[{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2024-02-15T17:51:54.000Z","tag_names":["allow partial payments check","biller genie native invoice","check amount validation","check invoice matching","check search criteria","check sync accounting","match check to invoice","multi-invoice check","partial payments check","processing a check","qbo check sync","quickbooks check","standalone check","standalone check transaction","virtual terminal check","xero check sync"],"answer_sample":"Once a check has been captured with either Mobile Check Capture or Remote Deposit","long_answer_sample":"Once a check has been captured with either Mobile Check Capture or Remote Deposit Capture (RDC), it sits in the Add-On view waiting to be processed. Processing means matching the captured check to a specific invoice — or recording it as a standalone transaction not tied to an invoice — and submitting the payment to the banking network. This article ","language_id":1,"id":2410793,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"check captured either mobile capture remote deposit (rdc), sits add-on view waiting processed. processing means matching specific invoice — recording standalone transaction tied submitting payment banking network. article explains search works, partial-payment rules are, use check, processed checks sync back accounting software. yet, see capturing magtek reader . conceptual overview live captured-but-not-yet-processed visible page (the queue shared rdc) add-ons \u0026gt; rdc shows places. whoever processes person deliberately separate steps scanning can done one staff member invoices another (often someone access). step 1. page, locate click process. 2. field find customer pay. process submit transaction. customer/invoice works form free-text matches input multiple fields account. type name biller genie searches across customer-name file first name, last display genie, business customer's appears connected software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero whichever use). partial work. number invoice's reference displayed genie. amount total, paid toward invoice, current remaining balance. $250 balance $250, searching 250 will it. must compare select single apply to, validates rule depends allow payments setting (on record, invoice). less equal underpayments allowed; overpayments rejected. exactly underpayments, overpayments. covers customer), sum selected invoices' balances exactly, regardless setting. level, allowing (not invoice) correspond maybe deposit, one-off retainer, something invoiced yet instead. form, leave set \"standalone transaction\" rather picking customer/invoice. work like virtual terminal records payment, captures funds, treats deposit. linked invoice. important associated nothing mark file. show bank statement (and genie's transactions report), need record manually sales receipt income entry. want sync, create accounting-software behavior originated created qbo / qbd synced genie) settles, pushes closes automatically. biller-genie-native directly software) applied updates inside exist software, there. (no noted above, sync. manually. submit, taken details full void (if still within window) print email image now pending report working network (typically 3–5 days). rejects, moves rejected reopens collection. checks, return capture. trouble search, validation rejecting appear expected, contact support@billergenie.com applicable) whether via error messages related articles ach credit card reject codes","name":"Processing a Check: Matching, Standalone, and Sync","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"processing-a-check","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/processing-a-check?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"check captured either mobile capture remote deposit (rdc), sits add-on view waiting processed. processing means matching specific invoice — recording standalone transaction tied submitting payment banking network. article explains search works, partial-payment rules are, use check, processed checks sync back accounting software. yet, see capturing magtek reader . conceptual overview live captured-but-not-yet-processed visible page (the queue shared rdc) add-ons \u0026gt; rdc shows places. whoever processes person deliberately separate steps scanning can done one staff member invoices another (often someone access). step 1. page, locate click process. 2. field find customer pay. process submit transaction. customer/invoice works form free-text matches input multiple fields account. type name biller genie searches across customer-name file first name, last display genie, business customer's appears connected software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero whichever use). partial work. number invoice's reference displayed genie. amount total, paid toward invoice, current remaining balance. $250 balance $250, searching 250 will it. must compare select single apply to, validates rule depends allow payments setting (on record, invoice). less equal underpayments allowed; overpayments rejected. exactly underpayments, overpayments. covers customer), sum selected invoices' balances exactly, regardless setting. level, allowing (not invoice) correspond maybe deposit, one-off retainer, something invoiced yet instead. form, leave set \"standalone transaction\" rather picking customer/invoice. work like virtual terminal records payment, captures funds, treats deposit. linked invoice. important associated nothing mark file. show bank statement (and genie's transactions report), need record manually sales receipt income entry. want sync, create accounting-software behavior originated created qbo / qbd synced genie) settles, pushes closes automatically. biller-genie-native directly software) applied updates inside exist software, there. (no noted above, sync. manually. submit, taken details full void (if still within window) print email image now pending report working network (typically 3–5 days). rejects, moves rejected reopens collection. checks, return capture. trouble search, validation rejecting appear expected, contact support@billergenie.com applicable) whether via error messages related articles ach credit card reject codes","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-19T18:38:43.000Z","tag_names":["chart of accounts","coa mapping","biller genie chart of accounts","sales account mapping","late fee account","sweep account mapping","undeposited funds account","system items","convenience fee","surcharge mapping","qbo chart of accounts","qbd chart of accounts","red green sync indicator","remap accounts","override account mapping","account balance","balance column","current balance","sweep account balance","account balance in biller genie","open in quickbooks","negative balance","balance not zero"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie connects to your accounting software (QuickBooks Online or QuickBook","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie connects to your accounting software (QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop via MagicCarpet ) using a Chart of Accounts mapping that controls where invoices, refunds, technology fees, and customer payments get posted. Most merchants are happy with the seeded defaults — Biller Genie sets them up automatically on first sync — but you ca","language_id":1,"id":3821036,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie connects accounting software (quickbooks online quickbooks desktop via magiccarpet ) using chart accounts mapping controls invoices, refunds, technology fees, customer payments get posted. merchants happy seeded defaults — sets automatically first sync can override items accounts. article walks tool lives, indicators mean, customize. find lives inside accounting-software section merchant portal add-ons \u0026gt; refreshed ui groups everything two sections (the line writes invoices) destination post to). moved abr page remember setting account mappings automatic batch reconciliation page, live anymore. now part add-on directly. existing carried new location nothing reset. status indicator means (green vs red) item shows current green = synced. exists software, correctly linked. red (\"not synced\") waiting broken. either created recently synced yet, issue (for example, linked deleted software). just made change, normal moment usually flips next sync. persistent needs attention. open question re-point valid account. seeing balances mapped balance, pulled balance appears small colored pill account, info icon beside last updated blue positive balance. grey zero. orange negative. especially useful sweep return zero day's posts, quick glance confirms flowing should. sub-accounts show too. use online, will see external link click directly online. seeds connect creates set somewhere data produces. none collide added alongside whatever have. name type origin late fee service creation used late-fee charge invoice. covers checkout dual pricing flavor fees). user-facing label customized fees settings. refund failover receipts credit memos gaap-style per-account split applied. posts configured income surcharge (name locked) surcharging enabled. auto-enforced every match reseller's name. renaming permanent effect corrects back required regulations customer-facing receipt. third party transaction records captured outside collected person, transactions run gateway-direct) stays consistent. bg sales default items. point rather land books. expense map amounts used. unmapped; overridden dedicated contra-revenue undeposited funds (specific type) it; looks intermediate stage deposits reconciling bank feed. type, break mapping. must quickbooks's canonical generic bank-type substituted. cc installed activated card ach idea deposits. check (rdc c21). apm alternative payment method (paypal, etc.). instead overridable. want genie's \"late income\" one tool, pick dropdown software's accounts, save. remembers choice uses future common reason visit redirect structure bookkeeper maintains. delete to, detects missing attempt surfaces synced\"). need depended runs cleanly again. silently re-create software. intentional make changes behind back. vanishes, fix choose target. staging place deposited bank. pays invoice, lands funds; deposit (or journal entry, it) sweeps native equivalent. renamed localized still resolves correctly. recent improvement older logic relied broke it. durable renames. different cash-on-hand like pairing designed work together. segregated per (credit card, ach, check, apm). type-specific day end, single entry matches net landing feed's auto-match feature (in online) ties automatically, eliminating manual deposit-record work. without abr, reconcile manually \"record deposits\" workflow. recording feeds comparison. frequently asked questions accounting-software-specific portal. merchants, go desktop. previously lived page; longer hosts showing \"not synced.\" newly runs. cycle, pointing deleted, renamed, never created. target; clear ones yes. remembered invoice deposit. paid invoices entry) moves standard practice xero. things look refactor, cause issues. issues rename, double-check confirm lookup resolved row verify right install . enabled, one-to-one bank-feed transaction. manually. normally returns shortly settling normal. keeps growing, negative entries expect. pointed contact support correct v3 integration. mostly yes, bi-directional void available qbdv3. functionality, upgrade (qbdv4). works qbdv3 magiccarpet; differences around gets happens. reach subscriber success email subscribersuccess@billergenie.com help migrating magiccarpet. related articles understanding voids refunds (full partial)","name":"Chart of Accounts: Mapping Your Accounts in Biller Genie","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"chart-of-accounts-mapping","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/chart-of-accounts-mapping?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie connects accounting software (quickbooks online quickbooks desktop via magiccarpet ) using chart accounts mapping controls invoices, refunds, technology fees, customer payments get posted. merchants happy seeded defaults — sets automatically first sync can override items accounts. article walks tool lives, indicators mean, customize. find lives inside accounting-software section merchant portal add-ons \u0026gt; refreshed ui groups everything two sections (the line writes invoices) destination post to). moved abr page remember setting account mappings automatic batch reconciliation page, live anymore. now part add-on directly. existing carried new location nothing reset. status indicator means (green vs red) item shows current green = synced. exists software, correctly linked. red (\"not synced\") waiting broken. either created recently synced yet, issue (for example, linked deleted software). just made change, normal moment usually flips next sync. persistent needs attention. open question re-point valid account. seeing balances mapped balance, pulled balance appears small colored pill account, info icon beside last updated blue positive balance. grey zero. orange negative. especially useful sweep return zero day's posts, quick glance confirms flowing should. sub-accounts show too. use online, will see external link click directly online. seeds connect creates set somewhere data produces. none collide added alongside whatever have. name type origin late fee service creation used late-fee charge invoice. covers checkout dual pricing flavor fees). user-facing label customized fees settings. refund failover receipts credit memos gaap-style per-account split applied. posts configured income surcharge (name locked) surcharging enabled. auto-enforced every match reseller's name. renaming permanent effect corrects back required regulations customer-facing receipt. third party transaction records captured outside collected person, transactions run gateway-direct) stays consistent. bg sales default items. point rather land books. expense map amounts used. unmapped; overridden dedicated contra-revenue undeposited funds (specific type) it; looks intermediate stage deposits reconciling bank feed. type, break mapping. must quickbooks's canonical generic bank-type substituted. cc installed activated card ach idea deposits. check (rdc c21). apm alternative payment method (paypal, etc.). instead overridable. want genie's \"late income\" one tool, pick dropdown software's accounts, save. remembers choice uses future common reason visit redirect structure bookkeeper maintains. delete to, detects missing attempt surfaces synced\"). need depended runs cleanly again. silently re-create software. intentional make changes behind back. vanishes, fix choose target. staging place deposited bank. pays invoice, lands funds; deposit (or journal entry, it) sweeps native equivalent. renamed localized still resolves correctly. recent improvement older logic relied broke it. durable renames. different cash-on-hand like pairing designed work together. segregated per (credit card, ach, check, apm). type-specific day end, single entry matches net landing feed's auto-match feature (in online) ties automatically, eliminating manual deposit-record work. without abr, reconcile manually \"record deposits\" workflow. recording feeds comparison. frequently asked questions accounting-software-specific portal. merchants, go desktop. previously lived page; longer hosts showing \"not synced.\" newly runs. cycle, pointing deleted, renamed, never created. target; clear ones yes. remembered invoice deposit. paid invoices entry) moves standard practice xero. things look refactor, cause issues. issues rename, double-check confirm lookup resolved row verify right install . enabled, one-to-one bank-feed transaction. manually. normally returns shortly settling normal. keeps growing, negative entries expect. pointed contact support correct v3 integration. mostly yes, bi-directional void available qbdv3. functionality, upgrade (qbdv4). works qbdv3 magiccarpet; differences around gets happens. reach subscriber success email subscribersuccess@billergenie.com help migrating magiccarpet. related articles understanding voids refunds (full partial)","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}},{"question":{"category_id":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=237967808","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":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T14:44:49.000Z","tag_names":["add email customer","biller genie email conflicts","customer missing email","customer no email open invoice","email conflicts","email conflicts report","ignore conflicts","paper-only customer","sub-customer email inherit parent","walk-in customer no email"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie's automation runs on email — invoices, reminders, receipts, and paym","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie's automation runs on email — invoices, reminders, receipts, and payment links all reach your customers by email. When a customer record doesn't have an email address but does have an open invoice, that customer effectively sits silently on your A/R with no way for Biller Genie to chase them. The Email Conflicts report surfaces every cus","language_id":1,"id":1957791,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie's automation runs email — invoices, reminders, receipts, payment links reach customers email. customer record address open invoice, effectively sits silently a/r way genie chase them. conflicts report surfaces every state one place can fix batches, explicitly mark \"i'll never customer\" stop appearing list. \"email conflicts\" actually flags appears three true customer's primary field blank (no file all). least invoice remaining balance. ignore toggle (you marked \"skip list\"). invoices either, appear list missing actively blocking collection. flag. specifically flag duplicates (same multiple customers), mismatches accounting software, bounced emails, whose emails rejected inbox. delivery-side issues, see deliverability troubleshooting . find reports \u0026gt; main menu. page two grids need added. ignored intentionally \"no expected\" via toggle. adding directly fastest path navigate time. grid, customer. actions column, click add enter add. updates immediately, drops list, next scheduled reminder will go new change syncs back software sync cycle. sub-customer prompt (a job quickbooks, parent), parent file, modal offer reuse parent's instead. common case parent/sub setups time person pays right contact sub. use copy it; type different contact. ignoring genuinely walk-in cash customers, team contacts phone paper mail, internal-billing-only accounts sent real recipient. those, report. moves grid stays there. ever later, independent want re-included active (or remove circumstances change). default paper-only filling one, flip customers. control panel defaults, scroll toggle, set on, save defaults added point forward start matches reality. default-off setting (the out-of-the-box behavior) businesses know fixing matters it. reminders (there's recipient). statements reason. paid mail (and add-on enabled), still side. autopay (if configured) attempts run. practically, email-only unchased weekly review healthy habit ar team. get practical ways collect call reliable high-value accounts. happy give receiving reminders. check software. might quickbooks/xero synced wrong field). source system tools use. crm, scheduling e-signature systems often doesn't. make required intake forms going gap stops growing. related articles cc recipients global sub","name":"Email Conflicts: Customers Missing an Email Address","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"solve-email-conflicts","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/solve-email-conflicts?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie's automation runs email — invoices, reminders, receipts, payment links reach customers email. customer record address open invoice, effectively sits silently a/r way genie chase them. conflicts report surfaces every state one place can fix batches, explicitly mark \"i'll never customer\" stop appearing list. \"email conflicts\" actually flags appears three true customer's primary field blank (no file all). least invoice remaining balance. ignore toggle (you marked \"skip list\"). invoices either, appear list missing actively blocking collection. flag. specifically flag duplicates (same multiple customers), mismatches accounting software, bounced emails, whose emails rejected inbox. delivery-side issues, see deliverability troubleshooting . find reports \u0026gt; main menu. page two grids need added. ignored intentionally \"no expected\" via toggle. adding directly fastest path navigate time. grid, customer. actions column, click add enter add. updates immediately, drops list, next scheduled reminder will go new change syncs back software sync cycle. sub-customer prompt (a job quickbooks, parent), parent file, modal offer reuse parent's instead. common case parent/sub setups time person pays right contact sub. use copy it; type different contact. ignoring genuinely walk-in cash customers, team contacts phone paper mail, internal-billing-only accounts sent real recipient. those, report. moves grid stays there. ever later, independent want re-included active (or remove circumstances change). default paper-only filling one, flip customers. control panel defaults, scroll toggle, set on, save defaults added point forward start matches reality. default-off setting (the out-of-the-box behavior) businesses know fixing matters it. reminders (there's recipient). statements reason. paid mail (and add-on enabled), still side. autopay (if configured) attempts run. practically, email-only unchased weekly review healthy habit ar team. get practical ways collect call reliable high-value accounts. happy give receiving reminders. check software. might quickbooks/xero synced wrong field). source system tools use. crm, scheduling e-signature systems often doesn't. make required intake forms going gap stops growing. related articles cc recipients global sub","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:54.108Z","tag_names":["send reminder with attachment","attach file invoice reminder","qbo attachment sync","include on send qbo","show attachments to reminders","invoice attachment biller genie","auto-attach invoice pdf","mailjet 14.5 mb attachment limit","qbo include on send flag","qbd no attachment sync","xero no attachment sync","manual reminder attach file","invoice supporting documents"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie can attach files to outbound invoice reminder emails so your custome","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie can attach files to outbound invoice reminder emails so your customers receive supporting documents along with the invoice. There are three ways it happens: (1) the invoice PDF itself attached automatically, (2) QuickBooks Online attachments synced and attached automatically, and (3) one-off files attached manually when you send an imme","language_id":1,"id":3826881,"last_published_date":"August 10th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie can attach files outbound invoice reminder emails customers receive supporting documents along invoice. three ways happens (1) pdf attached automatically, (2) quickbooks online attachments synced (3) one-off manually send immediate reminder. article covers plus need stay permanently record. automatically ride use online, syncs qbo includes emails. document (pdf, image, etc.) check \"include send\" option attachment, pulls next sync every flag on-switch turned on. file including reminders, first thing check. view, find attachment row, click dropdown, toggle save. picks up. genie-side whether reminders controlled show setting control panel \u0026gt; defaults. (the default accounts), qbo-synced off, still include total size limit ~14.5 mb email providers cap big be. genie's service (mailjet) enforces 14.5 per — combined together. add that, skips attaching sends without goes out; just attachments). seeing missing one specific invoice, qbo. desktop xero automatic accounting software from. xero, stored invoices systems included reminders. manual paths merchants. integration, see connect . auto-attaching separately sync, turn on, gets fresh copy current work, syncing qbo, biller-genie-generated rendered pdf. useful want printable rather relying pay now link. sending / flow (also called \"immediate reminder\" \"send manually\") field. sent future open invoices. (or depending variant). picker dialog files. optionally adjust recipient list (to cc), send. supported types per-file max 5 mb. allowed extensions pdf, doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsx, jpg, png. multiple single reminder, subject limit. recommended pattern merchants, cleanest workflow (it's source truth anyway). make sure checked emailed. \"show reminders\" scheduled will automatically. never qbd merchants (which sync), send, put link shared (google drive, dropbox) memo appears itself. customer portal email-send-time feature shown page inside portal. logs directly (rather clicking email), needs access demand, host somewhere accessible memo. related articles defaults notes memos","name":"Attaching Files to Invoice Reminders","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"adding-attachments-to-invoices","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/adding-attachments-to-invoices?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie can attach files outbound invoice reminder emails customers receive supporting documents along invoice. three ways happens (1) pdf attached automatically, (2) quickbooks online attachments synced (3) one-off manually send immediate reminder. article covers plus need stay permanently record. automatically ride use online, syncs qbo includes emails. document (pdf, image, etc.) check \"include send\" option attachment, pulls next sync every flag on-switch turned on. file including reminders, first thing check. view, find attachment row, click dropdown, toggle save. picks up. genie-side whether reminders controlled show setting control panel \u0026gt; defaults. (the default accounts), qbo-synced off, still include total size limit ~14.5 mb email providers cap big be. genie's service (mailjet) enforces 14.5 per — combined together. add that, skips attaching sends without goes out; just attachments). seeing missing one specific invoice, qbo. desktop xero automatic accounting software from. xero, stored invoices systems included reminders. manual paths merchants. integration, see connect . auto-attaching separately sync, turn on, gets fresh copy current work, syncing qbo, biller-genie-generated rendered pdf. useful want printable rather relying pay now link. sending / flow (also called \"immediate reminder\" \"send manually\") field. sent future open invoices. (or depending variant). picker dialog files. optionally adjust recipient list (to cc), send. supported types per-file max 5 mb. allowed extensions pdf, doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsx, jpg, png. multiple single reminder, subject limit. recommended pattern merchants, cleanest workflow (it's source truth anyway). make sure checked emailed. \"show reminders\" scheduled will automatically. never qbd merchants (which sync), send, put link shared (google drive, dropbox) memo appears itself. customer portal email-send-time feature shown page inside portal. logs directly (rather clicking email), needs access demand, host somewhere accessible memo. related articles defaults notes memos","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":459465,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:45.131Z","tag_names":["first invoice","getting started","onboarding","save and close","save and send","qbo workflow","duplicate invoice","two emails","invoice to cash","new merchant","biller genie setup"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie is designed to work with the accounting software you already use. Yo","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie is designed to work with the accounting software you already use. You keep creating invoices in QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, or Xero the same way you always have. Biller Genie syncs each invoice over and takes care of getting it to your customer, collecting payment, applying reminders if needed, and posting the payment back to","language_id":1,"id":3826871,"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 designed work accounting software use. keep creating invoices quickbooks online, desktop, xero way always have. syncs invoice takes care getting customer, collecting payment, applying reminders needed, posting payment back software. guide walks set first goes out, day-one workflow changes (in small ways) on. defaults over, configure two things. quick (under 15 minutes each) shape every sends. setting global customer — decides methods customers can use, whether autopay required, late-fee policy, go when. behavior layer. looks like columns show, template (classic / modern simple), footer message, pdf includes qr code. appearance optional useful meaningfully different groups (premium vs. standard, retail wholesale, etc.) type too. otherwise come later. day-to-day owns invoice-to-cash cycle sending invoice, taking reminding back. stops shifts matter online merchants finish qbo, click save close instead send . tells qbo email itself, creates duplicate (your get email). just saves invoice; picks next sync handles send. turn automatic emailing qbo. account settings \u0026gt; sales disable \"automatically send\" toggles. sender now. manually do, will version plus stick genie's flow desktop (magiccarpet) create magiccarpet new company file pushes genie. directly desktop. reason sender. qbd's \"send\" \"email\" actions message receives. \"two invoices\" happens gets emails, almost either (a) auto-sends still on, (b) clicked \"save close\" (c) merchant emailed accounting-software paths let sends invoice. within (qbo) scheduled (qbd), lands renders using defaults. columns, template, code (if enabled) earlier. email. contains \"view invoice\" link opens branded portal. pay card, ach, whatever allowed fire automatically. pay, schedule configured. chase manually. posts pays, processes transaction gateway quickbooks. closes systems. customize specific dialed in, find need treatment vips late fees, big one-off wants paper invoices. use per-customer overrides handle without changing larger setup, type. experiences business, logo colors. view land portal, pay. complete whole minutes. see portal full customer-facing walkthrough. frequently asked questions software, layer top replace practical change stop (save qbo). want can. open generator there. sync. yes. menu. reminder cadence applies that. never got now check three things (1) customer's correct (2) synced (look list), (3) bounce spam. bounced report flags delivery failures. long initial take usually 30 average-sized base. via depends interval (configurable, 5 minutes) size file. talk implementation contact estimate. related articles reminders, features connect","name":"Your First Invoice in Biller Genie","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"your-first-invoice-in-biller-genie","first_category":"Getting Started","categories_display_for_views":"Getting Started","parent_categories":[459465],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/getting-started/your-first-invoice-in-biller-genie?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie designed work accounting software use. keep creating invoices quickbooks online, desktop, xero way always have. syncs invoice takes care getting customer, collecting payment, applying reminders needed, posting payment back software. guide walks set first goes out, day-one workflow changes (in small ways) on. defaults over, configure two things. quick (under 15 minutes each) shape every sends. setting global customer — decides methods customers can use, whether autopay required, late-fee policy, go when. behavior layer. looks like columns show, template (classic / modern simple), footer message, pdf includes qr code. appearance optional useful meaningfully different groups (premium vs. standard, retail wholesale, etc.) type too. otherwise come later. day-to-day owns invoice-to-cash cycle sending invoice, taking reminding back. stops shifts matter online merchants finish qbo, click save close instead send . tells qbo email itself, creates duplicate (your get email). just saves invoice; picks next sync handles send. turn automatic emailing qbo. account settings \u0026gt; sales disable \"automatically send\" toggles. sender now. manually do, will version plus stick genie's flow desktop (magiccarpet) create magiccarpet new company file pushes genie. directly desktop. reason sender. qbd's \"send\" \"email\" actions message receives. \"two invoices\" happens gets emails, almost either (a) auto-sends still on, (b) clicked \"save close\" (c) merchant emailed accounting-software paths let sends invoice. within (qbo) scheduled (qbd), lands renders using defaults. columns, template, code (if enabled) earlier. email. contains \"view invoice\" link opens branded portal. pay card, ach, whatever allowed fire automatically. pay, schedule configured. chase manually. posts pays, processes transaction gateway quickbooks. closes systems. customize specific dialed in, find need treatment vips late fees, big one-off wants paper invoices. use per-customer overrides handle without changing larger setup, type. experiences business, logo colors. view land portal, pay. complete whole minutes. see portal full customer-facing walkthrough. frequently asked questions software, layer top replace practical change stop (save qbo). want can. open generator there. sync. yes. menu. reminder cadence applies that. never got now check three things (1) customer's correct (2) synced (look list), (3) bounce spam. bounced report flags delivery failures. long initial take usually 30 average-sized base. via depends interval (configurable, 5 minutes) size file. talk implementation contact estimate. related articles reminders, features connect","categories":{"current":{"id":459465,"name":"Getting Started","url":"/getting-started"}},"category_param":"getting-started"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T15:30:47.000Z","tag_names":["xero sync","connect xero","xero integration","xero oauth","biller genie xero","xero standard advisor","xero connection","xero troubleshooting","xero authentication unsuccessful","xero invoice errors","xero default payment account","enable payments to this account","xero clearing account","xero payment account","xero bank reconciliation","reconcile xero payments","batch deposits xero","match deposits in xero","reconcile biller genie payments"],"answer_sample":"Connecting Biller Genie to Xero links the two systems through Xero's secure OAuth","long_answer_sample":"Connecting Biller Genie to Xero links the two systems through Xero's secure OAuth authorization flow. Once connected, your customers and invoices stay in sync between the two systems with no manual reconciliation. This article walks through the connection, what happens during the first sync, how to manage the connection day-to-day, and how to troubl","language_id":1,"id":1956641,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"connecting biller genie xero links two systems xero's secure oauth authorization flow. connected, customers invoices stay sync manual reconciliation. article walks connection, happens first sync, manage connection day-to-day, troubleshoot common errors. start sign merchant portal admin user. access user account standard advisor permissions organization want sync. roles (invoice only, read only) permission authorize genie. connects becomes \"owner\" integration — later removed xero, breaks different reconnect. decide connect multiple organizations one login, choose right authorization. need refunds, sales receipts, automatic batch reconciliation feature parity quickbooks online inside abr (automatic reconciliation), bill parent, features unavailable connected xero. using know exactly supported isn't. portal, click add-ons marketplace. select accounting software category tile (or search \"xero\"). install. redirects page. connect. review requesting (read write contacts, invoices, accounts, items, payments), allow access. returns finishes, see confirmation add-on page data will available throughout portal. pulls order chart accounts revenue, expense, bank, plus types active/archived status. system items creates line needs late fees, technology refunds (if exist already). contacts (customers) active archived including bill-to ship-to addresses, email, phone, contact groups (which map customer genie). open authorised sync; subsequent syncs tracks paid, voided, deleted invoices. fees applies configured outstanding mapped segmentation. api rate-limited 60 requests per minute, paces second requests. typical hundred takes 1 3 minutes. larger company files take proportionally longer. settings anytime interacts auto-sync turn ongoing background off. on, webhooks near-real-time polling fallback runs midnight, 5 am, 11 6 pm utc. turning pauses updates systems. default payment set deposits collected payments. can sales, current asset, income \"enable payments account\" turned (many businesses use dedicated clearing this). without enabled, prompt enable try again. note bank appear list, support enabling saved default. recorded match later; \"reconciling deposits\" below. commodity code unspsc synced retention interval controls often reminds unsynced data. reconciling records collects individual applied invoice posted account. processor funds batches, deposit statement usually covers several create integration), matching screen. makes quick asset named something like \"biller clearing\" genie, (see above). every posts marked paid. appears feed, reconcile screen, tab deducts paying out, add details split transaction full amount coded account, negative expense (your accountant confirm use). reconciled, balance zero. leftover means reached yet, matched. help numbers carries processor's reference (with suffix cc ach), trace single batch. void reopens, voided never linger refresher screen itself, central . managing lets view third-party app within organization. navigation, \u0026gt; apps alongside apps. granted, last disconnect directly canonical, up-to-date instructions disconnecting go revokes token, stops install state clears side. instead (under apps), detects revocation next attempt treats disconnected. existing stays genie; new occur reconnecting originally \"owns\" connection. organization, loses authentication failing error calling getaccounts {\"type\"null,\"title\"\"forbidden\",\"status\"403,\"detail\"\"authenticationunsuccessful\"} fix it, reconnect log troubleshooting errors \"invoice # must unique\" number exists export duplicate number. options change longer conflicts. delete update starting conflict regenerate invoice. \"the discount rate '0.00' invalid\" contains item value. accept rejects export. resolve re-invoice item. discounts another way (using field line, positive nets correctly). \"to fields paid item, supply lineitemid\" occurs re-sync exported updated integration. remove unpaid, alternatively, make necessary changes manually token expired \"authentication unsuccessful\" tokens expire periodically; normally refreshes automatically. refresh fails (typically revoked permissions), breaks. \"reconnecting removed\" section above. pick recent (near-real-time) four times day. webhook missed reason, scheduled catches it. now force immediate frequently asked questions anything authorizes behalf. customers, going forward, writes (mostly fee additions) back data-flow details. selected wrong switch steps above, authorization, let login. sure selecting correct clicking stopped working check three checks (1) still showing (2) setting (3) recently yes, no. time. vice versa), first, now-disconnected system. related articles global defaults","name":"How to Connect Xero","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"syncing-with-xero","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/syncing-with-xero?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"connecting biller genie xero links two systems xero's secure oauth authorization flow. connected, customers invoices stay sync manual reconciliation. article walks connection, happens first sync, manage connection day-to-day, troubleshoot common errors. start sign merchant portal admin user. access user account standard advisor permissions organization want sync. roles (invoice only, read only) permission authorize genie. connects becomes \"owner\" integration — later removed xero, breaks different reconnect. decide connect multiple organizations one login, choose right authorization. need refunds, sales receipts, automatic batch reconciliation feature parity quickbooks online inside abr (automatic reconciliation), bill parent, features unavailable connected xero. using know exactly supported isn't. portal, click add-ons marketplace. select accounting software category tile (or search \"xero\"). install. redirects page. connect. review requesting (read write contacts, invoices, accounts, items, payments), allow access. returns finishes, see confirmation add-on page data will available throughout portal. pulls order chart accounts revenue, expense, bank, plus types active/archived status. system items creates line needs late fees, technology refunds (if exist already). contacts (customers) active archived including bill-to ship-to addresses, email, phone, contact groups (which map customer genie). open authorised sync; subsequent syncs tracks paid, voided, deleted invoices. fees applies configured outstanding mapped segmentation. api rate-limited 60 requests per minute, paces second requests. typical hundred takes 1 3 minutes. larger company files take proportionally longer. settings anytime interacts auto-sync turn ongoing background off. on, webhooks near-real-time polling fallback runs midnight, 5 am, 11 6 pm utc. turning pauses updates systems. default payment set deposits collected payments. can sales, current asset, income \"enable payments account\" turned (many businesses use dedicated clearing this). without enabled, prompt enable try again. note bank appear list, support enabling saved default. recorded match later; \"reconciling deposits\" below. commodity code unspsc synced retention interval controls often reminds unsynced data. reconciling records collects individual applied invoice posted account. processor funds batches, deposit statement usually covers several create integration), matching screen. makes quick asset named something like \"biller clearing\" genie, (see above). every posts marked paid. appears feed, reconcile screen, tab deducts paying out, add details split transaction full amount coded account, negative expense (your accountant confirm use). reconciled, balance zero. leftover means reached yet, matched. help numbers carries processor's reference (with suffix cc ach), trace single batch. void reopens, voided never linger refresher screen itself, central . managing lets view third-party app within organization. navigation, \u0026gt; apps alongside apps. granted, last disconnect directly canonical, up-to-date instructions disconnecting go revokes token, stops install state clears side. instead (under apps), detects revocation next attempt treats disconnected. existing stays genie; new occur reconnecting originally \"owns\" connection. organization, loses authentication failing error calling getaccounts {\"type\"null,\"title\"\"forbidden\",\"status\"403,\"detail\"\"authenticationunsuccessful\"} fix it, reconnect log troubleshooting errors \"invoice # must unique\" number exists export duplicate number. options change longer conflicts. delete update starting conflict regenerate invoice. \"the discount rate '0.00' invalid\" contains item value. accept rejects export. resolve re-invoice item. discounts another way (using field line, positive nets correctly). \"to fields paid item, supply lineitemid\" occurs re-sync exported updated integration. remove unpaid, alternatively, make necessary changes manually token expired \"authentication unsuccessful\" tokens expire periodically; normally refreshes automatically. refresh fails (typically revoked permissions), breaks. \"reconnecting removed\" section above. pick recent (near-real-time) four times day. webhook missed reason, scheduled catches it. now force immediate frequently asked questions anything authorizes behalf. customers, going forward, writes (mostly fee additions) back data-flow details. selected wrong switch steps above, authorization, let login. sure selecting correct clicking stopped working check three checks (1) still showing (2) setting (3) recently yes, no. time. vice versa), first, now-disconnected system. related articles global defaults","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-24T14:51:16.328Z","tag_names":["xero features","xero limitations","xero vs quickbooks","xero feature parity","xero refunds","xero sales receipts","xero abr","xero projects","xero sub customers","xero contact groups","xero multi currency","xero draft invoice"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie integrates with Xero so your customers and invoices stay in sync bet","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie integrates with Xero so your customers and invoices stay in sync between the two systems automatically. That said, the Xero integration doesn't have full feature parity with Biller Genie's QuickBooks Online integration — some Biller Genie features that QBO users rely on aren't available on Xero. This article explains what syncs, what do","language_id":1,"id":3827354,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie integrates xero customers invoices stay sync two systems automatically. said, integration full feature parity genie's quickbooks online — features qbo users rely available xero. article explains syncs, doesn't, manual workflows use automated. syncs share customer invoice data. table shows flows data → (contacts) ✓ ⚠ fees (late fees, technology added line items) items / system created chart accounts ✗ modified email addresses contact groups types synced payments payment records indirect (biller marks paid via fee/payment line) refunds sales receipts several work supported account connected important workflow, plan around limitation consider instead. workaround (credit memo sync) issue refund genie, record manually automatic batch reconciliation (abr) reconcile bank deposits (immediate-payment docs) immediate instead bill parent (parent pays sub-customer) manage sub-customer's billing individually sub-customers hierarchy limited projects appear sub-customers; see \"projects\" section auto-sync toggle ui webhook-driven real-time custom fields xero's built-in history resync (one-click) support auto open button (jump source) new tab attachment forwarding add attachments directly gap exists online's api exposes richer set entities (refund receipt, sub-customer hierarchy) map cleanly features. document model simpler example, treats just rather separate type. gaps technical (no equivalent), scope built version yet). matters complete integration. recording voids void transaction merchant, still back. keep books accurate, log locate for. click remove payment. reopens original outstanding balance. want fully credit customer, create note refunded amount apply (or leave account). known limitation. roadmap yet available. depend sync, better fit. \"sales receipt\" type calls receipt (an immediate-payment document) regular gets day issued. result similar; different. need syncing behavior (a distinct entity accounting software), option. xero, every paid; sales-receipt books. abr add-on automatically reconciles deposit batches feed online. merchants connected, removed add-ons marketplace entirely, automated reconciliation, feed, find deposit, match batch. \"bulk autopay\" report included makes easier. (xero's sub-customers) called projects. project linked (customer). projects, contact. relationship one level deep sub-projects supported. list syncing. show info icon next name. hovering name refers \"sub-customers,\" regardless whether creating tab. project. select (customer) associate dropdown. details save. runs (typically within seconds webhook, scheduled polling sync), appears associated must first. changing project's always contact; exist own. move different go overview. three-dot menu edit. dropdown save change. updates parent. limitations detached requires billing, reminders, autopay managed record. only. display works deep. turn contact, contact's portal view includes projects' invoices. . grouped contacts (wholesale, retail, etc.), can defaults them) sync. multi-currency supports invoicing certain plans, currently expose handling merchants. organization uses multiple currencies, amounts raw numbers without currency conversion cause inaccurate totals reporting genie. single-currency organizations fine. draft three statuses draft, authorised, paid. authorised (and later paid, voided, deleted) drafts skipped considered \"real\" vice versa), check invoice's status approve moves authorised. tax handles differently qbo, item explicit code. inferred posts taxable\" applies configured rate means calculated total per-line codes ui. late inherit setting fine-grained control per item, configure frequently asked questions showing recorded gateway), \"recording xero\" above. get or, critical switch (which abr). pay sub-customers' online-only feature. (sub-customer) autopay, reminders independently route parent's method. settings page. list, project, it. per-customer overrides things like configuration. optimized pattern picks up. primarily double-check appearing expected verify (draft vs. authorised) disconnect losing yes. disconnecting removes ↔ authorization leaves already-synced receive reconnect. related articles connect sub","name":"Using Xero in Biller Genie","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-xero-in-biller-genie","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/using-xero-in-biller-genie?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie integrates xero customers invoices stay sync two systems automatically. said, integration full feature parity genie's quickbooks online — features qbo users rely available xero. article explains syncs, doesn't, manual workflows use automated. syncs share customer invoice data. table shows flows data → (contacts) ✓ ⚠ fees (late fees, technology added line items) items / system created chart accounts ✗ modified email addresses contact groups types synced payments payment records indirect (biller marks paid via fee/payment line) refunds sales receipts several work supported account connected important workflow, plan around limitation consider instead. workaround (credit memo sync) issue refund genie, record manually automatic batch reconciliation (abr) reconcile bank deposits (immediate-payment docs) immediate instead bill parent (parent pays sub-customer) manage sub-customer's billing individually sub-customers hierarchy limited projects appear sub-customers; see \"projects\" section auto-sync toggle ui webhook-driven real-time custom fields xero's built-in history resync (one-click) support auto open button (jump source) new tab attachment forwarding add attachments directly gap exists online's api exposes richer set entities (refund receipt, sub-customer hierarchy) map cleanly features. document model simpler example, treats just rather separate type. gaps technical (no equivalent), scope built version yet). matters complete integration. recording voids void transaction merchant, still back. keep books accurate, log locate for. click remove payment. reopens original outstanding balance. want fully credit customer, create note refunded amount apply (or leave account). known limitation. roadmap yet available. depend sync, better fit. \"sales receipt\" type calls receipt (an immediate-payment document) regular gets day issued. result similar; different. need syncing behavior (a distinct entity accounting software), option. xero, every paid; sales-receipt books. abr add-on automatically reconciles deposit batches feed online. merchants connected, removed add-ons marketplace entirely, automated reconciliation, feed, find deposit, match batch. \"bulk autopay\" report included makes easier. (xero's sub-customers) called projects. project linked (customer). projects, contact. relationship one level deep sub-projects supported. list syncing. show info icon next name. hovering name refers \"sub-customers,\" regardless whether creating tab. project. select (customer) associate dropdown. details save. runs (typically within seconds webhook, scheduled polling sync), appears associated must first. changing project's always contact; exist own. move different go overview. three-dot menu edit. dropdown save change. updates parent. limitations detached requires billing, reminders, autopay managed record. only. display works deep. turn contact, contact's portal view includes projects' invoices. . grouped contacts (wholesale, retail, etc.), can defaults them) sync. multi-currency supports invoicing certain plans, currently expose handling merchants. organization uses multiple currencies, amounts raw numbers without currency conversion cause inaccurate totals reporting genie. single-currency organizations fine. draft three statuses draft, authorised, paid. authorised (and later paid, voided, deleted) drafts skipped considered \"real\" vice versa), check invoice's status approve moves authorised. tax handles differently qbo, item explicit code. inferred posts taxable\" applies configured rate means calculated total per-line codes ui. late inherit setting fine-grained control per item, configure frequently asked questions showing recorded gateway), \"recording xero\" above. get or, critical switch (which abr). pay sub-customers' online-only feature. (sub-customer) autopay, reminders independently route parent's method. settings page. list, project, it. per-customer overrides things like configuration. optimized pattern picks up. primarily double-check appearing expected verify (draft vs. authorised) disconnect losing yes. disconnecting removes ↔ authorization leaves already-synced receive reconnect. related articles connect sub","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}},{"question":{"category_id":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=237967808","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":"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=237967808","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":"2023-05-16T13:36:45.000Z","tag_names":["record deposits","reconcile bank feed","undeposited funds","qbd record deposits","qbo bank deposit","xero bank reconciliation","automatic batch reconciliation","abr","sweep account","deposit account","daily discount","monthly discount"],"answer_sample":"Recording deposits and reconciling them against your bank feed is two-thirds of c","long_answer_sample":"Recording deposits and reconciling them against your bank feed is two-thirds of closing out an accounting period. The other third — applying customer payments against invoices — is the easy half. The deposit reconciliation half is the one that eats hours of bookkeeper time every month. This article explains what's actually happening when you record ","language_id":1,"id":1957709,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"recording deposits reconciling bank feed two-thirds closing accounting period. third — applying customer payments invoices easy half. deposit reconciliation half one eats hours bookkeeper time every month. article explains actually happening record deposit, matters using biller genie, genie's automatic batch (abr) collapses tedious part work nothing. 1 works (the fundamentals) accrual accounting, payment touches books two distinct steps, step requirement recorded invoice sales receipt. pays, mark paid (or create receipt immediate payment). → reconciliation. tells \"this owes less just paid.\" feed. receives money (which usually happens later overnight ach, 1-2 days credit cards), lands statement needs matched payments. \"the cash physically moved customer's ours.\" reconciliations happen close period accurately. skip first customers showing balances owe. second say less) does. undeposited funds account holding register steps sits special called (sometimes \"clearing account,\" \"holding \"till\"). temporary parking spot collected yet cleared bank. typical day business takes mix types looks like software pays $500 credit-card invoice. recorded; moves funds. b $1,200 ach c writes $300 check. day-end balance $2,000 across three different transaction types. point, shows actual arriving. come lump. separate batches type, days, processor fees deducted. begins. intuit's overview quickbooks xero merchants, see central . feeds live near-live) connection software. pushes pulls) deposits, withdrawals, lists \"to review\" inbox inside books. feed, match system knows refer transaction. ai/rules auto-suggest matches, suggestions good data underneath them. bank-feed workflow, manage set rules guides; xero's flow described small tax accuracy. agree bank, filings drift reality. irs care funds; cares says. position visibility. unreconciled hide real cash. think $50k; says $42k; $8k stuck unmatched batches. fraud error detection. discipline catches missed payment, duplicate chargeback recorded. $400 compounds months. audit readiness. lenders, investors, auditors want clean monthly reconciliations. \"we're behind\" answer well. 2 without abr automated tool, you) matching hand. workflow whether desktop, online, xero, anything else screens differ. manual desktop open banking \u0026gt; make depending qbd version). screen list currently sitting funds, mixed cards, checks, manually identify subset belongs recording. hard part. \"ach $1,847.23\" scan list, find day, add up, factor fee, pick right ones sum $1,847.23. check including. click ok. screen, date. save deposit. leave appears register. repeat day. online go + new destination select included save. model little dedicated default. directly lines time. batched (multiple combining single deposit), offers \u0026amp; line multiple amount. still selecting combination split ui. painful volume. merchant 50 transactions per generates couple hundred entries week. picking daily sorting work. fees. card processors often deduct depositing net $1,000 gross $971.50 know recreate math, fee deduction separately. get wrong fails. checks settle schedules. day's might hit five needing match. errors compound. misclassify next too. bookkeepers eventually spend finding mistakes transactions. expensive. businesses pay $30-50/hour week adds thousands dollars year keep aligned 3 add-on deposit-matching automatically. core insight genie exactly expected amount will processed place. can hand pre-matched journal entry mirrors hits software's ai matches sets chart accounts install abr, creates segregated sweep type card, check, alternative-payment-method (apm, paypal) never account. default eight created apm posts individual processes. reconcile bank-type treats liquidity. rename remap mapping tool prefers names. throughout pay. processes appropriate sweep, on. linked normal. end tallies debit account, exact quickbooks' built-in sees scans transactions, finds (same amount, date, description), auto-suggests \"match\" auto-matches via done. $0 close). left exception investigation chargeback, refund sync, payment. non-zero focused open-ended hunt longer sort reconstruct processor-fee math. track days. entries. mixed-type trying figure makes line. exception-spotting superpower abr's always exactly, definition exception. runs \"what's unreconciled\" seconds look balances. scroll hundreds answer. discounting extra \"daily discount\" (deducting rather billing monthly), comes fees, fix discount instead (recommended users), disappears entirely. available magiccarpet. legacy qbdv3 integration feature parity details. invoices. time, moment pays. specifically addresses reconciliation, above. replace bookkeeper. replaces portion review exceptions, classify uncommon close. stop spending rote matching. choosing path processing handful saved low-volume month, fine probably need automation. break-even point somewhere around 30-50 month volume, starts hurt. frequently asked questions use prefer. off, syncs account; deposits. segregated-sweep-account journal-entry pattern. existing turn stay are. affects enabled full sync completed. backlog let take going forward. zero mean means something happened normal common causes chargebacks (a disputed charge pulled back), refunds synced cleanly, settle. investigate exception, phantom. yes. consistent descriptions amounts pair well rules. merchants auto-confirm rule sight, reducing click-to-match zero. customize uses , override seeded choosing. prefer fold numbering scheme. currently. built quickbooks-specific behavior. bank-reconciliation screen. picture. related articles understanding connect magiccarpet","name":"Recording Deposits and Reconciling Bank Feeds","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"record-deposits-in-quickbooks-desktop","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/record-deposits-in-quickbooks-desktop?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"recording deposits reconciling bank feed two-thirds closing accounting period. third — applying customer payments invoices easy half. deposit reconciliation half one eats hours bookkeeper time every month. article explains actually happening record deposit, matters using biller genie, genie's automatic batch (abr) collapses tedious part work nothing. 1 works (the fundamentals) accrual accounting, payment touches books two distinct steps, step requirement recorded invoice sales receipt. pays, mark paid (or create receipt immediate payment). → reconciliation. tells \"this owes less just paid.\" feed. receives money (which usually happens later overnight ach, 1-2 days credit cards), lands statement needs matched payments. \"the cash physically moved customer's ours.\" reconciliations happen close period accurately. skip first customers showing balances owe. second say less) does. undeposited funds account holding register steps sits special called (sometimes \"clearing account,\" \"holding \"till\"). temporary parking spot collected yet cleared bank. typical day business takes mix types looks like software pays $500 credit-card invoice. recorded; moves funds. b $1,200 ach c writes $300 check. day-end balance $2,000 across three different transaction types. point, shows actual arriving. come lump. separate batches type, days, processor fees deducted. begins. intuit's overview quickbooks xero merchants, see central . feeds live near-live) connection software. pushes pulls) deposits, withdrawals, lists \"to review\" inbox inside books. feed, match system knows refer transaction. ai/rules auto-suggest matches, suggestions good data underneath them. bank-feed workflow, manage set rules guides; xero's flow described small tax accuracy. agree bank, filings drift reality. irs care funds; cares says. position visibility. unreconciled hide real cash. think $50k; says $42k; $8k stuck unmatched batches. fraud error detection. discipline catches missed payment, duplicate chargeback recorded. $400 compounds months. audit readiness. lenders, investors, auditors want clean monthly reconciliations. \"we're behind\" answer well. 2 without abr automated tool, you) matching hand. workflow whether desktop, online, xero, anything else screens differ. manual desktop open banking \u0026gt; make depending qbd version). screen list currently sitting funds, mixed cards, checks, manually identify subset belongs recording. hard part. \"ach $1,847.23\" scan list, find day, add up, factor fee, pick right ones sum $1,847.23. check including. click ok. screen, date. save deposit. leave appears register. repeat day. online go + new destination select included save. model little dedicated default. directly lines time. batched (multiple combining single deposit), offers \u0026amp; line multiple amount. still selecting combination split ui. painful volume. merchant 50 transactions per generates couple hundred entries week. picking daily sorting work. fees. card processors often deduct depositing net $1,000 gross $971.50 know recreate math, fee deduction separately. get wrong fails. checks settle schedules. day's might hit five needing match. errors compound. misclassify next too. bookkeepers eventually spend finding mistakes transactions. expensive. businesses pay $30-50/hour week adds thousands dollars year keep aligned 3 add-on deposit-matching automatically. core insight genie exactly expected amount will processed place. can hand pre-matched journal entry mirrors hits software's ai matches sets chart accounts install abr, creates segregated sweep type card, check, alternative-payment-method (apm, paypal) never account. default eight created apm posts individual processes. reconcile bank-type treats liquidity. rename remap mapping tool prefers names. throughout pay. processes appropriate sweep, on. linked normal. end tallies debit account, exact quickbooks' built-in sees scans transactions, finds (same amount, date, description), auto-suggests \"match\" auto-matches via done. $0 close). left exception investigation chargeback, refund sync, payment. non-zero focused open-ended hunt longer sort reconstruct processor-fee math. track days. entries. mixed-type trying figure makes line. exception-spotting superpower abr's always exactly, definition exception. runs \"what's unreconciled\" seconds look balances. scroll hundreds answer. discounting extra \"daily discount\" (deducting rather billing monthly), comes fees, fix discount instead (recommended users), disappears entirely. available magiccarpet. legacy qbdv3 integration feature parity details. invoices. time, moment pays. specifically addresses reconciliation, above. replace bookkeeper. replaces portion review exceptions, classify uncommon close. stop spending rote matching. choosing path processing handful saved low-volume month, fine probably need automation. break-even point somewhere around 30-50 month volume, starts hurt. frequently asked questions use prefer. off, syncs account; deposits. segregated-sweep-account journal-entry pattern. existing turn stay are. affects enabled full sync completed. backlog let take going forward. zero mean means something happened normal common causes chargebacks (a disputed charge pulled back), refunds synced cleanly, settle. investigate exception, phantom. yes. consistent descriptions amounts pair well rules. merchants auto-confirm rule sight, reducing click-to-match zero. customize uses , override seeded choosing. prefer fold numbering scheme. currently. built quickbooks-specific behavior. bank-reconciliation screen. picture. related articles understanding connect magiccarpet","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-31T02:39:02.419Z","tag_names":["2500 qbo","3171 qbd period locked","5010 qbo stale","6070 qbo","6240 qbo deleted","append line item failed","bg late fee item inactive","dequeue line item sync","invoice update sync failed","late fee not synced","outbound sync queue","qbo line item error","reconcile fees biller genie","returned check fee","surcharge not on quickbooks invoice","technology fee not synced","xero validation error"],"answer_sample":"The Outbound Sync Queue covers the same problem space as the Payment Sync Queue —","long_answer_sample":"The Outbound Sync Queue covers the same problem space as the Payment Sync Queue — Biller Genie trying to push changes back to your accounting software (QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, or Xero) and something going wrong — except this queue is specifically about line items that need to be added to existing invoices. The two most common cases: a","language_id":1,"id":3833022,"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":"outbound sync queue covers problem space payment — biller genie trying push changes back accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) something going wrong except specifically line items need added existing invoices. two common cases late fee assessed needs original invoice qbo/xero, technology (surcharge / dual pricing fee) applied time appended. report matters shows side missing software, answer lives. model every row collected append books, error message tells fix. find main menu, click reports \u0026gt; queue. page panels (top) currently stuck. daily action list. history (bottom) either synced successfully dequeued. ends genie's manager add-on invoice. appended books reflect it. customer paid credit card surcharging on, surcharge dual-pricing gets item flow back. returned check ach fees rejects, returned-check item. updates biller-genie-local software. note payments (not items) different see . work way cover kinds changes. column id links underlying transaction, invoice, record depending type. deleted invoices, falls plain text. do. example updated 1024 - (or \"sync ...\" side). created entry created. last attempt tried recent still queue, failing repeatedly. desc useful wrong. actions dequeue button rows link removes retry. retries background jobs run schedule online xero 5 minutes. desktop 2 minutes web connector running. fixed retry budget gives n attempts qbo keeps retrying long there. one exception fail \"invoice closed\" (code 3171) auto-dequeue 3 retries, assumption period reopened. stale (over 365 days old) get auto-dequeued 900 \"automatically dequeued due age.\" messages fix \"make sure [late fee] active account\" means adds invoices using dedicated bg software's products \u0026amp; services deleted, renamed, set inactive code 2500. open re-activate settings services. \"bg fee\" fee,\" it, toggle on. lists item, right-click edit, uncheck \"item inactive.\" chart accounts inventory items). account/item, status active. re-activating, next cycle picks queued automatically dequeue. \"the contains invalid format quantity unit price (rate) field\" bad math times equal amount, fields format. 6070. fine; accept try update. qbo. look line. whose × match unusual characters. save. up. \"transaction deleted\" \"object found\" add 6240; 3120; valid modification.\" recreate let line, dequeue, recorded appear qbo/xero manually want systems match. auto-dequeues failed retries. \"stale object\" reference\" edited moment 5010. transient. wait cycle. self-resolves. \"closed transaction edited\" locked containing closed. allow modification including adding 6000; 3171. reopen briefly run, re-close specific make historical remains records show (bg assumes period). \"authentication failed\" oauth disconnect connection broken 3200; \"authenticationunsuccessful\" \"forbidden.\" reconnect add-ons. resume \"account 'xyz' code\" (xero only) account maps longer exists renamed. go add-ons review mapping fee. re-select correct xero, save, will heads permanently. never makes onto accounting-software moves panel timeline \"manually page.\" dequeueing right move already. deliberately voided closed permanently disagree invoice's total this). transient errors (stale object, timeout) inactive\" item; clears itself. authentication failures reconnect; anything fully understand contact support@billergenie.com first. can totals tracks higher amount. mostly fine occasional one-off issues become real reconciliation headache happens frequently example, base lots getting deactivated. recommendation weekly. consistently growing sign things attention (1) configuration issue (fee deactivated, tight, integration disconnected), (2) strategy adjustment. related articles marked configure general (email notification) overview integrations","name":"Outbound Sync Queue: When Late Fees and Technology Fees Don’t Sync","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"outbound-sync-queue","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/outbound-sync-queue?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"outbound sync queue covers problem space payment — biller genie trying push changes back accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) something going wrong except specifically line items need added existing invoices. two common cases late fee assessed needs original invoice qbo/xero, technology (surcharge / dual pricing fee) applied time appended. report matters shows side missing software, answer lives. model every row collected append books, error message tells fix. find main menu, click reports \u0026gt; queue. page panels (top) currently stuck. daily action list. history (bottom) either synced successfully dequeued. ends genie's manager add-on invoice. appended books reflect it. customer paid credit card surcharging on, surcharge dual-pricing gets item flow back. returned check ach fees rejects, returned-check item. updates biller-genie-local software. note payments (not items) different see . work way cover kinds changes. column id links underlying transaction, invoice, record depending type. deleted invoices, falls plain text. do. example updated 1024 - (or \"sync ...\" side). created entry created. last attempt tried recent still queue, failing repeatedly. desc useful wrong. actions dequeue button rows link removes retry. retries background jobs run schedule online xero 5 minutes. desktop 2 minutes web connector running. fixed retry budget gives n attempts qbo keeps retrying long there. one exception fail \"invoice closed\" (code 3171) auto-dequeue 3 retries, assumption period reopened. stale (over 365 days old) get auto-dequeued 900 \"automatically dequeued due age.\" messages fix \"make sure [late fee] active account\" means adds invoices using dedicated bg software's products \u0026amp; services deleted, renamed, set inactive code 2500. open re-activate settings services. \"bg fee\" fee,\" it, toggle on. lists item, right-click edit, uncheck \"item inactive.\" chart accounts inventory items). account/item, status active. re-activating, next cycle picks queued automatically dequeue. \"the contains invalid format quantity unit price (rate) field\" bad math times equal amount, fields format. 6070. fine; accept try update. qbo. look line. whose × match unusual characters. save. up. \"transaction deleted\" \"object found\" add 6240; 3120; valid modification.\" recreate let line, dequeue, recorded appear qbo/xero manually want systems match. auto-dequeues failed retries. \"stale object\" reference\" edited moment 5010. transient. wait cycle. self-resolves. \"closed transaction edited\" locked containing closed. allow modification including adding 6000; 3171. reopen briefly run, re-close specific make historical remains records show (bg assumes period). \"authentication failed\" oauth disconnect connection broken 3200; \"authenticationunsuccessful\" \"forbidden.\" reconnect add-ons. resume \"account 'xyz' code\" (xero only) account maps longer exists renamed. go add-ons review mapping fee. re-select correct xero, save, will heads permanently. never makes onto accounting-software moves panel timeline \"manually page.\" dequeueing right move already. deliberately voided closed permanently disagree invoice's total this). transient errors (stale object, timeout) inactive\" item; clears itself. authentication failures reconnect; anything fully understand contact support@billergenie.com first. can totals tracks higher amount. mostly fine occasional one-off issues become real reconciliation headache happens frequently example, base lots getting deactivated. recommendation weekly. consistently growing sign things attention (1) configuration issue (fee deactivated, tight, integration disconnected), (2) strategy adjustment. related articles marked configure general (email notification) overview integrations","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368782,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T15:17:09.000Z","tag_names":["account settings","ach web terms","auto pay terms","biller genie settings","chrome extension","configure general settings","control panel settings","email auto-pay failures","email merchant receipts","email sync notification","invoice email","invoice payment terms","merchant email","persistent filters","sync notifications setup","terms and conditions"],"answer_sample":"Your Control Panel \u0026gt; Settings page is where you set the account-level defaults","long_answer_sample":"Your Control Panel \u0026gt; Settings page is where you set the account-level defaults that apply everywhere in Biller Genie — who receives merchant notifications, which automated emails go out, the Terms \u0026amp; Conditions your customers agree to, and whether the Chrome Extension is enabled. This article walks through every field on the page, what it cont","language_id":1,"id":1957837,"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":"control panel \u0026gt; settings page set account-level defaults apply everywhere biller genie — receives merchant notifications, automated emails go out, terms \u0026amp; conditions customers agree to, whether chrome extension enabled. article walks every field page, controls, small gotchas catch people one. open click main menu, settings. need user superuser manager role see managing users . email address (or addresses) receive copy sales receipts customer-driven notifications example, customer updates stored payment method card file expires. gets auto-pay failure alert sync toggles enabled below. multiple recipients can enter one here. separate comma semicolon accounting@yourcompany.com, owner@yourcompany.com. list notification triggers. way send another nothing. invoice sender reminder sends. reply-to hits reply reminder, it. use real, monitored inbox (not no-reply address) reply, often questions. want sent domain (so look like come billing@yourcompany.com instead genie's envelope), custom domains enable persistent filters toggle on, column search grids (invoices, customers, transactions, etc.) remembered across sessions account. off, reset time load grid. turn frequently filter (e.g., \"always show overdue invoices type = wholesale\"). team members share account prefers start clean view. three address(es) above. processed (credit card, ach, check, manual, autopay), receipt. don't. org-level setting applies payments receipt controlled separately per-transaction \"send receipt\" checkbox payment, plus flag individual customer's record. full breakdown. successfully synced accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) configurable number days, get email. failures commonly happen oauth connection expired password changed. configuring threshold. default \"alert 3 days without successful sync.\" change per-integration make sure save add-ons select xero). find last field, whenever automatic attempt fails (declined nsf etc.), details unnoticed. recommended keep on. failed autopay attempts notice quickly past-due invoices. pre-populates sets corresponding flows. edit match business's policies, next revert default. sees paying one-time portal via link. auto pay enrolling agrees charge automatically becomes due. ach web transaction t\u0026amp;cs bank / ach. nacha requires explicit authorization language web-channel debits customize language. tip. legal counsel review customizing phrasing general; industry (rentals, subscriptions, professional services) specific worth adding rather invoice. installed (which adds in-line buttons quick-actions online tools), shows status lets issues 90-day credential authenticate calls back genie. required first work new browser device. disable immediately invalidates credential. uninstalled device authorized lost compromised. related located elsewhere feel live actually dedicated pages quick map know branding (logo + brand color) branding. setup (reminder cadence, terms, messenger settings) defaults. welcome area hosted (fraud thresholds look/feel public page) link menu. late fees reminders add-ons, core fee manager, reminders. session timeout user-configurable. signs 25 minutes inactivity production security reasons. saving changes button. saved edited. enable/disable save. articles","name":"Configure General Settings","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"configure-general-settings","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/configure-general-settings?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"control panel \u0026gt; settings page set account-level defaults apply everywhere biller genie — receives merchant notifications, automated emails go out, terms \u0026amp; conditions customers agree to, whether chrome extension enabled. article walks every field page, controls, small gotchas catch people one. open click main menu, settings. need user superuser manager role see managing users . email address (or addresses) receive copy sales receipts customer-driven notifications example, customer updates stored payment method card file expires. gets auto-pay failure alert sync toggles enabled below. multiple recipients can enter one here. separate comma semicolon accounting@yourcompany.com, owner@yourcompany.com. list notification triggers. way send another nothing. invoice sender reminder sends. reply-to hits reply reminder, it. use real, monitored inbox (not no-reply address) reply, often questions. want sent domain (so look like come billing@yourcompany.com instead genie's envelope), custom domains enable persistent filters toggle on, column search grids (invoices, customers, transactions, etc.) remembered across sessions account. off, reset time load grid. turn frequently filter (e.g., \"always show overdue invoices type = wholesale\"). team members share account prefers start clean view. three address(es) above. processed (credit card, ach, check, manual, autopay), receipt. don't. org-level setting applies payments receipt controlled separately per-transaction \"send receipt\" checkbox payment, plus flag individual customer's record. full breakdown. successfully synced accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) configurable number days, get email. failures commonly happen oauth connection expired password changed. configuring threshold. default \"alert 3 days without successful sync.\" change per-integration make sure save add-ons select xero). find last field, whenever automatic attempt fails (declined nsf etc.), details unnoticed. recommended keep on. failed autopay attempts notice quickly past-due invoices. pre-populates sets corresponding flows. edit match business's policies, next revert default. sees paying one-time portal via link. auto pay enrolling agrees charge automatically becomes due. ach web transaction t\u0026amp;cs bank / ach. nacha requires explicit authorization language web-channel debits customize language. tip. legal counsel review customizing phrasing general; industry (rentals, subscriptions, professional services) specific worth adding rather invoice. installed (which adds in-line buttons quick-actions online tools), shows status lets issues 90-day credential authenticate calls back genie. required first work new browser device. disable immediately invalidates credential. uninstalled device authorized lost compromised. related located elsewhere feel live actually dedicated pages quick map know branding (logo + brand color) branding. setup (reminder cadence, terms, messenger settings) defaults. welcome area hosted (fraud thresholds look/feel public page) link menu. late fees reminders add-ons, core fee manager, reminders. session timeout user-configurable. signs 25 minutes inactivity production security reasons. saving changes button. saved edited. enable/disable save. articles","categories":{"current":{"id":1368782,"name":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","url":"/settings-and-account"}},"category_param":"settings-and-account"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T13:11:26.000Z","tag_names":["apply payment to invoice","invoice payment guardrails","attach transaction","detach transaction","deposit before invoice","standalone transaction attach","virtual terminal deposit","payment page deposit","manually attach payment","reassign payment biller genie","attach customer mismatch","when not to use attach detach","sync queue diagnose"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie has Attach and Detach actions on every transaction. They let you man","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie has Attach and Detach actions on every transaction. They let you manually associate a one-time payment with an invoice, or disassociate one. Both are last-resort tools. The accounting-software sync is the right place to fix invoice/payment mismatches in almost every case — this article exists for the small number of situations where dir","language_id":1,"id":1957669,"last_published_date":"August 10th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie attach detach actions every transaction. let manually associate one-time payment invoice, disassociate one. last-resort tools. accounting-software sync right place fix invoice/payment mismatches almost case — article exists small number situations direct attach/detach genuinely move, steer away isn't. use sparingly. manual bypass normal flow can leave accounting software disagreeing paid. reaching either action, read section instead. using want paid invoice without first running software, better path take deposit apply later see \"the attach\" below. deposit, cleanest attaching transaction deposit-then-invoice workflow collect customer (a retainer, upfront amount) corresponding exists. records standalone later, work done generated sitting unattached action link two. initial virtual terminal process directly genie's in-person phone-taken payment. hosted page send capture requiring invoice. produces genie. eventually shows (synced created manually), open click came showing open, always attach. check stuck queue error resolve will correctly own. pending status waiting ach/check settlement wait it'll automatically funded. applied different help source-of-truth qbo/xero wrong association. fallback diagnosis confirms never auto-match enqueued narrow limited one legitimate scenario need perform currently associated another record, intend record resulting entry manually. example refund blocked still attached partially payment, refund, adjustment systems reflect state. now-deleted free handle situation outside sync. just \"this invoice,\" (delete propagate). detach-then-re-attach inside creates window two disagree, may reconcile cleanly. step 1. go reports \u0026gt; transactions search id. 2. found, offers option it. 3. pick confirm select correct drop-down list validates amount (it must less equal balance unless partial payments allowed exactly balance) enqueues push back via queue. flips now unattached, reverts invoice's history. remember undo pushed software. reversal qbo/xero/qbd. guardrails enforces merchant account. validation exceed remaining (biller subtracts un-funded checking). funded-only non-ach funded attached. ach pending; rejected voided blocked. customer-match enforce transaction's matches customer. technically a's b's careful feature, missing guardrail. bulk pay restriction part group detached individually. plan tied separate handling accept attach/detach. related articles marked history outbound timeline activity","name":"Attaching and Detaching Transactions","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"attach-invoice-to-transaction","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/attach-invoice-to-transaction?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie attach detach actions every transaction. let manually associate one-time payment invoice, disassociate one. last-resort tools. accounting-software sync right place fix invoice/payment mismatches almost case — article exists small number situations direct attach/detach genuinely move, steer away isn't. use sparingly. manual bypass normal flow can leave accounting software disagreeing paid. reaching either action, read section instead. using want paid invoice without first running software, better path take deposit apply later see \"the attach\" below. deposit, cleanest attaching transaction deposit-then-invoice workflow collect customer (a retainer, upfront amount) corresponding exists. records standalone later, work done generated sitting unattached action link two. initial virtual terminal process directly genie's in-person phone-taken payment. hosted page send capture requiring invoice. produces genie. eventually shows (synced created manually), open click came showing open, always attach. check stuck queue error resolve will correctly own. pending status waiting ach/check settlement wait it'll automatically funded. applied different help source-of-truth qbo/xero wrong association. fallback diagnosis confirms never auto-match enqueued narrow limited one legitimate scenario need perform currently associated another record, intend record resulting entry manually. example refund blocked still attached partially payment, refund, adjustment systems reflect state. now-deleted free handle situation outside sync. just \"this invoice,\" (delete propagate). detach-then-re-attach inside creates window two disagree, may reconcile cleanly. step 1. go reports \u0026gt; transactions search id. 2. found, offers option it. 3. pick confirm select correct drop-down list validates amount (it must less equal balance unless partial payments allowed exactly balance) enqueues push back via queue. flips now unattached, reverts invoice's history. remember undo pushed software. reversal qbo/xero/qbd. guardrails enforces merchant account. validation exceed remaining (biller subtracts un-funded checking). funded-only non-ach funded attached. ach pending; rejected voided blocked. customer-match enforce transaction's matches customer. technically a's b's careful feature, missing guardrail. bulk pay restriction part group detached individually. plan tied separate handling accept attach/detach. related articles marked history outbound timeline activity","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":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":"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":"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 clear message, gateway decline, retry. 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, (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=237967808","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 clear message, gateway decline, retry. 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, (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":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T20:35:07.000Z","tag_names":["penalty fees","late payment"],"answer_sample":"The Late Fee Manager automatically calculates and applies late fees to your invoi","long_answer_sample":"The Late Fee Manager automatically calculates and applies late fees to your invoices. In Biller Genie, an invoice is not considered late until it is 30 days past due. After the 30 days, late fees will be applied on a recurring 30 day schedule. Late fees can only be applied to current, existing invoices. From the Main Menu, navigate to the Add-Ons dr","language_id":1,"id":1957028,"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":"late fee manager automatically calculates applies fees invoices. biller genie, invoice considered 30 days past due. days, will applied recurring day schedule. can current, existing main menu, navigate the add-ons drop-down menu select the late manager. need installed the add-ons marketplace.   begin charging fees, configuration, toggle “late status” “active”. configure desired schedule, frequency, amount, customize terms \u0026amp; conditions meet needs. choose add memo field invoices, body reminders, included every invoice. booked new revenue account accounting software called \"biller genie finance charge\". refunding refund added invoice, software. open quickbooks online, desktop, xero, remove late-fee line item. next sync, picks removal clears copy keeping change side first preserves source truth. keep reapplying them, check configuration above. open, past-due continues accrue 30-day cadence paid, written off, voided","name":"Setup Late Fees","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setup-late-fees","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/setup-late-fees?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"late fee manager automatically calculates applies fees invoices. biller genie, invoice considered 30 days past due. days, will applied recurring day schedule. can current, existing main menu, navigate the add-ons drop-down menu select the late manager. need installed the add-ons marketplace.   begin charging fees, configuration, toggle “late status” “active”. configure desired schedule, frequency, amount, customize terms \u0026amp; conditions meet needs. choose add memo field invoices, body reminders, included every invoice. booked new revenue account accounting software called \"biller genie finance charge\". refunding refund added invoice, software. open quickbooks online, desktop, xero, remove late-fee line item. next sync, picks removal clears copy keeping change side first preserves source truth. keep reapplying them, check configuration above. open, past-due continues accrue 30-day cadence paid, written off, voided","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-30T21:55:44.046Z","tag_names":["pending transactions report","in-flight ach","ach pending","ach origination","ach status log","track ach payment","ach received status","ach accepted status","ach still settling","why is invoice unpaid in quickbooks ach","reminders paused ach","late fees paused ach","ach payment timeline","ach 3 to 5 business days","is my ach payment stuck","biller genie pending report"],"answer_sample":"The Pending Transactions report shows every ACH and electronic check transaction ","long_answer_sample":"The Pending Transactions report shows every ACH and electronic check transaction that's currently in flight — submitted to the banking network but not yet settled. This article explains what the report tracks, what the status values mean, what happens to invoice reminders and late fees while a payment is pending, and what changes when the transactio","language_id":1,"id":3832733,"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":"pending transactions report shows every ach electronic check transaction currently flight — submitted banking network yet settled. article explains tracks, status values mean, happens invoice reminders late fees payment pending, changes settles successfully rejects. transactions. covers (remote deposit capture mobile capture). go settlement window. credit card clear synchronously, state track. combined view (cc, ach, check) see . find biller genie dashboard, navigate reports \u0026gt; lists finished journey network. \"pending\" means unlike cards, payments real time. move operated nacha, stays still transit banks. tracks two statuses received moving system. accepted transmitted customer's bank (the rdfi receiving depository financial institution) processing. either statuses. leaves reaches one terminal states paid cleared. finalized. error (or returned nacha reject code) clear. codes full code reference. complete within 3-5 business days submission. funding timeframes method breakdown timing varies. details page logs origination history clicking row opens transaction's page, can log change recorded since submitted, timestamps. source truth \"where right now cycle\" useful customer asks \"did yet\" investigating longer expected. status, associated treated in-progress, past due. automatically suppresses automated invoice. otherwise due due) based terms, send \"your overdue\" email flight. fees. enabled, added pending. acting good faith waiting unfair marks closed. pushes connected accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) books match. removes appears finalized payment. stay \"catch up\" time rejects return (error status), reopens collection. resumes invoice's normal schedule. enabled. adds rejected code. certain (account closed, invalid account, deceased, etc.), stored disables autopay list important backfill. sitting several days, going forward retroactively apply period picks back \"current\" rather \"as never paused.\" day-to-day uses through\" open report, customer, page. \"why look unpaid says paid\" cleared yet. will sync paid. \"how money now\" total amount expected near-term pipeline (within day window). \"is stuck\" 5 transition happened stalled. frequently asked questions showing reached syncs settles. wait leave report. manually mark no. updates gateway overriding push ultimately fails let cycle. get owe flight, sending confusing (they paid; just settling). resume later days' worth reject, period. need fee window, add manual line item reopened ever synchronously moment approved (and immediately paid) declined. in-between cards. related articles storing methods (cards ach)","name":"Pending Transactions Report","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"pending-transactions-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/pending-transactions-report?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"pending transactions report shows every ach electronic check transaction currently flight — submitted banking network yet settled. article explains tracks, status values mean, happens invoice reminders late fees payment pending, changes settles successfully rejects. transactions. covers (remote deposit capture mobile capture). go settlement window. credit card clear synchronously, state track. combined view (cc, ach, check) see . find biller genie dashboard, navigate reports \u0026gt; lists finished journey network. \"pending\" means unlike cards, payments real time. move operated nacha, stays still transit banks. tracks two statuses received moving system. accepted transmitted customer's bank (the rdfi receiving depository financial institution) processing. either statuses. leaves reaches one terminal states paid cleared. finalized. error (or returned nacha reject code) clear. codes full code reference. complete within 3-5 business days submission. funding timeframes method breakdown timing varies. details page logs origination history clicking row opens transaction's page, can log change recorded since submitted, timestamps. source truth \"where right now cycle\" useful customer asks \"did yet\" investigating longer expected. status, associated treated in-progress, past due. automatically suppresses automated invoice. otherwise due due) based terms, send \"your overdue\" email flight. fees. enabled, added pending. acting good faith waiting unfair marks closed. pushes connected accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) books match. removes appears finalized payment. stay \"catch up\" time rejects return (error status), reopens collection. resumes invoice's normal schedule. enabled. adds rejected code. certain (account closed, invalid account, deceased, etc.), stored disables autopay list important backfill. sitting several days, going forward retroactively apply period picks back \"current\" rather \"as never paused.\" day-to-day uses through\" open report, customer, page. \"why look unpaid says paid\" cleared yet. will sync paid. \"how money now\" total amount expected near-term pipeline (within day window). \"is stuck\" 5 transition happened stalled. frequently asked questions showing reached syncs settles. wait leave report. manually mark no. updates gateway overriding push ultimately fails let cycle. get owe flight, sending confusing (they paid; just settling). resume later days' worth reject, period. need fee window, add manual line item reopened ever synchronously moment approved (and immediately paid) declined. in-between cards. related articles storing methods (cards ach)","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1369271,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-07-22T18:46:44.601Z","tag_names":["abr","automatic batch reconciliation","batch reconcilation","batch reconciliation","clearing account","daily deposit","merchant fees","quickbooks reconciliation","reconcile deposits","settlement account","settlement sweep","sweep account","undeposited funds"],"answer_sample":"If you accept payments, you know the bookkeeping problem: the money that lands in","long_answer_sample":"If you accept payments, you know the bookkeeping problem: the money that lands in your bank account never looks like the invoices you sent. Deposits arrive in daily batches, processing fees come out on their own schedule, and the occasional chargeback or returned ACH payment pulls money back. Matching all of that to your accounting records by hand i","language_id":1,"id":3893597,"last_published_date":"July 27th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"accept payments, know bookkeeping problem money lands bank account never looks like invoices sent. deposits arrive daily batches, processing fees come schedule, occasional chargeback returned ach payment pulls back. matching accounting records hand slow error-prone. automatic batch reconciliation (abr) makes software tell story statement, automatically. works quickbooks online desktop magiccarpet. support xero coming later. finding add-on marketplace life without abr undeposited funds abr, payments sync traditional way funds, (or bookkeeper) manually group match actually hit bank, work hand, reconcile clawbacks yourself. replaces manual matching. money, accounts payable you, grouping happen own. sweep uses simple clearing pattern built around settlement (the \"sweep\"). holding books, real account. represents transit processor bank. recorded, booked sweep. gateway settles posts journal entry moves total everything matched, returns zero. balance return zero signal something needs attention, history screen shows exactly transactions look at. expects (separate settlement) abr's entries assume common processors move money. helps assumptions front deposits. day's deposited either gross (fees billed monthly) net fee (daily discount). models supported natively. monthly separate withdrawal. bills month, withdrawal part batch. deliberately post it; book month-end ordinary expense, always have. instead taken deposit, switch module discount, handles chargebacks cardholder disputes sale, leaves debit, reduction deposit. match. nets deposit instead, see reconciling netted straight normal clawback pattern, them. expect day settle, batches appear module's grid settle date, amount, status. settled becomes one quickbooks, moving batch's mapped show live balances pulled quick glance tells whether cleared. synced means reconciled. voids batch, voided settles. refunds ride inside handled automatically, refund-heavy negative. installing covered credit card reconciliation, recording. reject handling settlement. check processed biller genie. paypal reconciliation. note recording genie only. keeps ledger agreement bank; dispute, represent, arbitrate anything. still manage actual dispute process directly processor. getting started install merchant portal, map activate types want. full walkthrough setting mappings balances. related articles reading transaction linking discount chart mapping accounting-software integrations","name":"Understanding Automatic Batch Reconciliation","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"understanding-automatic-batch-reconciliation","first_category":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","categories_display_for_views":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","parent_categories":[1369271],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation/understanding-automatic-batch-reconciliation?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"accept payments, know bookkeeping problem money lands bank account never looks like invoices sent. deposits arrive daily batches, processing fees come schedule, occasional chargeback returned ach payment pulls back. matching accounting records hand slow error-prone. automatic batch reconciliation (abr) makes software tell story statement, automatically. works quickbooks online desktop magiccarpet. support xero coming later. finding add-on marketplace life without abr undeposited funds abr, payments sync traditional way funds, (or bookkeeper) manually group match actually hit bank, work hand, reconcile clawbacks yourself. replaces manual matching. money, accounts payable you, grouping happen own. sweep uses simple clearing pattern built around settlement (the \"sweep\"). holding books, real account. represents transit processor bank. recorded, booked sweep. gateway settles posts journal entry moves total everything matched, returns zero. balance return zero signal something needs attention, history screen shows exactly transactions look at. expects (separate settlement) abr's entries assume common processors move money. helps assumptions front deposits. day's deposited either gross (fees billed monthly) net fee (daily discount). models supported natively. monthly separate withdrawal. bills month, withdrawal part batch. deliberately post it; book month-end ordinary expense, always have. instead taken deposit, switch module discount, handles chargebacks cardholder disputes sale, leaves debit, reduction deposit. match. nets deposit instead, see reconciling netted straight normal clawback pattern, them. expect day settle, batches appear module's grid settle date, amount, status. settled becomes one quickbooks, moving batch's mapped show live balances pulled quick glance tells whether cleared. synced means reconciled. voids batch, voided settles. refunds ride inside handled automatically, refund-heavy negative. installing covered credit card reconciliation, recording. reject handling settlement. check processed biller genie. paypal reconciliation. note recording genie only. keeps ledger agreement bank; dispute, represent, arbitrate anything. still manage actual dispute process directly processor. getting started install merchant portal, map activate types want. full walkthrough setting mappings balances. related articles reading transaction linking discount chart mapping accounting-software integrations","categories":{"current":{"id":1369271,"name":"Automatic Batch Reconciliation","url":"/automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"automatic-batch-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:31:13.566Z","tag_names":["customer no longer active","deactivate customer","delete customer biller genie","inactive customer","reactivate customer","remove customer biller genie","send messages to inactive customers","soft delete customer","stop sending reminders one customer","sub-customer auto-flip bill with parent"],"answer_sample":"\"Deactivating\" a customer is the cleanest way to handle end-of-relationship situa","long_answer_sample":"\"Deactivating\" a customer is the cleanest way to handle end-of-relationship situations — when you're no longer doing business with someone and you want them off your active customer list, out of your reminder runs, and out of your reports going forward. It is not the right tool for \"I just want to stop sending payment reminders on one open invoice\" ","language_id":1,"id":3826908,"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":"\"deactivating\" customer cleanest way handle end-of-relationship situations — longer business someone want active list, reminder runs, reports going forward. right tool \"i just stop sending payment reminders one open invoice\" write past-due balance.\" article covers situations, explains exactly deactivation (and do) can use confidently call. heads up. true delete customers biller genie. deactivating sets inactive soft state stops outbound activity preserves historical record (invoices, payments, notes). reactivated time. truly removed, need accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero), will propagate genie via sync hidden. goal billing, first billing customer\" fit deactivation. three correct paths depending actually stop. pick matches situation. to... chasing specific invoice off, mark uncollectible, refund duplicate, etc. void, delete, software. closed/written-off within minutes. 90% \"stop billing\" handled. emails permanently keeping otherwise (e.g. pays paper check emails) customer's \u0026gt; edit, turn send toggle, save. future specifically reports, portal. opt / late fees receipts without changing customer-wide settings invoice, click modify, toggle behaviors disabled off). reading options still deactivate entirely example, genuinely gone severed relationship read on. customers. edit. (red). update customer. now inactive. change immediate. set inactive, immediately email invoices. payments. paper-mail mail add-on enabled. autopay charges invoices (autopay attempts skipped customers). ends toggle. history. invoices, transactions, notes, audit trail preserved. close zero remain existing balance. see a/r aging report. closed, take action (void accounting-software sync. add new xero, continue trigger autopay. block manual actions. process manually merchant flag automation, access. revoke portal access, retain it. revoke, access record. side effect parent automatically un-link sub-customers bill turned on, flips every affected sub-customer. deactivation, sub-customer goes back billed independently (with email, stored method, behavior extent sub configured). later reactivate parent, re-enable resume rolling . escape hatch messages merchant-wide setting called ignores reminders, receipts, meaning receive like do. skip applies; messaging overridden. uncommon. case collect legacy actively serve, new-business pipeline.\" situation \"deactivated accident, keep flowing,\" instead. reactivating record, active, resumes immediately. previously deactivated auto-flipped sub-customers' subs re-enabled reactivation one-way. deleting expose remove xero). transactions void/delete next flagged hidden removed list. practical purposes, enough almost think stays filtered default customer-list view. related articles per-customer overrides fees, features merging duplicate records","name":"Deactivating a Customer","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"deleting-or-deactivating-a-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/deleting-or-deactivating-a-customer?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"\"deactivating\" customer cleanest way handle end-of-relationship situations — longer business someone want active list, reminder runs, reports going forward. right tool \"i just stop sending payment reminders one open invoice\" write past-due balance.\" article covers situations, explains exactly deactivation (and do) can use confidently call. heads up. true delete customers biller genie. deactivating sets inactive soft state stops outbound activity preserves historical record (invoices, payments, notes). reactivated time. truly removed, need accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero), will propagate genie via sync hidden. goal billing, first billing customer\" fit deactivation. three correct paths depending actually stop. pick matches situation. to... chasing specific invoice off, mark uncollectible, refund duplicate, etc. void, delete, software. closed/written-off within minutes. 90% \"stop billing\" handled. emails permanently keeping otherwise (e.g. pays paper check emails) customer's \u0026gt; edit, turn send toggle, save. future specifically reports, portal. opt / late fees receipts without changing customer-wide settings invoice, click modify, toggle behaviors disabled off). reading options still deactivate entirely example, genuinely gone severed relationship read on. customers. edit. (red). update customer. now inactive. change immediate. set inactive, immediately email invoices. payments. paper-mail mail add-on enabled. autopay charges invoices (autopay attempts skipped customers). ends toggle. history. invoices, transactions, notes, audit trail preserved. close zero remain existing balance. see a/r aging report. closed, take action (void accounting-software sync. add new xero, continue trigger autopay. block manual actions. process manually merchant flag automation, access. revoke portal access, retain it. revoke, access record. side effect parent automatically un-link sub-customers bill turned on, flips every affected sub-customer. deactivation, sub-customer goes back billed independently (with email, stored method, behavior extent sub configured). later reactivate parent, re-enable resume rolling . escape hatch messages merchant-wide setting called ignores reminders, receipts, meaning receive like do. skip applies; messaging overridden. uncommon. case collect legacy actively serve, new-business pipeline.\" situation \"deactivated accident, keep flowing,\" instead. reactivating record, active, resumes immediately. previously deactivated auto-flipped sub-customers' subs re-enabled reactivation one-way. deleting expose remove xero). transactions void/delete next flagged hidden removed list. practical purposes, enough almost think stays filtered default customer-list view. related articles per-customer overrides fees, features merging duplicate records","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2024-02-23T21:14:57.000Z","tag_names":["cash flow stage billing","estimate progress invoice","milestone invoicing","one big invoice vs many","partial payments","progress invoices","progress invoicing quickbooks","project invoice","qbo progress invoicing setup","stage billing"],"answer_sample":"If you bill in stages — for example, a contractor billing 25% at signing, 25% at ","long_answer_sample":"If you bill in stages — for example, a contractor billing 25% at signing, 25% at framing, 25% at drywall, 25% at completion — you have two ways to structure the receivable: progress invoices (multiple smaller invoices issued as work progresses) or one large invoice with partial payments. This article covers the trade-offs and when each pattern is th","language_id":1,"id":2428271,"last_published_date":"May 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"bill stages — example, contractor billing 25% signing, framing, drywall, completion two ways structure receivable progress invoices (multiple smaller issued work progresses) one large invoice partial payments. article covers trade-offs pattern better fit business. job works create separate stage ready bill. due date balance. customer pays arrives. collect 100% next ships. + payments big full amount, allow on. portions progresses. stays open running balance final payment closes out. usually stage-billed jobs, win three dimensions cleaner a/r aging. $40,000 sits $30,000 months drags aging hard. four $10,000 invoices, paid within 30 days completes, keep report healthy. faster cash flow. can prove done. customers pay promptly corresponds deliverable just received, vs. fully consumed yet. easier collections. goes late, strong, specific conversation \"we delivered framing april 1, $10,000, please pay.\" compared chasing balance, squishier. customer's procurement requires po per project. enterprise cut whole job. break need po. well-defined advance. predict project will split it, honest fabricating milestones. short jobs. total \u0026lt;$5,000 finishes week, overhead multiple worth it. patterns show biller genie reflects whatever set accounting software appear series independent grid. reminder cadence, autopay state, now link. individually pays. appears single entries timeline. reduces hits zero. reminders continue (referencing remaining balance) closes. record see allowing . setting invoicing quickbooks online native feature converts estimate staged invoices. high-level workflow turn invoicing. qbo, go settings (gear icon) \u0026gt; account sales. find section toggle save. (e.g. $40,000) detailed line items stage. issue completes. estimate, click choose portion (percentage total, dollar items). track qbo automatically subtracts estimate's always know left syncs invoice. grid follow normal cadence settings. maintains parent-estimate relationship; sees individual complete instructions (including template setup), intuit's documentation step-by-step guides support search \"progress invoicing.\" desktop qbd supports estimate. enable edit preferences jobs \u0026amp; estimates (company tab), check \"do invoicing\" use percentage amount. generated individually. xero estimate\" way. manually quotes used template, created independently. like other. best practices spell original / contract. exist bills first dates match delivery. net 15 \"stage delivered\" lands \"estimate signed.\" ship previous (or part, depending policy). main reason improves flow natural gating mechanism. memo description ties delivered. 2 4 completed 2026-04-15\" beats 2.\" consider repeating-stage clients. rhythm repeatedly (monthly retainer plus monthly work), smooths further. related articles schedule per-customer overrides","name":"Progress Invoices vs. Partial Payments: Best Practices","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setting-up-progress-invoices-in-quickbooks-online","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/setting-up-progress-invoices-in-quickbooks-online?from_search=237967808","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"bill stages — example, contractor billing 25% signing, framing, drywall, completion two ways structure receivable progress invoices (multiple smaller issued work progresses) one large invoice partial payments. article covers trade-offs pattern better fit business. job works create separate stage ready bill. due date balance. customer pays arrives. collect 100% next ships. + payments big full amount, allow on. portions progresses. stays open running balance final payment closes out. usually stage-billed jobs, win three dimensions cleaner a/r aging. $40,000 sits $30,000 months drags aging hard. four $10,000 invoices, paid within 30 days completes, keep report healthy. faster cash flow. can prove done. customers pay promptly corresponds deliverable just received, vs. fully consumed yet. easier collections. goes late, strong, specific conversation \"we delivered framing april 1, $10,000, please pay.\" compared chasing balance, squishier. customer's procurement requires po per project. enterprise cut whole job. break need po. well-defined advance. predict project will split it, honest fabricating milestones. short jobs. total \u0026lt;$5,000 finishes week, overhead multiple worth it. patterns show biller genie reflects whatever set accounting software appear series independent grid. reminder cadence, autopay state, now link. individually pays. appears single entries timeline. reduces hits zero. reminders continue (referencing remaining balance) closes. record see allowing . setting invoicing quickbooks online native feature converts estimate staged invoices. high-level workflow turn invoicing. qbo, go settings (gear icon) \u0026gt; account sales. find section toggle save. (e.g. $40,000) detailed line items stage. issue completes. estimate, click choose portion (percentage total, dollar items). track qbo automatically subtracts estimate's always know left syncs invoice. grid follow normal cadence settings. maintains parent-estimate relationship; sees individual complete instructions (including template setup), intuit's documentation step-by-step guides support search \"progress invoicing.\" desktop qbd supports estimate. enable edit preferences jobs \u0026amp; estimates (company tab), check \"do invoicing\" use percentage amount. generated individually. xero estimate\" way. manually quotes used template, created independently. like other. best practices spell original / contract. exist bills first dates match delivery. net 15 \"stage delivered\" lands \"estimate signed.\" ship previous (or part, depending policy). main reason improves flow natural gating mechanism. memo description ties delivered. 2 4 completed 2026-04-15\" beats 2.\" consider repeating-stage clients. rhythm repeatedly (monthly retainer plus monthly work), smooths further. related articles schedule per-customer overrides","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}}]