[{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-26T22:54:34.243Z","tag_names":["payment location","virtual terminal name","transaction labels","payment source","payment flow","invoice checkout","statement checkout","portal invoice payment","portal bulk payment","bulk invoice payment","payment plan","recurring billing","hosted payment link","integration payment","check payment","apple pay invoice checkout","apple pay statement checkout","apple pay portal invoice payment","apple pay portal bulk payment","apple pay hosted payment link","merchant receipt","gateway transactions report","csv export of transactions","what does payment location mean","what label is on my receipt","customer portal label","scheduler label","what is bulk pay on my receipt"],"answer_sample":"Every time a customer pays you through Biller Genie, the merchant receipt email y","long_answer_sample":"Every time a customer pays you through Biller Genie, the merchant receipt email you receive includes a \"Payment Location\" field. That field tells you which Biller Genie flow took the payment, so you can tell at a glance whether a payment came through an invoice checkout, a Hosted Payment Link, a Payment Plan, or something else. The same value appear","language_id":1,"id":3829008,"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":"every time customer pays biller genie, merchant receipt email receive includes \"payment location\" field. field tells genie flow took payment, can tell glance whether payment came invoice checkout, hosted link, plan, something else. value appears \"virtual terminal\" column gateway-transactions report csv export report, whatever label see exported transaction history. location emails. line pays. gateway transactions report. shows row transaction. exports. value. means plain language inside portal specific invoice. bulk covered multiple invoices once. sales entered standalone (no involved). virtual terminal manually using addon. check processed check-processing flow. auto-pay ran automatic file one customers. plan installment active set customer. recurring billing pure recurring-billing stored method (not part plan). checkout paid public link sent them, without logging portal. statement in. logged statements shared. apple pay used sheet pay. sheet. integration originated connected practice-management vertical (such theramanager). third party synced third-party accounting system. process itself. labels work whenever completes sheet, prefixed \"apple \" payments apart typed-card applies five flows. older looking history predates labels, may different values rows — reflect looked like taken. keep original will updated. going forward, new stamped table above. corresponds current naming (and variant those), depending scheduler qdpm page frequently asked questions customers no. copy receipt. include it. difference \"invoice checkout\" \"portal payment\" directly first plan\" \"recurring billing\" structured (for example, four installments $250 months). true subscription-style charge regular schedule defined end date. \"integration mean integration, theramanager another business-application supports. yes. uses receipts screen. related articles void refund (full partial) refunds voids turn auto feature utilization","name":"What 'Payment Location' Means on Your Transaction Receipts","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"what-payment-location-means-on-your-transaction-receipts","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/what-payment-location-means-on-your-transaction-receipts?from_search=243389014","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"every time customer pays biller genie, merchant receipt email receive includes \"payment location\" field. field tells genie flow took payment, can tell glance whether payment came invoice checkout, hosted link, plan, something else. value appears \"virtual terminal\" column gateway-transactions report csv export report, whatever label see exported transaction history. location emails. line pays. gateway transactions report. shows row transaction. exports. value. means plain language inside portal specific invoice. bulk covered multiple invoices once. sales entered standalone (no involved). virtual terminal manually using addon. check processed check-processing flow. auto-pay ran automatic file one customers. plan installment active set customer. recurring billing pure recurring-billing stored method (not part plan). checkout paid public link sent them, without logging portal. statement in. logged statements shared. apple pay used sheet pay. sheet. integration originated connected practice-management vertical (such theramanager). third party synced third-party accounting system. process itself. labels work whenever completes sheet, prefixed \"apple \" payments apart typed-card applies five flows. older looking history predates labels, may different values rows — reflect looked like taken. keep original will updated. going forward, new stamped table above. corresponds current naming (and variant those), depending scheduler qdpm page frequently asked questions customers no. copy receipt. include it. difference \"invoice checkout\" \"portal payment\" directly first plan\" \"recurring billing\" structured (for example, four installments $250 months). true subscription-style charge regular schedule defined end date. \"integration mean integration, theramanager another business-application supports. yes. uses receipts screen. related articles void refund (full partial) refunds voids turn auto feature utilization","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-09-23T07:53:28.580Z","tag_names":["tips","tipping","gratuity","add a tip","tip at checkout","accept tips","tips add-on","tip presets","gratuity invoice payment","premium add-on","tips marketplace","tips xero","tip income","tips payable","optional gratuity","service award"],"answer_sample":"Tips lets your customers add an optional gratuity when they pay an invoice in the","long_answer_sample":"Tips lets your customers add an optional gratuity when they pay an invoice in the Customer Portal by card or bank account. You choose the suggested amounts, the cap and where the money posts in your books. Biller Genie charges the tip in the same transaction as the payment, records it on its own Sales Receipt in QuickBooks, and reverses it automatic","language_id":1,"id":3952605,"last_published_date":"October 14th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"tips lets customers add optional gratuity pay invoice customer portal card bank account. choose suggested amounts, cap money posts books. biller genie charges tip transaction payment, records sales receipt quickbooks, reverses automatically refund void payment. part premium plan extra cost. install add-ons marketplace merchant portal. tile tools. installed carry green badge. amounts. three presets, percentages payment fixed dollar can type amount allow it. cap. limit percentage accidental zero never goes through. label. see name item. defaults \"gratuity\" rename clean post income liability account mixed revenue. sync quickbooks refunds work. automatic reversals. comes back it, proportion. tip. always optional. preset pre-selected without tipping. use requirement detail premium. merchants trial too. accounting software online, desktop, software. available xero. methods (ach) payments make portal, links statements. permissions users marketplace; add-on configuration right change settings. managing genie. technology fees works alongside surcharging dual pricing. whether fee applies business location every state, dc puerto rico except illinois. turned businesses located illinois now; question below. switches, sees prompt true marketplace. enable tipping \u0026gt; tips. customer. existing turn on, either one time everyone defaults. nobody yet common reason third switch. turning alone shows nobody. open control panel defaults, set \"set value customers\". full walkthrough setting block page, statement links, home alike. adding checkout screen. offered auto-pay installments. makes themselves. paypal, venmo later. paypal offers entry. apple checkout. page (see pay, google digital wallets genie). key hidden xero merchants, using frequently asked questions passed law, interchange prohibition act, changes processing apply tax. start date pushed july 1, 2027, courts still deciding enforced. settled, stays whose address record illinois, switch reads \"tipping state.\" watching case will update article anything changes. cost no. included plan. require default voluntary. nothing pre-selected, alone. taxed adds tax keep item non-taxable quickbooks. customer's behalf today. collected count toward processed volume yes. gross processor reports 1099-k. paying staff reporting wages stay payroll provider. happens refunded proportion refund, returns whole enter custom amount, fee, tip-only keeps paid. related articles work global pricing glance","name":"Tips at a Glance","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"tips-at-a-glance","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/tips-at-a-glance?from_search=243389014","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"tips lets customers add optional gratuity pay invoice customer portal card bank account. choose suggested amounts, cap money posts books. biller genie charges tip transaction payment, records sales receipt quickbooks, reverses automatically refund void payment. part premium plan extra cost. install add-ons marketplace merchant portal. tile tools. installed carry green badge. amounts. three presets, percentages payment fixed dollar can type amount allow it. cap. limit percentage accidental zero never goes through. label. see name item. defaults \"gratuity\" rename clean post income liability account mixed revenue. sync quickbooks refunds work. automatic reversals. comes back it, proportion. tip. always optional. preset pre-selected without tipping. use requirement detail premium. merchants trial too. accounting software online, desktop, software. available xero. methods (ach) payments make portal, links statements. permissions users marketplace; add-on configuration right change settings. managing genie. technology fees works alongside surcharging dual pricing. whether fee applies business location every state, dc puerto rico except illinois. turned businesses located illinois now; question below. switches, sees prompt true marketplace. enable tipping \u0026gt; tips. customer. existing turn on, either one time everyone defaults. nobody yet common reason third switch. turning alone shows nobody. open control panel defaults, set \"set value customers\". full walkthrough setting block page, statement links, home alike. adding checkout screen. offered auto-pay installments. makes themselves. paypal, venmo later. paypal offers entry. apple checkout. page (see pay, google digital wallets genie). key hidden xero merchants, using frequently asked questions passed law, interchange prohibition act, changes processing apply tax. start date pushed july 1, 2027, courts still deciding enforced. settled, stays whose address record illinois, switch reads \"tipping state.\" watching case will update article anything changes. cost no. included plan. require default voluntary. nothing pre-selected, alone. taxed adds tax keep item non-taxable quickbooks. customer's behalf today. collected count toward processed volume yes. gross processor reports 1099-k. paying staff reporting wages stay payroll provider. happens refunded proportion refund, returns whole enter custom amount, fee, tip-only keeps paid. related articles work global pricing glance","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-09-23T07:53:30.815Z","tag_names":["tip at checkout","customer portal tip","gratuity block","tip presets","enter a custom amount","tip cannot exceed","tip cap","ach tip","bank payment tip","apple pay tip","paypal tip","autopay tip","tip receipt","view tip receipt","payment link tip","statement tip"],"answer_sample":"Once Tips is set up and Allow Tips is on for a customer, that customer sees a gra","long_answer_sample":"Once Tips is set up and Allow Tips is on for a customer, that customer sees a gratuity block when they pay. This article shows what appears on each screen, what happens at the cap, and how bank payments and digital wallets behave. The block is labelled with your Gratuity item name, which defaults to Gratuity. Where the gratuity block appears Screen ","language_id":1,"id":3952607,"last_published_date":"September 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":"tips set allow customer, customer sees gratuity block pay. article shows appears screen, happens cap, bank payments digital wallets behave. labelled item name, defaults gratuity. screen card (ach) apple pay paypal, venmo, later panel portal home page (one invoices) yes invoice payment offered link statement auto-pay charges plan installments never selected least one invoice. several invoices paid together, adds tip whole payment. 15% selected. total updates chooses. three preset buttons. percentage presets show only, example 15%; dollar amount total. fixed amount, $5.00. nothing pre-selected. tapping it; removes it. enter custom opens field hides presets. choose brings back clears tip. shown turned off. chooses, always see account will charged. percentages calculated worked paying surcharge, technology fee, apply fee tips, disclosed includes dual pricing, price shown, fee. typed charged exactly entered. cap exceed simply shown. none fit, directly (or, amounts off, appears). rejected \"tip $x.xx\" go lowers biller genie silently reduces customers can payments. payment, take days settle, recorded accounting software settles. transaction \"a receipt $x.xx created settles.\" settles, recorded. paypal add tip; sheet label. checkout, venmo later, offer entry today. tipping enrolling ticks \"your applies today's only. future automatic include one.\" carry receipts history on-screen row. row applies. lists label, order subtotal, gratuity, genie. history, quickbooks-synced click view open tip's sales receipt. keep label issued with. renaming change old receipts. charge installment. later. paid. added moment separately part related articles glance setting sync quickbooks refunds work pricing checkout experience surcharging pay, google overview merchant copy","name":"What Your Customer Sees: Adding a Tip at Checkout","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"what-your-customer-sees-adding-a-tip-at-checkout","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/what-your-customer-sees-adding-a-tip-at-checkout?from_search=243389014","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"tips set allow customer, customer sees gratuity block pay. article shows appears screen, happens cap, bank payments digital wallets behave. labelled item name, defaults gratuity. screen card (ach) apple pay paypal, venmo, later panel portal home page (one invoices) yes invoice payment offered link statement auto-pay charges plan installments never selected least one invoice. several invoices paid together, adds tip whole payment. 15% selected. total updates chooses. three preset buttons. percentage presets show only, example 15%; dollar amount total. fixed amount, $5.00. nothing pre-selected. tapping it; removes it. enter custom opens field hides presets. choose brings back clears tip. shown turned off. chooses, always see account will charged. percentages calculated worked paying surcharge, technology fee, apply fee tips, disclosed includes dual pricing, price shown, fee. typed charged exactly entered. cap exceed simply shown. none fit, directly (or, amounts off, appears). rejected \"tip $x.xx\" go lowers biller genie silently reduces customers can payments. payment, take days settle, recorded accounting software settles. transaction \"a receipt $x.xx created settles.\" settles, recorded. paypal add tip; sheet label. checkout, venmo later, offer entry today. tipping enrolling ticks \"your applies today's only. future automatic include one.\" carry receipts history on-screen row. row applies. lists label, order subtotal, gratuity, genie. history, quickbooks-synced click view open tip's sales receipt. keep label issued with. renaming change old receipts. charge installment. later. paid. added moment separately part related articles glance setting sync quickbooks refunds work pricing checkout experience surcharging pay, google overview merchant copy","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T15:02:56.000Z","tag_names":["customer defaults","global customer defaults","allow credit card","allow ach","customer type defaults","by customer type","enable customer type defaults","wholesale retail defaults","control panel customer defaults","charge late fees default","require auto-pay at checkout","save and apply to existing","update individual setting","biller genie customer defaults","customer type quickbooks","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":"October 14th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"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. apple hidden too, since payment. 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 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=243389014","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. apple hidden too, since payment. 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 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":1369273,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T19:02:46.000Z","tag_names":["customer portal","using customer portal","customer portal sign up","customer portal login","customer portal troubleshooting","portal access","pay invoice online","save card on file","customer self service","portal branding"],"answer_sample":"The Customer Portal is the self-service web page Biller Genie gives every one of ","long_answer_sample":"The Customer Portal is the self-service web page Biller Genie gives every one of your customers. When they receive an invoice, the email contains a button that opens the portal, where they can view what they owe, pay it, save a card on file, set up autopay, request a payment plan, and download receipts and statements. This article explains what the ","language_id":1,"id":1956892,"last_published_date":"October 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":"customer portal self-service web page biller genie gives every one customers. receive invoice, email contains button opens portal, can view owe, pay it, save card file, set autopay, request payment plan, download receipts statements. article explains looks like, customers control features available. open invoices. clean list unpaid invoice amount, due date, button. invoice. credit card, ach (bank transfer), apm (alternative methods like paypal) depending enabled. multiple invoices once. select several open-invoice single checkout. partial amounts. enabled payments, amount total. see payments inside . bank account file. one-click reuse next payment. enroll autopay. agrees automatic charging future saved method. customer-enabled auto plan. plans, submits approve takes effect. paid receipts. full history going back joined genie. update contact info. name, address, — controllable per-customer (you decide self-edit). inviting reach access link (covered section). send separate invitation lets permanent username password. useful wants log directly, manage stored methods, want ready use first ships. find public url go add-ons → shown there. share website, signatures, anywhere else might directly. install marketplace. free, just enable account. personal [the customer] tab. never invited (or resend), click invitation. subject \"welcome portal\" includes clicks second sent confirm address. confirmation link, chosen says got verify address customer's profile matches inbox checking, look spam folder. welcome comes noreply@billergenie.com. registered check completed registration, run report. reports report fields show registration status. register create sends directly portal. behind scenes, generates secure token per customer; authenticates via token. \"permanent\" login, invite password required actions managing methods. person manages accounts (an accountant handling clients, property manager parent sub-customer setup, etc.), login customer-switcher dropdown. sub switcher works parent/sub relationships quickbooks shape experience. sign (rather relying emails), complete short sign-up flow. gets triggered experience email. locates noreply@billergenie.com \"click reset password.\" page, enters password, up. match to. choose profile. associated with; continue. records, described login. email\" verify. accept user agreement. reads immediately signed in. sign-up, return anytime logging created. troubleshooting walk four checks status \"active\" deactivated record flag. trying must exact (case-insensitive), field. fix different. add-on still showing \"installed\" marketplace accidentally uninstalled. tried \"forgot password\" fastest problems forgot-password flow reset. pass in, subscriber success error message seeing. controlling controlled two places portal-level controls sit wider customer-defaults stack setting global defaults (account-wide baseline), type (per-type overrides), overrides (one-off exceptions). available default (allow cc, allow ach, etc.). specific (turn customer, plans few, portal-specific matter actually logs live section edit email, add remove cards file change auto-pay settings enroll/unenroll autopay notification edits get notified make changes branding carries business's branding. logo, colors, business name appear header templates. configure panel \u0026gt; saves account, stays reused designate method default. pci-tokenized stores raw numbers. merchant side, record. mark outright (useful asks \"delete old file\"). happens pays details selects method) pay. processes configured gateway. marked paid, recorded sales receipt emailed customer. syncs accounting software (quickbooks online desktop magiccarpet) sync, books automatically. failure shows decline reason keeps form. saved, turned on, receipt. transaction try again. merge tags personalizing invitations links sets ones drop working messenger reminders templates (so straight them), portal-invitation (when manually login). supported accounting-software integrations payment, void, refund online, (magiccarpet), xero sync side. used template {customerportallink} pay-now link. important tag meant drive {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. great statement reminder pull without first. (see store ), template. supports smaller {customerfirstname} name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" blank. {customerlastname} last note context regular {dbaname} dba (the know by). customer-portal pages templated messages (emails, paper mail). browse real data moment viewing, templating involved. lead inventory shared across (customer info, late fees, currency formatting rules), using frequently asked questions need registering. creation optional needed (managing viewing history). fine. https-only, gateway (biller numbers), tokens unique expire extended inactivity. logins strong-password requirements two-factor authentication quick (1) with, (2) (paid voided session). worst case, resend manual fresh yes load exactly would. verifying everything right big batch related articles reminders,","name":"Using the Customer Portal","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-the-customer-portal","first_category":"The Customer Portal","categories_display_for_views":"The Customer Portal","parent_categories":[1369273],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customer-portal/using-the-customer-portal?from_search=243389014","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customer portal self-service web page biller genie gives every one customers. receive invoice, email contains button opens portal, can view owe, pay it, save card file, set autopay, request payment plan, download receipts statements. article explains looks like, customers control features available. open invoices. clean list unpaid invoice amount, due date, button. invoice. credit card, ach (bank transfer), apm (alternative methods like paypal) depending enabled. multiple invoices once. select several open-invoice single checkout. partial amounts. enabled payments, amount total. see payments inside . bank account file. one-click reuse next payment. enroll autopay. agrees automatic charging future saved method. customer-enabled auto plan. plans, submits approve takes effect. paid receipts. full history going back joined genie. update contact info. name, address, — controllable per-customer (you decide self-edit). inviting reach access link (covered section). send separate invitation lets permanent username password. useful wants log directly, manage stored methods, want ready use first ships. find public url go add-ons → shown there. share website, signatures, anywhere else might directly. install marketplace. free, just enable account. personal [the customer] tab. never invited (or resend), click invitation. subject \"welcome portal\" includes clicks second sent confirm address. confirmation link, chosen says got verify address customer's profile matches inbox checking, look spam folder. welcome comes noreply@billergenie.com. registered check completed registration, run report. reports report fields show registration status. register create sends directly portal. behind scenes, generates secure token per customer; authenticates via token. \"permanent\" login, invite password required actions managing methods. person manages accounts (an accountant handling clients, property manager parent sub-customer setup, etc.), login customer-switcher dropdown. sub switcher works parent/sub relationships quickbooks shape experience. sign (rather relying emails), complete short sign-up flow. gets triggered experience email. locates noreply@billergenie.com \"click reset password.\" page, enters password, up. match to. choose profile. associated with; continue. records, described login. email\" verify. accept user agreement. reads immediately signed in. sign-up, return anytime logging created. troubleshooting walk four checks status \"active\" deactivated record flag. trying must exact (case-insensitive), field. fix different. add-on still showing \"installed\" marketplace accidentally uninstalled. tried \"forgot password\" fastest problems forgot-password flow reset. pass in, subscriber success error message seeing. controlling controlled two places portal-level controls sit wider customer-defaults stack setting global defaults (account-wide baseline), type (per-type overrides), overrides (one-off exceptions). available default (allow cc, allow ach, etc.). specific (turn customer, plans few, portal-specific matter actually logs live section edit email, add remove cards file change auto-pay settings enroll/unenroll autopay notification edits get notified make changes branding carries business's branding. logo, colors, business name appear header templates. configure panel \u0026gt; saves account, stays reused designate method default. pci-tokenized stores raw numbers. merchant side, record. mark outright (useful asks \"delete old file\"). happens pays details selects method) pay. processes configured gateway. marked paid, recorded sales receipt emailed customer. syncs accounting software (quickbooks online desktop magiccarpet) sync, books automatically. failure shows decline reason keeps form. saved, turned on, receipt. transaction try again. merge tags personalizing invitations links sets ones drop working messenger reminders templates (so straight them), portal-invitation (when manually login). supported accounting-software integrations payment, void, refund online, (magiccarpet), xero sync side. used template {customerportallink} pay-now link. important tag meant drive {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. great statement reminder pull without first. (see store ), template. supports smaller {customerfirstname} name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" blank. {customerlastname} last note context regular {dbaname} dba (the know by). customer-portal pages templated messages (emails, paper mail). browse real data moment viewing, templating involved. lead inventory shared across (customer info, late fees, currency formatting rules), using frequently asked questions need registering. creation optional needed (managing viewing history). fine. https-only, gateway (biller numbers), tokens unique expire extended inactivity. logins strong-password requirements two-factor authentication quick (1) with, (2) (paid voided session). worst case, resend manual fresh yes load exactly would. verifying everything right big batch related articles reminders,","categories":{"current":{"id":1369273,"name":"The Customer Portal","url":"/customer-portal"}},"category_param":"customer-portal"}},{"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=243389014","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":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=243389014","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":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T18:35:19.000Z","tag_names":["bill to parent","bill with parent","consolidated billing","display invoices with parent","paper mail bill with parent","parent customer","parent paper mail settings","parent rollup","qbd customer job","qbo job","quickbooks jobs","sub customer","sub-customer","sub customer autopay","sub-customer email inheritance","viewsubcustomersinvoices"],"answer_sample":"In QuickBooks, a customer can be set up as a sub-customer of another customer — u","long_answer_sample":"In QuickBooks, a customer can be set up as a sub-customer of another customer — useful for tracking jobs under a single account, multiple locations of one client, or a contractor doing work for a property owner. Biller Genie reads these parent/sub relationships from QuickBooks and gives you two distinct features to leverage them: Bill With Parent (r","language_id":1,"id":1956845,"last_published_date":"September 12th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"quickbooks, customer can set sub-customer another — useful tracking jobs single account, multiple locations one client, contractor work property owner. biller genie reads parent/sub relationships quickbooks gives two distinct features leverage bill parent (route sub-customer's billing parent), customer-portal experience lets portal user see, switch between, pay invoices records connected to. glance per-customer-or-per-type setting sub-customer. on, receives reminders, parent's autopay configuration drives payment, communications route parent. sub's invoice messenger , reminders auto settings get grayed take over. display per-customer toggle customer. view includes sub-customers combined list. independent turn either without other. works hood sub-customer, several pieces genie's behavior shift sub runtime messenger. send time, checks billtoqbonlineparent flag. looks uses reminder toggles decide whether send. ignored. paper mail reminders. follows way email statements mailed, envelope goes mailing address. needs turned confirmed address file. check payments. captured mobile capture scanner applied across sub-customers' step. select processing open listed own, marked belongs gets payment record. pay. eligible autopay, system (autopay enabled, autopay-on-type, default method, threshold) determine charge. off, runs regardless record says. routing. still recorded database (the for), flow processing. payments processed using stored applies invoice. accounting software sees paid, coming card late fees. fees calculated \"owns\" overdue balance perspective), inheritance. methods shared automatically methods. merge just means method. file does, will fail method make sure working relying autopay. qbo qbd differ handling customer's to, persisted differently behind scenes online native \"billed with\" dropdown profile). syncs flag bi-directionally flip qbo, bg picks next sync; bg, writes back qbo. systems stay aligned automatically. desktop (magiccarpet) equivalent setting. stores locally persists magiccarpet never read written desktop. qbd-connected customer, directly bg. nothing appears itself, qbd-side override value. practical implication expect round-trip something off. qbd, source truth ever change projects require careful bulk changes technically hood, requires \"bill customer\" checkbox every project. use defaults surgical option push customers once, inadvertently breaks alignment cause confusing invoicing behavior. including projects; special handling.  projects, per non-project need changed, leave projects' alone. see intuit's help qbo-side requirement. management. owner parent; individual properties sub-customers. communications, arrangement, job billed reported separately. multi-location franchisees. franchisee corporate office handles keep per-location billing. general contractors paying subs' invoices. gc trades gc's covers trades' holding company operating entities. subsidiaries centralized decentralized point handle separately-tracked accounts, cleanest pattern. independently, let manage settings. configure system, sync, auto-pay run cover linked (or desktop), profile \"is sub-customer\". reads. wait sync manual sync). relationship genie, pay, messenger, fields now inheriting video walkthrough short tutorial showing side setup, end step-by-step screenshots (quickbooks online) step 1. log account. 2. go sales \u0026gt; customers. 3. whose want via 4. click edit profile. 5. section, parent, save. sync. inside tab, confirmation message configured ways (and optionally pay) view, access portal's top navigation. (configurable type ) mixed logs normally would. grid shows hide button collapse ones checkout. processes credited correct receipts depending sub). necessarily portal. happen together. switching person manages accounts example, manager pays bills three different llcs, separate accident logging out. customer-switching groups in, active merchant's account shares logged-in user's match, navigation listing matched alphabetically. person, email, records. lists clicking switches context invoices, saved cards, configuration. share email. address, them. matching. customers, accountant clients switcher move freely. enable alone put surface one. link access. routes adds existing view. feature. email-based, parent/sub-based purely email-driven. records, separate, emails. status drive switcher. putting together common configurations buildings llc. subs building 101, 102, 103. manager. building. llc's charges building's place. result schedule b llcs llc a, b, c totally relationship. accountant's applicable (no relationship). applicable. c. needed. cadence login. independently co. co 1, companies. company's cards stand own. companies' emails, accident, used. functions genie. reporting tag company; anything else. frequently asked questions charged back-invoices no. affects future retroactively charge exist unpaid picked going forward. manually-paid history touched. charged. fallback. multi-level hierarchy (grandparent → sub) model flat immediate only. \"parent\" grandparent, resolution; cascade chain. recommend hierarchies purposes level (parent predictable dropdown. (1) record's matches exactly (case-insensitive, punctuation whitespace matter), (2) (deactivated appear), (3) merchant logged in. \"display parent\" viewing historical hidden turning hides forward, delete already-issued receipts. stops seeing related articles global overrides fees, customer-enabled capturing magtek reader supported accounting-software integrations","name":"Parent and Sub Customers (including QuickBooks Jobs)","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"parentsub-customer","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/parentsub-customer?from_search=243389014","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"quickbooks, customer can set sub-customer another — useful tracking jobs single account, multiple locations one client, contractor work property owner. biller genie reads parent/sub relationships quickbooks gives two distinct features leverage bill parent (route sub-customer's billing parent), customer-portal experience lets portal user see, switch between, pay invoices records connected to. glance per-customer-or-per-type setting sub-customer. on, receives reminders, parent's autopay configuration drives payment, communications route parent. sub's invoice messenger , reminders auto settings get grayed take over. display per-customer toggle customer. view includes sub-customers combined list. independent turn either without other. works hood sub-customer, several pieces genie's behavior shift sub runtime messenger. send time, checks billtoqbonlineparent flag. looks uses reminder toggles decide whether send. ignored. paper mail reminders. follows way email statements mailed, envelope goes mailing address. needs turned confirmed address file. check payments. captured mobile capture scanner applied across sub-customers' step. select processing open listed own, marked belongs gets payment record. pay. eligible autopay, system (autopay enabled, autopay-on-type, default method, threshold) determine charge. off, runs regardless record says. routing. still recorded database (the for), flow processing. payments processed using stored applies invoice. accounting software sees paid, coming card late fees. fees calculated \"owns\" overdue balance perspective), inheritance. methods shared automatically methods. merge just means method. file does, will fail method make sure working relying autopay. qbo qbd differ handling customer's to, persisted differently behind scenes online native \"billed with\" dropdown profile). syncs flag bi-directionally flip qbo, bg picks next sync; bg, writes back qbo. systems stay aligned automatically. desktop (magiccarpet) equivalent setting. stores locally persists magiccarpet never read written desktop. qbd-connected customer, directly bg. nothing appears itself, qbd-side override value. practical implication expect round-trip something off. qbd, source truth ever change projects require careful bulk changes technically hood, requires \"bill customer\" checkbox every project. use defaults surgical option push customers once, inadvertently breaks alignment cause confusing invoicing behavior. including projects; special handling.  projects, per non-project need changed, leave projects' alone. see intuit's help qbo-side requirement. management. owner parent; individual properties sub-customers. communications, arrangement, job billed reported separately. multi-location franchisees. franchisee corporate office handles keep per-location billing. general contractors paying subs' invoices. gc trades gc's covers trades' holding company operating entities. subsidiaries centralized decentralized point handle separately-tracked accounts, cleanest pattern. independently, let manage settings. configure system, sync, auto-pay run cover linked (or desktop), profile \"is sub-customer\". reads. wait sync manual sync). relationship genie, pay, messenger, fields now inheriting video walkthrough short tutorial showing side setup, end step-by-step screenshots (quickbooks online) step 1. log account. 2. go sales \u0026gt; customers. 3. whose want via 4. click edit profile. 5. section, parent, save. sync. inside tab, confirmation message configured ways (and optionally pay) view, access portal's top navigation. (configurable type ) mixed logs normally would. grid shows hide button collapse ones checkout. processes credited correct receipts depending sub). necessarily portal. happen together. switching person manages accounts example, manager pays bills three different llcs, separate accident logging out. customer-switching groups in, active merchant's account shares logged-in user's match, navigation listing matched alphabetically. person, email, records. lists clicking switches context invoices, saved cards, configuration. share email. address, them. matching. customers, accountant clients switcher move freely. enable alone put surface one. link access. routes adds existing view. feature. email-based, parent/sub-based purely email-driven. records, separate, emails. status drive switcher. putting together common configurations buildings llc. subs building 101, 102, 103. manager. building. llc's charges building's place. result schedule b llcs llc a, b, c totally relationship. accountant's applicable (no relationship). applicable. c. needed. cadence login. independently co. co 1, companies. company's cards stand own. companies' emails, accident, used. functions genie. reporting tag company; anything else. frequently asked questions charged back-invoices no. affects future retroactively charge exist unpaid picked going forward. manually-paid history touched. charged. fallback. multi-level hierarchy (grandparent → sub) model flat immediate only. \"parent\" grandparent, resolution; cascade chain. recommend hierarchies purposes level (parent predictable dropdown. (1) record's matches exactly (case-insensitive, punctuation whitespace matter), (2) (deactivated appear), (3) merchant logged in. \"display parent\" viewing historical hidden turning hides forward, delete already-issued receipts. stops seeing related articles global overrides fees, customer-enabled capturing magtek reader supported accounting-software integrations","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-09-23T07:53:31.972Z","tag_names":["tip sales receipt","gratuity sales receipt","bg tip income","bg tips payable","tip refund","refund tip","void tip","partial refund tip","tip chargeback","tip accounting","gratuity item quickbooks","gratuity taxable","tip tax","tips quickbooks desktop","tips quickbooks online","tip receipt number","tips 1099-k","tips xero"],"answer_sample":"Tips collected through the Tips add-on are booked separately from your invoice re","long_answer_sample":"Tips collected through the Tips add-on are booked separately from your invoice revenue and reversed with the payment when you refund or void, unless you choose to refund only the invoice or only the tip. This article explains where the money lands in QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop or a Biller Genie only account, how to keep the tax treatment ","language_id":1,"id":3952608,"last_published_date":"October 14th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"tips collected add-on booked separately invoice revenue reversed payment refund void, unless choose tip. article explains money lands quickbooks online, desktop biller genie account, keep tax treatment clean, happens refunds, voids, chargebacks returned bank payments. gratuity item tip account turn enable tipping connected, creates records exist record online accounting software receipt gratuity, service item, non-taxable charge code non items page, created first tipped bg income (income) applicable owed staff payable (other current liability) can use yes. pick existing reaches quickbooks, remap row mapping tab. map change liability later repoints without rewriting past transactions. no. choice locks created. (recommended) revenue. books clear day collected. (liability) pass staff. every raises balance, balance falls pay payroll outside genie. clearing job. never distributes tips. invoices synced syncs usual. one-line sales posted account. added line invoice. see creating receipts work assigns number. sync completes, shows italic placeholder; afterwards # number transaction, transaction details. details show \"this associated receipt(s)\" link receipt. several paid together, one carries whole linked payment. deactivate reactivates next booking. create directly genie, behind them, get tip, covers it, still closes zero. payments charged settles, usually days later. \"a $x.xx will settles.\" settles adds leave rate page 0. make taxable splits totals customer $10.00 8% $9.26 plus $0.74 tax. cents. avoids both. refunds voids default follows path technology fee returns share left, fee, open transactions invoice, click refund. enter custom amount. elements refund, tick want total + (just fee) amount fee. (or label) box left. confirm boxes ticked (the default) works split across proportion. part stays paid. always ticked. fully refunded, window opens alone. full screen choice. everything card payments, time bulk. bulk applies gateway allows partial refunds; otherwise reads ach supports refunds.\" paypal void tip-only subtotal $0.00, total. reversed. deletes it. remaining comes back. (online) credit memo check (desktop) covering gratuity. stays. amount, refunded proportion add lines lines, lines. you. come only. back, share; sits above, per portion entered. checkbox \"treat entered net amount\" top typed changes read, parts lists row. start page. chargeback reverses included, journal entry. figure. lose rebill, new original only, settlement treated way reopened asks owed, books. reports exports export includes columns. on-screen grid / column separate column. link. payment, count processed volume gross 1099-k processor issues, whichever post to. xero offered merchants. installed connecting xero, collecting tips; recorded yourself. using related articles glance setting sees adding checkout reconciling fees vs (full partial) recording handling rejects funding, statements,","name":"How Tips Sync to QuickBooks and How Refunds Work","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"how-tips-sync-to-quickbooks-and-how-refunds-work","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/how-tips-sync-to-quickbooks-and-how-refunds-work?from_search=243389014","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"tips collected add-on booked separately invoice revenue reversed payment refund void, unless choose tip. article explains money lands quickbooks online, desktop biller genie account, keep tax treatment clean, happens refunds, voids, chargebacks returned bank payments. gratuity item tip account turn enable tipping connected, creates records exist record online accounting software receipt gratuity, service item, non-taxable charge code non items page, created first tipped bg income (income) applicable owed staff payable (other current liability) can use yes. pick existing reaches quickbooks, remap row mapping tab. map change liability later repoints without rewriting past transactions. no. choice locks created. (recommended) revenue. books clear day collected. (liability) pass staff. every raises balance, balance falls pay payroll outside genie. clearing job. never distributes tips. invoices synced syncs usual. one-line sales posted account. added line invoice. see creating receipts work assigns number. sync completes, shows italic placeholder; afterwards # number transaction, transaction details. details show \"this associated receipt(s)\" link receipt. several paid together, one carries whole linked payment. deactivate reactivates next booking. create directly genie, behind them, get tip, covers it, still closes zero. payments charged settles, usually days later. \"a $x.xx will settles.\" settles adds leave rate page 0. make taxable splits totals customer $10.00 8% $9.26 plus $0.74 tax. cents. avoids both. refunds voids default follows path technology fee returns share left, fee, open transactions invoice, click refund. enter custom amount. elements refund, tick want total + (just fee) amount fee. (or label) box left. confirm boxes ticked (the default) works split across proportion. part stays paid. always ticked. fully refunded, window opens alone. full screen choice. everything card payments, time bulk. bulk applies gateway allows partial refunds; otherwise reads ach supports refunds.\" paypal void tip-only subtotal $0.00, total. reversed. deletes it. remaining comes back. (online) credit memo check (desktop) covering gratuity. stays. amount, refunded proportion add lines lines, lines. you. come only. back, share; sits above, per portion entered. checkbox \"treat entered net amount\" top typed changes read, parts lists row. start page. chargeback reverses included, journal entry. figure. lose rebill, new original only, settlement treated way reopened asks owed, books. reports exports export includes columns. on-screen grid / column separate column. link. payment, count processed volume gross 1099-k processor issues, whichever post to. xero offered merchants. installed connecting xero, collecting tips; recorded yourself. using related articles glance setting sees adding checkout reconciling fees vs (full partial) recording handling rejects funding, statements,","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}}]