, merchants fully within hour. affect regular (biller provider) continues normally \"only domain\" callout above. change address yes. form update reply-to stay comfortable reach everything need. team, support@biller-genie.com visit techsupport.billergenie.com additional resources. using related run example locations franchise accounts), shared account. copied, (\"from\") articles messenger delivery best practices allowlisting ips (ip-based filtering)","categories":{"current":{"id":1368782,"name":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","url":"/settings-and-account"}},"category_param":"settings-and-account"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2025-07-21T20:03:49.000Z","tag_names":["reconciling technology fees","sales receipts vs line items","gaap technology fees","tech fee accounting reconciliation","tech fee sync error locked invoice","partial payment technology fee","tech fee tax rate","surcharge item name accounting","how technology fee shows in quickbooks","how technology fee shows in xero","technology fee chart of accounts"],"answer_sample":"When you enable Technology Fees on your Biller Genie account — whether you're usi","long_answer_sample":"When you enable Technology Fees on your Biller Genie account — whether you're using Surcharging or Dual Pricing — Biller Genie writes the fee back to your connected accounting software so your books reconcile cleanly. This article explains how the fee appears in your accounting software, why we recommend the Sales Receipts mode, and how each field m","language_id":1,"id":3411096,"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":"enable technology fees biller genie account — whether using surcharging dual pricing writes fee back connected accounting software books reconcile cleanly. article explains appears software, recommend sales receipts mode, field maps two recording options. setup details vs line items choice, see setting . chart-of-accounts mapping controls posts chart accounts show supports ways writing choose one add-ons \u0026gt; page. trade-offs mode separate receipt month collection. cleanest gaap, conflict locked invoice periods. recommended merchants. added original invoice. easier spot single invoice, can fail sync locks invoices certain period. choice change customer sees pays. changes bookkeeping entry side. (the gaap reason) generally accepted principles revenue recorded every transaction gets dated entry, booked card payment cleared independent issued. onto follow lock end period (a common practice), edit add item fails post. avoids entirely. fields map syncs receipt, follows ach subtotal, tax, amount total amounts created with. included. previous payments paid toward invoice's total. additional used (i.e., receipts). chosen new included makes difference). important specific may locked. switch avoid this. tax treatment first sets creates non-taxable. want taxed set taxable software. enter rate genie's settings. will automatically apply rules vary state check accountant turning on. partial allow applies paying full per-payment, per-invoice. reconcile, plus (or line-item add-ons) match paid. keeps gaap-compliant multiple part-payments different methods. successfully synced yet, appear books. completes, visible merchant portal reconciling mappings describe flow actual mechanics, setup, deposit reconciliation steps platform, linked articles lives remap it. connect quickbooks online mechanics qbo. deposits bank feeds desktop reconciliation. xero xero. frequently asked questions showing synced. run close, fail. locked-invoice issue. rename depends mode. surcharging, name description fixed \"surcharge\" card-brand compliance requires unambiguous consistent across transactions. pricing, customize item's management area; next sync. details. back) fact yes. page future transactions point onward. existing stay whichever originally in. count subtotal treated normal income item. business. related outbound queue (when tech sync) history glance checkout experience","name":"Reconciling Technology Fees in Your Accounting Software","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"reconciliation-with-dual-pricing","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/reconciliation-with-dual-pricing?from_search=237967409","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"enable technology fees biller genie account — whether using surcharging dual pricing writes fee back connected accounting software books reconcile cleanly. article explains appears software, recommend sales receipts mode, field maps two recording options. setup details vs line items choice, see setting . chart-of-accounts mapping controls posts chart accounts show supports ways writing choose one add-ons \u0026gt; page. trade-offs mode separate receipt month collection. cleanest gaap, conflict locked invoice periods. recommended merchants. added original invoice. easier spot single invoice, can fail sync locks invoices certain period. choice change customer sees pays. changes bookkeeping entry side. (the gaap reason) generally accepted principles revenue recorded every transaction gets dated entry, booked card payment cleared independent issued. onto follow lock end period (a common practice), edit add item fails post. avoids entirely. fields map syncs receipt, follows ach subtotal, tax, amount total amounts created with. included. previous payments paid toward invoice's total. additional used (i.e., receipts). chosen new included makes difference). important specific may locked. switch avoid this. tax treatment first sets creates non-taxable. want taxed set taxable software. enter rate genie's settings. will automatically apply rules vary state check accountant turning on. partial allow applies paying full per-payment, per-invoice. reconcile, plus (or line-item add-ons) match paid. keeps gaap-compliant multiple part-payments different methods. successfully synced yet, appear books. completes, visible merchant portal reconciling mappings describe flow actual mechanics, setup, deposit reconciliation steps platform, linked articles lives remap it. connect quickbooks online mechanics qbo. deposits bank feeds desktop reconciliation. xero xero. frequently asked questions showing synced. run close, fail. locked-invoice issue. rename depends mode. surcharging, name description fixed \"surcharge\" card-brand compliance requires unambiguous consistent across transactions. pricing, customize item's management area; next sync. details. back) fact yes. page future transactions point onward. existing stay whichever originally in. count subtotal treated normal income item. business. related outbound queue (when tech sync) history glance checkout experience","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-21T03:53:43.248Z","tag_names":["resync all","full history resync","initiate full history resync","enqueue autopay transactions","send paid reminders","reason for resync","qbo resync","qbd resync","sync all data","extraordinary resync","subscriber success resync","data correction sync","accounting software resync"],"answer_sample":"A Full History Resync (sometimes called \"Resync All\") is an extraordinary action ","long_answer_sample":"A Full History Resync (sometimes called \"Resync All\") is an extraordinary action that re-pulls every record from your accounting software into Biller Genie from scratch. It's not part of normal sync operations — it's a tool reserved for specific recovery scenarios like cleaning up after a data correction in QuickBooks that didn't propagate, recoveri","language_id":1,"id":3825104,"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":"full history resync (sometimes called \"resync all\") extraordinary action re-pulls every record accounting software biller genie scratch. part normal sync operations — tool reserved specific recovery scenarios like cleaning data correction quickbooks propagate, recovering corrupted state, finishing cleanup desktop online migration. initiate without talking subscriber success first touches account. used unnecessarily, can unintended side effects (notifications going out, autopay charges firing, audit-log noise). triggering one, reach email subscribersuccess@billergenie.com walk situation. confirm right \"i think need resync\" cases turn solvable one. corrected directly genie. edits normally; something team sure correct, forces re-pull align. recently completed migration noticed records look misaligned, targeted re-anchor everything converted stale state. rare possible usually account disconnected reconnected multiple times, long period failed syncs. handful invoices off. per-invoice manual syncs almost always faster safer touching everything. customer's payment post correctly. investigate transaction; entire troubleshooting error. diagnose underlying cause first; broken just re-runs sync. will \"speed things up.\" won't. it'll add load queue may delay routine button visible merchant users superuser role, accounts feature enabled settings. see default gated admins working success. add-on page, expected either run temporarily grant access guidance. (when access) portal, navigate add-ons \u0026gt; (or desktop). scroll bottom settings panel. click resync. confirmation modal opens. configure options (see next section). type reason text area (required, max 500 characters lands audit log). start. runs background. activity latest results panel progresses, notification completes. three exposes controls. one changes happens resync, pick deliberately send paid reminders closed imports marked software. default, paid-confirmation emails customer notified time, re-sending feels confusing. (default recommended) updates invoice status silently. customer-facing sent. sends gets resyncs leave off; re-send confirmations. enqueue transactions quickbooks. match eligibility criteria customers (autopay enabled, eligible method file, meets threshold). toggle controls whether get added queue. (default) updated nothing triggered processes path single-invoice bulk depending apply per customer. common source \"a charged card\" support tickets, defaults safety measure. specifically want trigger (for example, payment-method retry). required free-text field (max characters) describe initiating log needs later. write specific. \"cleanup\" help anyone \"re-pulling 2026-05-22 batch x\" kind detail pays someone six months now asks run. two toggles across accounts, design. intended opt-in check time change requires admin box behaviors wanted. queues pull (customers, invoices, line items, payments, etc.). re-imported re-linked existing accounting-software id. id exists sides, updated; not, created. continues alongside. block adds entry captures including user initiated it, text, timestamp. completion signaled page. watch notifications left on, whose update email. unintended, customer-experience problem. via during/after refund-the-customer depth substantial work slightly slower duration experience; bank feed reconciliation impact use automatic , historical deposits re-trigger abr journal entries. coordinate bookkeeper might create confusion. frequently asked questions happened. yes behavior. refreshes enqueueing unless explicitly opt checking transactions. wanted time. ran card got charged. happen opted refreshed enqueued path. off, turns on. make merchants, expose setting flip default. take depends size file volume data. small complete minutes; larger years hour more. background wait cancel mid-flight portal. started realize stop contact immediately side. fire reminder schedules continue affect overdue upcoming-payment reminders, follow schedule. related articles outbound page thresholds grouped customer-enabled auto pay","name":"Initiating a Full History Resync (Resync All)","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"resync-all-enqueue-autopay-toggle","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/resync-all-enqueue-autopay-toggle?from_search=237967409","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"full history resync (sometimes called \"resync all\") extraordinary action re-pulls every record accounting software biller genie scratch. part normal sync operations — tool reserved specific recovery scenarios like cleaning data correction quickbooks propagate, recovering corrupted state, finishing cleanup desktop online migration. initiate without talking subscriber success first touches account. used unnecessarily, can unintended side effects (notifications going out, autopay charges firing, audit-log noise). triggering one, reach email subscribersuccess@billergenie.com walk situation. confirm right \"i think need resync\" cases turn solvable one. corrected directly genie. edits normally; something team sure correct, forces re-pull align. recently completed migration noticed records look misaligned, targeted re-anchor everything converted stale state. rare possible usually account disconnected reconnected multiple times, long period failed syncs. handful invoices off. per-invoice manual syncs almost always faster safer touching everything. customer's payment post correctly. investigate transaction; entire troubleshooting error. diagnose underlying cause first; broken just re-runs sync. will \"speed things up.\" won't. it'll add load queue may delay routine button visible merchant users superuser role, accounts feature enabled settings. see default gated admins working success. add-on page, expected either run temporarily grant access guidance. (when access) portal, navigate add-ons \u0026gt; (or desktop). scroll bottom settings panel. click resync. confirmation modal opens. configure options (see next section). type reason text area (required, max 500 characters lands audit log). start. runs background. activity latest results panel progresses, notification completes. three exposes controls. one changes happens resync, pick deliberately send paid reminders closed imports marked software. default, paid-confirmation emails customer notified time, re-sending feels confusing. (default recommended) updates invoice status silently. customer-facing sent. sends gets resyncs leave off; re-send confirmations. enqueue transactions quickbooks. match eligibility criteria customers (autopay enabled, eligible method file, meets threshold). toggle controls whether get added queue. (default) updated nothing triggered processes path single-invoice bulk depending apply per customer. common source \"a charged card\" support tickets, defaults safety measure. specifically want trigger (for example, payment-method retry). required free-text field (max characters) describe initiating log needs later. write specific. \"cleanup\" help anyone \"re-pulling 2026-05-22 batch x\" kind detail pays someone six months now asks run. two toggles across accounts, design. intended opt-in check time change requires admin box behaviors wanted. queues pull (customers, invoices, line items, payments, etc.). re-imported re-linked existing accounting-software id. id exists sides, updated; not, created. continues alongside. block adds entry captures including user initiated it, text, timestamp. completion signaled page. watch notifications left on, whose update email. unintended, customer-experience problem. via during/after refund-the-customer depth substantial work slightly slower duration experience; bank feed reconciliation impact use automatic , historical deposits re-trigger abr journal entries. coordinate bookkeeper might create confusion. frequently asked questions happened. yes behavior. refreshes enqueueing unless explicitly opt checking transactions. wanted time. ran card got charged. happen opted refreshed enqueued path. off, turns on. make merchants, expose setting flip default. take depends size file volume data. small complete minutes; larger years hour more. background wait cancel mid-flight portal. started realize stop contact immediately side. fire reminder schedules continue affect overdue upcoming-payment reminders, follow schedule. related articles outbound page thresholds grouped customer-enabled auto pay","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:53.430Z","tag_names":["automated sales tax","avalara taxjar","mark customer tax exempt","non-profit tax exempt","qbd tax exempt","qbo tax exempt","resale certificate","sales tax biller genie","sales tax wrong biller genie","tax exempt customer","tax not calculating","xero no tax"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie doesn't compute sales tax or maintain tax-exempt status — that's ent","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie doesn't compute sales tax or maintain tax-exempt status — that's entirely your accounting software's job. This article explains how the tax on each invoice gets there, what happens for tax-exempt customers, and what to do when the tax on a Biller Genie invoice doesn't look right. How sales tax actually works in Biller Genie Tax on an in","language_id":1,"id":3826880,"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 compute sales tax maintain tax-exempt status — entirely accounting software's job. article explains invoice gets there, happens customers, look right. actually works calculated software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) time created. syncs line items, subtotal, amount, total renders customer's email hosted payment page. re-calculate opinion whether applied. whatever computed shows. result, configuration rates, codes, taxable vs non-taxable customer-level status, regional rules, marketplace facilitator settings software, genie. customers \"tax-exempt\" means customer owe goods services sell typically reseller (with resale certificate), non-profit tax-exemption letter, government entity. mark online record, expand additional info section set exemption details (reason + certificate number). save. qbo will apply new invoices customer. desktop go tab code (typically \"non\" \"exempt\"). qbd xero contact's default \"no tax\" (or equivalent zero-rate tax). contact tax. marked every create sync without existing created applied retroactively update need void re-create want corrected. toggle occasionally ask \"i see field can just turn genie\" answer no, reason matters reconcile filings. suppressed thinks taxable, books authority disagree. keeping source truth one place (your software) prevents misalignment. regulatory, ui preference. right attach number, exemption, state-specific irs state audit. sub-customer \"jobs\" inherit parent qbo/qbd way reproduce inheritance logic correctly, reading reliable approach. looks wrong computed, \"the wrong\" issue invoice. fix open (use view / link available). underlying rate, (taxable instead tax-exempt), line-item code, etc. save software. wait next trigger manual add-ons). corrected amount flow customer-facing accordingly. paid original (incorrect) invoice, likely process refund difference re-invoice correct amount. edit record become inconsistent. small via transaction's action, multi-state across lines automated (economic nexus handling), use native features tax, avalara, etc.) dedicated platform like avalara taxjar integrates automatically reflects systems compute. related articles credit memos account sub connect","name":"Sales Tax and Tax-Exempt Customers in Biller Genie","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"sales-tax-and-tax-exempt-customers","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/sales-tax-and-tax-exempt-customers?from_search=237967409","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie compute sales tax maintain tax-exempt status — entirely accounting software's job. article explains invoice gets there, happens customers, look right. actually works calculated software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) time created. syncs line items, subtotal, amount, total renders customer's email hosted payment page. re-calculate opinion whether applied. whatever computed shows. result, configuration rates, codes, taxable vs non-taxable customer-level status, regional rules, marketplace facilitator settings software, genie. customers \"tax-exempt\" means customer owe goods services sell typically reseller (with resale certificate), non-profit tax-exemption letter, government entity. mark online record, expand additional info section set exemption details (reason + certificate number). save. qbo will apply new invoices customer. desktop go tab code (typically \"non\" \"exempt\"). qbd xero contact's default \"no tax\" (or equivalent zero-rate tax). contact tax. marked every create sync without existing created applied retroactively update need void re-create want corrected. toggle occasionally ask \"i see field can just turn genie\" answer no, reason matters reconcile filings. suppressed thinks taxable, books authority disagree. keeping source truth one place (your software) prevents misalignment. regulatory, ui preference. right attach number, exemption, state-specific irs state audit. sub-customer \"jobs\" inherit parent qbo/qbd way reproduce inheritance logic correctly, reading reliable approach. looks wrong computed, \"the wrong\" issue invoice. fix open (use view / link available). underlying rate, (taxable instead tax-exempt), line-item code, etc. save software. wait next trigger manual add-ons). corrected amount flow customer-facing accordingly. paid original (incorrect) invoice, likely process refund difference re-invoice correct amount. edit record become inconsistent. small via transaction's action, multi-state across lines automated (economic nexus handling), use native features tax, avalara, etc.) dedicated platform like avalara taxjar integrates automatically reflects systems compute. related articles credit memos account sub connect","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:50.082Z","tag_names":["detach payment balance","invoice balance mismatch","invoice not closing","invoice paid in qbo not bg","invoice paid still open","partial payment invoice open","payment not synced biller genie","pending ach attached invoice","reconcile invoice biller genie","technology fee pending"],"answer_sample":"An invoice that's marked \"Paid\" in your accounting software but still shows as Op","long_answer_sample":"An invoice that's marked \"Paid\" in your accounting software but still shows as Open (or partial balance) in Biller Genie is one of the most common reconciliation puzzles. There are several specific causes — this article walks through them in the order you should check. Step 1: Confirm the actual state Open the invoice in Biller Genie. Note the Balan","language_id":1,"id":3826876,"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":"invoice marked \"paid\" accounting software still shows open (or partial balance) biller genie one common reconciliation puzzles. several specific causes — article walks order check. step 1 confirm actual state genie. note balance remaining, status, payment rows timeline . (qbo, qbd, xero) applied payments. mismatch will usually fall patterns below. 2 check sync queues answer working time, queues. paid open, good chance related line item like late fee technology fee) sitting error message tells exactly wrong. queue history payments back. search transaction id. listed, desc column fix (deleted invoice, closed period, expired connection, etc.). outbound items (late fees, returned-check fees) added existing accounting-software invoice. stuck can change total way makes show different balances. find either queue, underlying issue per next cycle reconcile everything automatically. continue cause pending ach attached funded yet symptom check) amount $x. unchanged. take 3-5 business days settle. funding window, records invoice's reduce reject. software, hand, may bookkeeper manually. resolution wait. settles, mark push back software. rejects, stays reminders resume (you'll see rejection entry rejected transactions report ). (surcharge / dual-pricing synced paiddate set balanceremaining negative. internally calls \"paid balance.\" customer credit card fees (surcharging dual pricing) enabled, gets runs separately. confirms fee, math looks off. wait sync. automatically reconciles item. 3 (because check, cash, external qbo/qbd/xero). timeline. syncs invoices periodically. lag qbo/xero picks hour, longer issue. trigger manual add-ons \u0026gt; minutes. showing genie, errors (reports errors) failed records. enabled email notification, received alert stale configure general settings 4 previously-applied detached detach #x #y. status. someone team (likely re-attach invoice). detaching reverses goes cleared. correct apply new original applicable. attaching 5 voided refunded $x voided, refunded, detached. reversed. restores clears paiddate. void/refund intentional. so, need collection action unintentional, contact support@billergenie.com 6 \"partially paid,\" less total. reduced balance. designed reduces close remaining 7 wrong paid. open. looking customer's invoices, overpaid unexpected applied) money landed. one. ruled persists, number, name, shows, shows. audit identify exact gap. articles activity reject codes","name":"An Invoice Is Marked Paid but Still Shows Open","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"invoice-marked-paid-but-still-shows-open","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/invoice-marked-paid-but-still-shows-open?from_search=237967409","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"invoice marked \"paid\" accounting software still shows open (or partial balance) biller genie one common reconciliation puzzles. several specific causes — article walks order check. step 1 confirm actual state genie. note balance remaining, status, payment rows timeline . (qbo, qbd, xero) applied payments. mismatch will usually fall patterns below. 2 check sync queues answer working time, queues. paid open, good chance related line item like late fee technology fee) sitting error message tells exactly wrong. queue history payments back. search transaction id. listed, desc column fix (deleted invoice, closed period, expired connection, etc.). outbound items (late fees, returned-check fees) added existing accounting-software invoice. stuck can change total way makes show different balances. find either queue, underlying issue per next cycle reconcile everything automatically. continue cause pending ach attached funded yet symptom check) amount $x. unchanged. take 3-5 business days settle. funding window, records invoice's reduce reject. software, hand, may bookkeeper manually. resolution wait. settles, mark push back software. rejects, stays reminders resume (you'll see rejection entry rejected transactions report ). (surcharge / dual-pricing synced paiddate set balanceremaining negative. internally calls \"paid balance.\" customer credit card fees (surcharging dual pricing) enabled, gets runs separately. confirms fee, math looks off. wait sync. automatically reconciles item. 3 (because check, cash, external qbo/qbd/xero). timeline. syncs invoices periodically. lag qbo/xero picks hour, longer issue. trigger manual add-ons \u0026gt; minutes. showing genie, errors (reports errors) failed records. enabled email notification, received alert stale configure general settings 4 previously-applied detached detach #x #y. status. someone team (likely re-attach invoice). detaching reverses goes cleared. correct apply new original applicable. attaching 5 voided refunded $x voided, refunded, detached. reversed. restores clears paiddate. void/refund intentional. so, need collection action unintentional, contact support@billergenie.com 6 \"partially paid,\" less total. reduced balance. designed reduces close remaining 7 wrong paid. open. looking customer's invoices, overpaid unexpected applied) money landed. one. ruled persists, number, name, shows, shows. audit identify exact gap. articles activity reject codes","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368782,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:31:30.283Z","tag_names":["api access","api key","api v1","biller genie api","biller genie integration","connect api","create customer api","integration api","integration partners","outbound webhooks","public api","rest api","sales receipt api","tax rates api","webhooks","zapier biller genie"],"answer_sample":"A common question, especially from larger merchants and partners evaluating Bille","long_answer_sample":"A common question, especially from larger merchants and partners evaluating Biller Genie: can I integrate Biller Genie with my own systems using an API, webhooks, or Zapier? Here's the honest current state. Capability\nStatus Public REST API (Connect API) Yes, with limited scope. Keys are issued by Biller Genie, not self-serve. Outbound webhooks No —","language_id":1,"id":3826930,"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":"common question, especially larger merchants partners evaluating biller genie can integrate systems using api, webhooks, zapier honest current state. capability status public rest api (connect api) yes, limited scope. keys issued genie, self-serve. outbound webhooks — supported today. integration connect endpoints versioned called api. intended purpose-built integrations another product needs push data example, vertical crm creates customers invoices part workflow. exist today endpoint purpose post v1/customers create customer account. get v1/customers/{id} look id. v1/sales-receipts record sales receipt (paid transaction tied invoice). v1/sales-receipts/{id} retrieve v1/tax-rates list tax rates configured account, apply right rate creating receipts. v1/auth/validate validate key still active. used gateway, code directly. invoices, payments existing refunds, voids, balances/a-r reports, autopay enrollment, payment-method storage, sync controls. those, contact support@billergenie.com describe use case prioritize expansion based demand. authentication uses authentication. call passes header. merchant account identify calls land. oauth per-user authorization every acts individual user, model system-to-system integrations. getting support request. self-serve portal request email . tell id, name building buying, (e.g. \"creating receipts practice management system\"). team will issue key, share via secure channel, provide base url specs. rotation, revocation, audit handled support. compromised, immediately rotate it. currently send events happen (a payment processed, invoice paid, fails, etc.). know something happens options pull instead push. relevant schedule. efficient works low-frequency times hour). accounting software's webhooks. primarily want \"did paid\", quickbooks online fire syncs back quickbooks. well whose software, genie. parsing last resort. sent real-time processed parse emails. recommended long-term pinch. tracked customer-requested feature. design depends them, logged shapes roadmap. app directly trigger zaps zap action. practical workarounds xero first-class apps. build react quickbooks/xero originated + \"webhooks zapier\" custom requires related articles single sign-on (sso / saml) submit feature","name":"Public API, Webhooks, and Zapier — What We Support Today","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"api-access-webhooks-zapier","first_category":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","categories_display_for_views":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","parent_categories":[1368782],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/settings-and-account/api-access-webhooks-zapier?from_search=237967409","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"common question, especially larger merchants partners evaluating biller genie can integrate systems using api, webhooks, zapier honest current state. capability status public rest api (connect api) yes, limited scope. keys issued genie, self-serve. outbound webhooks — supported today. integration connect endpoints versioned called api. intended purpose-built integrations another product needs push data example, vertical crm creates customers invoices part workflow. exist today endpoint purpose post v1/customers create customer account. get v1/customers/{id} look id. v1/sales-receipts record sales receipt (paid transaction tied invoice). v1/sales-receipts/{id} retrieve v1/tax-rates list tax rates configured account, apply right rate creating receipts. v1/auth/validate validate key still active. used gateway, code directly. invoices, payments existing refunds, voids, balances/a-r reports, autopay enrollment, payment-method storage, sync controls. those, contact support@billergenie.com describe use case prioritize expansion based demand. authentication uses authentication. call passes header. merchant account identify calls land. oauth per-user authorization every acts individual user, model system-to-system integrations. getting support request. self-serve portal request email . tell id, name building buying, (e.g. \"creating receipts practice management system\"). team will issue key, share via secure channel, provide base url specs. rotation, revocation, audit handled support. compromised, immediately rotate it. currently send events happen (a payment processed, invoice paid, fails, etc.). know something happens options pull instead push. relevant schedule. efficient works low-frequency times hour). accounting software's webhooks. primarily want \"did paid\", quickbooks online fire syncs back quickbooks. well whose software, genie. parsing last resort. sent real-time processed parse emails. recommended long-term pinch. tracked customer-requested feature. design depends them, logged shapes roadmap. app directly trigger zaps zap action. practical workarounds xero first-class apps. build react quickbooks/xero originated + \"webhooks zapier\" custom requires related articles single sign-on (sso / saml) submit feature","categories":{"current":{"id":1368782,"name":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","url":"/settings-and-account"}},"category_param":"settings-and-account"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:31:22.180Z","tag_names":["auto-send reports","biller genie reporting","custom reports","export schedule csv","pdf export biller genie","persistent filters report","recurring report email","report builder","reports api access","scheduled report email","workaround scheduled reports"],"answer_sample":"A common ask from finance teams adopting Biller Genie: \"Can I build a custom repo","long_answer_sample":"A common ask from finance teams adopting Biller Genie: \"Can I build a custom report?\" or \"Can I schedule a report to email itself every Monday morning?\" Here's an honest current-state answer to both, what we offer today instead, and how to request these features formally. Current state: not in product today Feature\nAvailable? Custom report builder (","language_id":1,"id":3826919,"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":"common ask finance teams adopting biller genie \"can build custom report\" schedule report email every monday morning\" honest current-state answer both, offer today instead, request features formally. current state product feature available builder (drag-and-drop columns, filters, saved views) auto-send reports (e.g. csv monday) pdf export (csv/excel only) api access data partial — see public api, webhooks, zapier manual individual yes button per-column filtering sorting works (the workarounds) manually button. apply filters first, get (technically .xlsx filename content csv; spreadsheet apps open cleanly). recurring reporting needs (weekly a/r aging, monthly transaction summary), pair calendar reminder team. elegant works. filter existing specific view lot \"custom actually combinations reports. examples \"overdue invoices customer type\" grid status = overdue, sort customer. \"all ach payments last month\" transactions, date range + payment type ach. \"failed autopay attempts week\" auto-pay declines report, decline date. turn persistent control panel \u0026gt; settings, setup remembered across sessions configure general settings . use accounting software's broader financial (p\u0026amp;l, balance sheet, aging customers, sales item / category class), software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) powerful native does. syncs software, top qbo/qbd/xero reflects everything flowed genie. larger merchants operational workflow pull period-end qbo/xero. sophisticated connect via data-warehouse bi cases, provides read subset data. endpoint set limited (customers, receipts, tax rates) actively expanding surface based demand; shape unlock need you, tell us. scheduled exports roadmap frequently requested. hear customers higher prioritize. put record submit case \"i want weekly emailed 60 days late\") concrete scenarios design. team adopt paid add-on upgrade, mention weighs prioritization. related articles support (persistent filters)","name":"Custom Reports, Auto-Send, and Scheduled Exports: Current Status","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"auto-send-reports-export-scheduling","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-send-reports-export-scheduling?from_search=237967409","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"common ask finance teams adopting biller genie \"can build custom report\" schedule report email every monday morning\" honest current-state answer both, offer today instead, request features formally. current state product feature available builder (drag-and-drop columns, filters, saved views) auto-send reports (e.g. csv monday) pdf export (csv/excel only) api access data partial — see public api, webhooks, zapier manual individual yes button per-column filtering sorting works (the workarounds) manually button. apply filters first, get (technically .xlsx filename content csv; spreadsheet apps open cleanly). recurring reporting needs (weekly a/r aging, monthly transaction summary), pair calendar reminder team. elegant works. filter existing specific view lot \"custom actually combinations reports. examples \"overdue invoices customer type\" grid status = overdue, sort customer. \"all ach payments last month\" transactions, date range + payment type ach. \"failed autopay attempts week\" auto-pay declines report, decline date. turn persistent control panel \u0026gt; settings, setup remembered across sessions configure general settings . use accounting software's broader financial (p\u0026amp;l, balance sheet, aging customers, sales item / category class), software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) powerful native does. syncs software, top qbo/qbd/xero reflects everything flowed genie. larger merchants operational workflow pull period-end qbo/xero. sophisticated connect via data-warehouse bi cases, provides read subset data. endpoint set limited (customers, receipts, tax rates) actively expanding surface based demand; shape unlock need you, tell us. scheduled exports roadmap frequently requested. hear customers higher prioritize. put record submit case \"i want weekly emailed 60 days late\") concrete scenarios design. team adopt paid add-on upgrade, mention weighs prioritization. related articles support (persistent filters)","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}}]