[{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-30T19:22:09.540Z","tag_names":["surcharging customer experience","surcharging popup","surcharge disclosure","credit card surcharge popup","bin validation debit card","card brand compliant surcharging","surcharging receipt line item","surcharging invoice unchanged","how surcharging looks to customer"],"answer_sample":"With Biller Genie's Surcharging option, your invoices display your original price","long_answer_sample":"With Biller Genie's Surcharging option, your invoices display your original price — exactly as you created it in your accounting software. The surcharge is only disclosed and added at checkout if the customer chooses to pay by credit card. Debit and prepaid cards are protected from the surcharge automatically. This article walks through the six poin","language_id":1,"id":3832650,"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 surcharging option, invoices display original price — exactly created accounting software. surcharge disclosed added checkout customer chooses pay credit card. debit prepaid cards protected automatically. article walks six points sees typical payment, know experience. dual pricing equivalent (which different flow prices shown start, popup), see experience . step 1 invoice syncs software create normal price. genie presents applied visible point. 2 total opens invoice, number entered column, second price, nothing extra. intentional discloses fee point payment selection, itself. 3 \"new invoice\" email goes sent messenger shows yet. 4 summary screen flags credit-card possibility clicks pay, alongside available methods. option includes language indicating \"an additional may apply card transactions.\" ach (if available) clearly indicates fee. 5 popup charging card, appears outlines amount new charged. gives two choices go back switch non-surcharged method (debit, ach, cash, depending avoid accept proceed total. explicit disclosure-and-acceptance makes implementation card-brand compliant. must affirmatively can 6 receipt separate line emailed itemizes subtotal. paid transaction. customers another get just total, line. bin validation protects rules allow traditional cards. enforces automatically checking (bank identification number) applying surcharge. first 8 digits identify bank issued type (credit, debit, prepaid). enters checkout, looks either applies (credit card) skips (debit protection lets run account without accidentally debit-card compliance violation). need anything enable runs every transaction related articles technology fees glance setting reconciling","name":"What Your Customer Sees: The Surcharging Checkout Experience","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"what-your-customer-sees-the-surcharging-checkout-experience","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/what-your-customer-sees-the-surcharging-checkout-experience?from_search=235633223","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie's surcharging option, invoices display original price — exactly created accounting software. surcharge disclosed added checkout customer chooses pay credit card. debit prepaid cards protected automatically. article walks six points sees typical payment, know experience. dual pricing equivalent (which different flow prices shown start, popup), see experience . step 1 invoice syncs software create normal price. genie presents applied visible point. 2 total opens invoice, number entered column, second price, nothing extra. intentional discloses fee point payment selection, itself. 3 \"new invoice\" email goes sent messenger shows yet. 4 summary screen flags credit-card possibility clicks pay, alongside available methods. option includes language indicating \"an additional may apply card transactions.\" ach (if available) clearly indicates fee. 5 popup charging card, appears outlines amount new charged. gives two choices go back switch non-surcharged method (debit, ach, cash, depending avoid accept proceed total. explicit disclosure-and-acceptance makes implementation card-brand compliant. must affirmatively can 6 receipt separate line emailed itemizes subtotal. paid transaction. customers another get just total, line. bin validation protects rules allow traditional cards. enforces automatically checking (bank identification number) applying surcharge. first 8 digits identify bank issued type (credit, debit, prepaid). enters checkout, looks either applies (credit card) skips (debit protection lets run account without accidentally debit-card compliance violation). need anything enable runs every transaction related articles technology fees glance setting reconciling","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-10-06T23:04:38.000Z","tag_names":["technology fees","surcharging","dual pricing","compliant surcharging","bin validation","fee cap","state restrictions","surcharge prohibited states","connecticut surcharging","massachusetts surcharging","maine surcharging","oklahoma surcharging","colorado surcharge cap","card brand compliance","visa surcharging rules","mastercard surcharging rules","technology fee vs surcharge","convenience fee vs surcharge","cash discount","all or nothing fee"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie supports two ways to add a Technology Fee to a transaction so you ca","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie supports two ways to add a Technology Fee to a transaction so you can offset your cost of accepting cards: Surcharging and Dual Pricing. Both are configured under the same Technology Fees feature in your Biller Genie account, and both are designed to be card-brand compliant. The difference is in how the fee is presented to your customer","language_id":1,"id":2227513,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie supports two ways add technology fee transaction can offset cost accepting cards surcharging dual pricing. configured fees feature account, designed card-brand compliant. difference presented customer — drives option allowed, caps at, sees receipt. all-or-nothing setting account level. turned on, applies every processed exempt specific invoice. visa mastercard compliance requirement applied consistently disclosed way customer. showing one another put processing risk. article gives high-level comparison decide flavor fits business. setup steps, customer's checkout experience, accounting reconciliation, see linked articles bottom. adds small credit card transactions (and, configurations, ach transactions) help cover payment processing. appears invoice receipt, proceeds sync back software separate line item sales receipt books reconcile cleanly. come flavors original price. pays card, popup discloses surcharge new total. capped rules. pricing price (or cash) side-by-side start. popup, caps, state restrictions. works surcharging, goes quoted. chooses pay told it. point selection, shows clearly outlines additional total, either accept switch non-surcharged method (debit, ach, avoid behind scenes, checks card's bin (the first 6-8 digits, called bank identification number) confirm applying surcharge. identifies debit prepaid types protected pricing, prices moment receive needed full transparency upfront. pick matches willing pay. integration, lower displays \"cash\" instead. pattern mirrors gas-station shown pump familiar mental model customers. glance vs   cap max 3% (2% colorado) minimum maximum excluded check geography available 46 states. prohibited connecticut, maine, massachusetts, oklahoma. 50 states price; paying disclosure throughout chosen notification required follow guidelines, notify acquirer 30 days turning verify merchant processor legal team going live restrictions apply only. state-level caps. oklahoma prohibited. business registered states, choose colorado 2%. automatically enforces colorado-based accounts. allowed 3%. important laws change time, state's rules codified genie's automatic enforcement. operate. glossary fee, surcharge, convenience service four terms get used interchangeably conversation, mean different things brands regulators. umbrella name. covers added top specifically card. govern applied. practice upfront cash paying. alternate channel. strict charge (typically channel genuinely merchant's normal method). support convenience-fee programs directly. certain regulated industries (mostly government, education, utilities) regardless method. service-fee talk \"technology fee\" accurate term. \"surcharge\" using mode specifically. \"convenience \"service meanings merchants. frequently asked questions turn customers others no. global design. violation puts rationale. will gift charged transaction. card), actually syncs software. visible portal software, received. needs switch, modes operate time. looks like experience step-by-step screenshots flow. related reconciling chart accounts mapping lives","name":"Technology Fees: Dual Pricing and Surcharging at a Glance","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"technology-fees-overview","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/technology-fees-overview?from_search=235633223","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie supports two ways add technology fee transaction can offset cost accepting cards surcharging dual pricing. configured fees feature account, designed card-brand compliant. difference presented customer — drives option allowed, caps at, sees receipt. all-or-nothing setting account level. turned on, applies every processed exempt specific invoice. visa mastercard compliance requirement applied consistently disclosed way customer. showing one another put processing risk. article gives high-level comparison decide flavor fits business. setup steps, customer's checkout experience, accounting reconciliation, see linked articles bottom. adds small credit card transactions (and, configurations, ach transactions) help cover payment processing. appears invoice receipt, proceeds sync back software separate line item sales receipt books reconcile cleanly. come flavors original price. pays card, popup discloses surcharge new total. capped rules. pricing price (or cash) side-by-side start. popup, caps, state restrictions. works surcharging, goes quoted. chooses pay told it. point selection, shows clearly outlines additional total, either accept switch non-surcharged method (debit, ach, avoid behind scenes, checks card's bin (the first 6-8 digits, called bank identification number) confirm applying surcharge. identifies debit prepaid types protected pricing, prices moment receive needed full transparency upfront. pick matches willing pay. integration, lower displays \"cash\" instead. pattern mirrors gas-station shown pump familiar mental model customers. glance vs   cap max 3% (2% colorado) minimum maximum excluded check geography available 46 states. prohibited connecticut, maine, massachusetts, oklahoma. 50 states price; paying disclosure throughout chosen notification required follow guidelines, notify acquirer 30 days turning verify merchant processor legal team going live restrictions apply only. state-level caps. oklahoma prohibited. business registered states, choose colorado 2%. automatically enforces colorado-based accounts. allowed 3%. important laws change time, state's rules codified genie's automatic enforcement. operate. glossary fee, surcharge, convenience service four terms get used interchangeably conversation, mean different things brands regulators. umbrella name. covers added top specifically card. govern applied. practice upfront cash paying. alternate channel. strict charge (typically channel genuinely merchant's normal method). support convenience-fee programs directly. certain regulated industries (mostly government, education, utilities) regardless method. service-fee talk \"technology fee\" accurate term. \"surcharge\" using mode specifically. \"convenience \"service meanings merchants. frequently asked questions turn customers others no. global design. violation puts rationale. will gift charged transaction. card), actually syncs software. visible portal software, received. needs switch, modes operate time. looks like experience step-by-step screenshots flow. related reconciling chart accounts mapping lives","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T21:27:35.000Z","tag_names":["setting up technology fees","enable surcharging","enable dual pricing","technology fee setup","fee type sales receipt","fee type line item","cash invoice price labels","surcharge item name","gateway managed surcharge","surcharge percentage","technology fee percentage","global tech fee setting","why surcharge is global","visa mastercard fee compliance","how to turn on dual pricing","how to turn on surcharging","biller genie surcharge configuration"],"answer_sample":"This article walks you through enabling and configuring Technology Fees on your B","long_answer_sample":"This article walks you through enabling and configuring Technology Fees on your Biller Genie account. Before you start, make sure you've reviewed the differences between Surcharging and Dual Pricing — they configure on the same page, but they behave very differently for your customers. See Technology Fees: Dual Pricing and Surcharging at a Glance if","language_id":1,"id":1957104,"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":"article walks enabling configuring technology fees biller genie account. start, make sure reviewed differences surcharging dual pricing — configure page, behave differently customers. see glance choose. turn decide pricing. choice affects customer sees, caps apply, states can operate in. confirm compliance. options designed card-brand compliant, state laws acquirer's rules change. check merchant processor legal team going live. surcharging, notify acquirer least 30 days turning on. requirement, one. find dashboard, go add-ons \u0026gt; fees. switch feature on, pick mode (surcharging pricing), set percentage, fee syncs accounting software. step-by-step setup toggle \"yes.\" master switch. none fields apply. choose mode. either later, two modes run time. type. decides gets recorded back merchants connected system add sales receipts follows gaap standards avoids sync errors locked invoice periods. next section. amount. percentage supported (no flat-dollar fees). cap 3% (2% colorado). pricing, cap. section field editable. save. setting goes live every new transaction point forward. gateway manages surcharge amount handful payment gateways handle configuration side, genie. account uses one enabled page will appear read-only. tooltip says \"surcharging managed gateway.\" alert banner top reads \"important gateway. settings must changed level.\" value automatically updates gateway's changes. need manually update change side. picks sync. looks frozen why, probably reason. reach support side controls surcharge. type vs line items appears software card (recommended system) posts separate receipt month collected. conflict added original invoice. locks invoices specific periods (a common practice), may able item error. reconciling full mapping flows name description (surcharge pricing) writes software, needs line. fixed \"surcharge\" customized. compliance requirement term customer's unambiguous. rename reset customized read-only naming lives management area page. edit control software's chart accounts receipts. cash price labels (dual only) show prices side-by-side \"cash\" price. second label says, depending whether accepts ach. customers pay via ach used option available. defaults cash, check, other. option. cash. choices ach, matches describe method primarily takes checks might ach-disabled \"card / price\" instead price.\" all-or-nothing turned apply processed per-customer per-invoice exemption design. (visa mastercard, primarily) require tied applied consistently transparently across transactions. showing another, charging others, violation puts processing risk. keeping single global setting, makes sees flow (invoice, screen, receipt). always non-card avoid fee. disclosure language identical transaction, brands require. absolutely exempt one-off situation comes want (ach cash/check, accepts) neither triggers process outside record manual just ways route ask leaving on; violate processor's agreement. related articles checkout experience","name":"Setting Up Technology Fees on Your Account","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setting-up-technology-fees","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/setting-up-technology-fees?from_search=235633223","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"article walks enabling configuring technology fees biller genie account. start, make sure reviewed differences surcharging dual pricing — configure page, behave differently customers. see glance choose. turn decide pricing. choice affects customer sees, caps apply, states can operate in. confirm compliance. options designed card-brand compliant, state laws acquirer's rules change. check merchant processor legal team going live. surcharging, notify acquirer least 30 days turning on. requirement, one. find dashboard, go add-ons \u0026gt; fees. switch feature on, pick mode (surcharging pricing), set percentage, fee syncs accounting software. step-by-step setup toggle \"yes.\" master switch. none fields apply. choose mode. either later, two modes run time. type. decides gets recorded back merchants connected system add sales receipts follows gaap standards avoids sync errors locked invoice periods. next section. amount. percentage supported (no flat-dollar fees). cap 3% (2% colorado). pricing, cap. section field editable. save. setting goes live every new transaction point forward. gateway manages surcharge amount handful payment gateways handle configuration side, genie. account uses one enabled page will appear read-only. tooltip says \"surcharging managed gateway.\" alert banner top reads \"important gateway. settings must changed level.\" value automatically updates gateway's changes. need manually update change side. picks sync. looks frozen why, probably reason. reach support side controls surcharge. type vs line items appears software card (recommended system) posts separate receipt month collected. conflict added original invoice. locks invoices specific periods (a common practice), may able item error. reconciling full mapping flows name description (surcharge pricing) writes software, needs line. fixed \"surcharge\" customized. compliance requirement term customer's unambiguous. rename reset customized read-only naming lives management area page. edit control software's chart accounts receipts. cash price labels (dual only) show prices side-by-side \"cash\" price. second label says, depending whether accepts ach. customers pay via ach used option available. defaults cash, check, other. option. cash. choices ach, matches describe method primarily takes checks might ach-disabled \"card / price\" instead price.\" all-or-nothing turned apply processed per-customer per-invoice exemption design. (visa mastercard, primarily) require tied applied consistently transparently across transactions. showing another, charging others, violation puts processing risk. keeping single global setting, makes sees flow (invoice, screen, receipt). always non-card avoid fee. disclosure language identical transaction, brands require. absolutely exempt one-off situation comes want (ach cash/check, accepts) neither triggers process outside record manual just ways route ask leaving on; violate processor's agreement. related articles checkout experience","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"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=235633223","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"}}]