[{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:49.289Z","tag_names":["customer says no invoice","diagnose invoice delivery","inactive customer no reminders","invoice delivery indicator","invoice email bounce","invoice email not received","invoice email troubleshoot","invoice not sending","invoice sent log","opted out reminders","reminder not sending","was invoice emailed"],"answer_sample":"\"My customer says they never received the invoice.\" It's the most common support ","long_answer_sample":"\"My customer says they never received the invoice.\" It's the most common support question in any AR workflow. This article gives you a structured way to confirm whether the email actually went out, and if it didn't, what the likely reason is. Most cases resolve in under 5 minutes once you know where to look. Step 1: Check the Invoice Timeline Open t","language_id":1,"id":3826875,"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":"\"my customer says never received invoice.\" common support question ar workflow. article gives structured way confirm whether email actually went out, didn't, likely reason is. cases resolve 5 minutes know look. step 1 check invoice timeline open scroll timeline. looking two types entries reminder sent — \"[reminder type]\" sent. one corresponds outbound email. / click bounce telemetry comes provider (mailjet) tells happened send. state happening sends present, opens/clicks present opened it. sometimes customers genuinely forget gentle works. opens, bounces landed spam junk. see deliverability troubleshooting . search \"biller genie\" business name folder. hard address bad. fix customer's record. conflicts soft mailbox full, server temporarily unavailable, similar. biller genie will retry next cycle. persists, treat like bounce. (no entries) out. continue 2. 2 order 1. file primary field blank, report add email; scheduled go active inactive receive reminders, statements, receipts (unless account send messages enabled control panel \u0026gt; settings). reactivate setting. 3. opted reminders look detail. \"excluded reminders\" indicator, point. show excluded entry. opt resume invoice. 4. disabled turned level maybe per-customer override vip, \"do contact\" arrangement. tab every channel toggled off, gets regardless level. 5. billed parent bill on, governed settings own. parent's configuration flowing parent. 6. \"reminders skip\" window fire schedule (x days before/after due date, cadence) configured add-ons reminders. invoice's date far future upcoming-payment configured, simply yet. cadence scheduled. 7. still pending yet synced brand-new invoices created accounting software typically take sync genie. sync, first follows immediate \"you new invoice!\" unless messenger creation. forcing right now want immediately without waiting use detail page. ad-hoc goes cc emails file. lets optionally recipient additional cc. attach extra (up 5mb; pdf, doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsx, jpg, png). logs reminder. manually stuck checked sending, contact support@billergenie.com number expecting approximate date/time team can pull mailjet delivery log attempted, delivered, bounced, blocked. related articles activity history missing","name":"Invoice Email Delivery: Confirm What Was Sent and Diagnose What Wasn’t","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"my-invoices-are-not-sending-diagnose","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/my-invoices-are-not-sending-diagnose?from_search=235634593","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"\"my customer says never received invoice.\" common support question ar workflow. article gives structured way confirm whether email actually went out, didn't, likely reason is. cases resolve 5 minutes know look. step 1 check invoice timeline open scroll timeline. looking two types entries reminder sent — \"[reminder type]\" sent. one corresponds outbound email. / click bounce telemetry comes provider (mailjet) tells happened send. state happening sends present, opens/clicks present opened it. sometimes customers genuinely forget gentle works. opens, bounces landed spam junk. see deliverability troubleshooting . search \"biller genie\" business name folder. hard address bad. fix customer's record. conflicts soft mailbox full, server temporarily unavailable, similar. biller genie will retry next cycle. persists, treat like bounce. (no entries) out. continue 2. 2 order 1. file primary field blank, report add email; scheduled go active inactive receive reminders, statements, receipts (unless account send messages enabled control panel \u0026gt; settings). reactivate setting. 3. opted reminders look detail. \"excluded reminders\" indicator, point. show excluded entry. opt resume invoice. 4. disabled turned level maybe per-customer override vip, \"do contact\" arrangement. tab every channel toggled off, gets regardless level. 5. billed parent bill on, governed settings own. parent's configuration flowing parent. 6. \"reminders skip\" window fire schedule (x days before/after due date, cadence) configured add-ons reminders. invoice's date far future upcoming-payment configured, simply yet. cadence scheduled. 7. still pending yet synced brand-new invoices created accounting software typically take sync genie. sync, first follows immediate \"you new invoice!\" unless messenger creation. forcing right now want immediately without waiting use detail page. ad-hoc goes cc emails file. lets optionally recipient additional cc. attach extra (up 5mb; pdf, doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsx, jpg, png). logs reminder. manually stuck checked sending, contact support@billergenie.com number expecting approximate date/time team can pull mailjet delivery log attempted, delivered, bounced, blocked. related articles activity history missing","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"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=235634593","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":"2023-05-15T17:51:29.000Z","tag_names":["attach invoice pdf to reminders","biller genie invoice defaults","invoice columns","invoice custom fields","invoice defaults","invoice footer","invoice memo display","invoice qr code","invoice templates","invoice theme","show billing address","show shipping address"],"answer_sample":"Invoice Defaults control what your customer-facing invoices look like and what da","long_answer_sample":"Invoice Defaults control what your customer-facing invoices look like and what data they include. You set them once and Biller Genie applies them to every invoice that syncs in from your accounting software. Take 10 to 15 minutes to lock these in before your first invoice goes out — every invoice your customer ever sees is shaped by these settings. ","language_id":1,"id":1956790,"last_published_date":"June 2nd, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/JT?bg=f1ba57\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fc4f4b69f7e4a4303f236ed2e8c96854.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Juan Tobon","indexable_body":"invoice defaults control customer-facing invoices look like data include. set biller genie applies every syncs accounting software. take 10 15 minutes lock first goes — customer ever sees shaped settings. global, per-customer setting page customer. overridden true behavior settings (autopay, late fees, allowed payment methods, reminder cadence) live . box toggle starts position. default theme simple. brand-new configured shows stripped-down layout turn columns options need. find open panel \u0026gt; defaults. organized four sections display, advanced options, custom messages, theme. recommended starter setup sure on, configuration works service-based businesses (hvac, plumbing, property management, landscape, b2b services) item/product name, description, quantity, unit price, total, billing address, sales tax, subtotal, amount, service date, due date. show display name (so business invoice), memo field notes quickbooks come through), add pdf emails turned best deliverability, send messages inactive customers off. replace footer text one-line thank-you phone number. leave \"bill to\" / \"ship labels unless use different term. modern common pick. classic used traditional quickbooks-style invoice. simple want least visual weight. product wholesale usually shipping address job name. management often renames bill label \"account holder\" \"owner\". hoas sometimes \"unit\" instead. hide column yes/no toggles. date line item, record service. merchants on. category category, used. description item. quantity column. blank software, left too. price per-unit price. total line-item total. block. ship tax line. subtotal pre-tax amount grand bottom. good rule thumb actually needs make decision. rest. clean gets paid faster busy one. section bundles everything affects beyond columns. group control. identity bill-to address. accounting-software same, can avoid redundancy. separate useful contractors uses jobs track work fields put software displays required \"append message memo\" (in messages) place area. appear populated either \"print\" \"screen\" checkbox enabled quickbooks. location choose header field. \"memo field\" option requires on; otherwise dropdown locks header. pdfs, qr codes, email attachments includes copy attachment. recommend leaving lower deliverability (more land spam). still click view download there. reminders include files attached online email. only. code adds pdf. scan page. whose accounts new generator enabled. contact support@billergenie.com dates statement delayed statements yet customer's statement. plan ahead. current closed standard \"thank paying\" rather genie. allows closing fire regardless recorded. (recommended), marked get statements. do. customize let personalize wording append enabled, appended memo. \"show free-text bottom us!\" terms, language, number questions. rename label. 50-character limit. to\". holder\", \"owner\", \"buyer\", unit\". idea \"job site\", \"service address\", \"deliver pick template single radio-button choice across three layouts layout. receiving ones accountant sends them, quickbooks-only long time change feel minimal. cleaner spacing, larger headers, hierarchy. newer businesses, brand wants polished. starting point merchants. lightest fewest elements. quick (hoas, dues, subscription billing). picked theme, whichever fits brand. going forward. happens save changes immediately rendering delay background queue. (what \"view invoice\" statement) always renders fresh next reflects rules. sent months ago synced five ago. pdfs generated downloads saved, re-downloading old file delivered attachment sitting inbox. keeps sent. reach update it. thing stays frozen. invoices, reminders, statements, receipts immediately. short nothing waits sync, overnight. moment save, behaves existed (except literal inboxes). frequently asked questions override specific no. global columns, overridable cadence, partial-payment policy) , tune individual level via overrides will changing re-send gone never re-emails anything change. opens link past email, practice see causes (1) corresponding (2) empty populate (3) fields, must up. \"custom location\" locked advanced) lets off, disabled entirely. available test without affecting customers. change, (your own, low-stakes customer's). instantly. see, revert again. part test. related articles type features","name":"Setting Invoice Defaults","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setting-invoice-defaults","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-invoice-defaults?from_search=235634593","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"invoice defaults control customer-facing invoices look like data include. set biller genie applies every syncs accounting software. take 10 15 minutes lock first goes — customer ever sees shaped settings. global, per-customer setting page customer. overridden true behavior settings (autopay, late fees, allowed payment methods, reminder cadence) live . box toggle starts position. default theme simple. brand-new configured shows stripped-down layout turn columns options need. find open panel \u0026gt; defaults. organized four sections display, advanced options, custom messages, theme. recommended starter setup sure on, configuration works service-based businesses (hvac, plumbing, property management, landscape, b2b services) item/product name, description, quantity, unit price, total, billing address, sales tax, subtotal, amount, service date, due date. show display name (so business invoice), memo field notes quickbooks come through), add pdf emails turned best deliverability, send messages inactive customers off. replace footer text one-line thank-you phone number. leave \"bill to\" / \"ship labels unless use different term. modern common pick. classic used traditional quickbooks-style invoice. simple want least visual weight. product wholesale usually shipping address job name. management often renames bill label \"account holder\" \"owner\". hoas sometimes \"unit\" instead. hide column yes/no toggles. date line item, record service. merchants on. category category, used. description item. quantity column. blank software, left too. price per-unit price. total line-item total. block. ship tax line. subtotal pre-tax amount grand bottom. good rule thumb actually needs make decision. rest. clean gets paid faster busy one. section bundles everything affects beyond columns. group control. identity bill-to address. accounting-software same, can avoid redundancy. separate useful contractors uses jobs track work fields put software displays required \"append message memo\" (in messages) place area. appear populated either \"print\" \"screen\" checkbox enabled quickbooks. location choose header field. \"memo field\" option requires on; otherwise dropdown locks header. pdfs, qr codes, email attachments includes copy attachment. recommend leaving lower deliverability (more land spam). still click view download there. reminders include files attached online email. only. code adds pdf. scan page. whose accounts new generator enabled. contact support@billergenie.com dates statement delayed statements yet customer's statement. plan ahead. current closed standard \"thank paying\" rather genie. allows closing fire regardless recorded. (recommended), marked get statements. do. customize let personalize wording append enabled, appended memo. \"show free-text bottom us!\" terms, language, number questions. rename label. 50-character limit. to\". holder\", \"owner\", \"buyer\", unit\". idea \"job site\", \"service address\", \"deliver pick template single radio-button choice across three layouts layout. receiving ones accountant sends them, quickbooks-only long time change feel minimal. cleaner spacing, larger headers, hierarchy. newer businesses, brand wants polished. starting point merchants. lightest fewest elements. quick (hoas, dues, subscription billing). picked theme, whichever fits brand. going forward. happens save changes immediately rendering delay background queue. (what \"view invoice\" statement) always renders fresh next reflects rules. sent months ago synced five ago. pdfs generated downloads saved, re-downloading old file delivered attachment sitting inbox. keeps sent. reach update it. thing stays frozen. invoices, reminders, statements, receipts immediately. short nothing waits sync, overnight. moment save, behaves existed (except literal inboxes). frequently asked questions override specific no. global columns, overridable cadence, partial-payment policy) , tune individual level via overrides will changing re-send gone never re-emails anything change. opens link past email, practice see causes (1) corresponding (2) empty populate (3) fields, must up. \"custom location\" locked advanced) lets off, disabled entirely. available test without affecting customers. change, (your own, low-stakes customer's). instantly. see, revert again. part test. related articles type features","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-10-20T18:42:11.000Z","tag_names":["tool","customer"],"answer_sample":"Important things to know before importing customers into Biller Genie The file si","long_answer_sample":"Important things to know before importing customers into Biller Genie The file size is limited to 1000 rows, so if you need to import a customer list that is larger, you will need to split it up into multiple imports. Sub-accounts or sub-customers cannot be imported into Biller Genie. Because of this, all customers will be imported as parent custome","language_id":1,"id":2240640,"last_published_date":"May 21st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"important things know importing customers biller genie file size limited 1000 rows, need import customer list larger, will split multiple imports. sub-accounts sub-customers imported genie. this, parent accounts.   duplication can occur. tool overwrite exist recognize record exists. incorrectly needs re-imported, delete edit one individually column headers provided csv template must used. contacts spreadsheet (including files exported excel, csv) ensure type (any supported) first row. sheet 1 spreadsheet. formulas charts. errors, #ref!, #name, #n/a #value!. genie, formatted correctly.  step download tool.  2 make sure 3 row modified way. used successful import.  4 fill contacts' information. okay leave information blank.  note firstname, lastname, active fields (y n) required. blank, line skipped import. (see field descriptions restrictions) 5 using save it. xls xlsx supported. verify contacts, review everything looks correct. mistakes, lengthy process manually correct remove contacts. open saved check accuracy. double-check titles match sample missing information, mistakes. exceed 1000-row limit. does, files. now accurate, time genie.  sign click left side menu. click import customers in upper right.  click choose file to upload computer. choose file, select open. click upload file. last-chance warning dialog box pop up. proceed. 6 results displaying outcome number successfully and/or listed. corresponding +1 skip reason.  7 ok. 8 view inside needed updates. 9 repeat steps – imports needed. restrictions name required notes business special characters allowed yes add column.special allowed. last job phone formatting restrictions. email contain spaces, (@) period. example your_name@company.com. cc anda id external y ny = activen inactive address street address. city customer. state zip code","name":"Customer Import Tool Quick Reference Guide","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"customer-import-tool-quick-reference-guide","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/customer-import-tool-quick-reference-guide?from_search=235634593","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"important things know importing customers biller genie file size limited 1000 rows, need import customer list larger, will split multiple imports. sub-accounts sub-customers imported genie. this, parent accounts.   duplication can occur. tool overwrite exist recognize record exists. incorrectly needs re-imported, delete edit one individually column headers provided csv template must used. contacts spreadsheet (including files exported excel, csv) ensure type (any supported) first row. sheet 1 spreadsheet. formulas charts. errors, #ref!, #name, #n/a #value!. genie, formatted correctly.  step download tool.  2 make sure 3 row modified way. used successful import.  4 fill contacts' information. okay leave information blank.  note firstname, lastname, active fields (y n) required. blank, line skipped import. (see field descriptions restrictions) 5 using save it. xls xlsx supported. verify contacts, review everything looks correct. mistakes, lengthy process manually correct remove contacts. open saved check accuracy. double-check titles match sample missing information, mistakes. exceed 1000-row limit. does, files. now accurate, time genie.  sign click left side menu. click import customers in upper right.  click choose file to upload computer. choose file, select open. click upload file. last-chance warning dialog box pop up. proceed. 6 results displaying outcome number successfully and/or listed. corresponding +1 skip reason.  7 ok. 8 view inside needed updates. 9 repeat steps – imports needed. restrictions name required notes business special characters allowed yes add column.special allowed. last job phone formatting restrictions. email contain spaces, (@) period. example your_name@company.com. cc anda id external y ny = activen inactive address street address. city customer. state zip code","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T18:35:19.000Z","tag_names":["bill with parent","display invoices with parent","parent customer","sub customer","sub-customer","quickbooks jobs","qbo job","qbd customer job","bill to parent","viewsubcustomersinvoices","consolidated billing","parent rollup","sub-customer email inheritance","sub customer autopay"],"answer_sample":"In QuickBooks, a customer can be set up as a sub-customer of another customer — u","long_answer_sample":"In QuickBooks, a customer can be set up as a sub-customer of another customer — useful for tracking jobs under a single account, multiple locations of one client, or a contractor doing work for a property owner. Biller Genie reads these parent/sub relationships from QuickBooks and gives you two distinct features to leverage them: Bill With Parent (r","language_id":1,"id":1956845,"last_published_date":"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":"quickbooks, customer can set sub-customer another — useful tracking jobs single account, multiple locations one client, contractor work property owner. biller genie reads parent/sub relationships quickbooks gives two distinct features leverage bill parent (route sub-customer's billing parent), customer-portal experience lets portal user see, switch between, pay invoices records connected to. glance per-customer-or-per-type setting sub-customer. on, receives reminders, parent's autopay configuration drives payment, communications route parent. sub's invoice messenger , reminders auto settings get grayed take over. display per-customer toggle customer. view includes sub-customers combined list. independent turn either without other. works hood sub-customer, several pieces genie's behavior shift sub runtime messenger. send time, checks billtoqbonlineparent flag. looks uses reminder toggles decide whether send. ignored. pay. eligible autopay, system (autopay enabled, autopay-on-type, default payment method, threshold) determine charge. off, runs regardless record says. routing. still recorded database (the for), processing flow processing. payments processed using stored applies invoice. accounting software sees marked paid, coming card file. late fees. fees calculated \"owns\" overdue balance perspective), goes inheritance. methods shared automatically methods. merge just means method. file does, will fail method make sure working relying autopay. qbo qbd differ handling customer's to, persisted differently behind scenes online native \"billed with\" dropdown profile). syncs flag bi-directionally flip qbo, bg picks next sync; bg, writes back qbo. systems stay aligned automatically. desktop (magiccarpet) equivalent setting. stores locally persists across magiccarpet never read written desktop. qbd-connected customer, directly bg. nothing appears itself, qbd-side override value. practical implication expect round-trip check something off. qbd, source truth ever change projects require careful bulk changes technically hood, requires \"bill customer\" checkbox every project. use defaults surgical option push customers once, inadvertently breaks alignment cause confusing invoicing behavior. including projects; special handling.  projects, per non-project need changed, leave projects' alone. see intuit's help qbo-side requirement. management. owner parent; individual properties sub-customers. gets communications, arrangement, job billed reported separately. multi-location franchisees. franchisee corporate office handles keep per-location billing. general contractors paying subs' invoices. gc trades gc's covers trades' holding company operating entities. subsidiaries centralized decentralized point handle separately-tracked accounts, cleanest pattern. independently, let manage settings. configure system, sync, auto-pay run cover linked sub-customers' (or desktop), profile \"is sub-customer\". reads. wait sync manual sync). relationship genie, open record. pay, messenger, fields now inheriting video walkthrough short tutorial showing side setup, end step-by-step screenshots (quickbooks online) step 1. log account. 2. go sales \u0026gt; customers. 3. select whose want via 4. click edit profile. 5. section, parent, save. sync. turned inside tab, confirmation message configured ways (and optionally pay) view, access portal's top navigation. (configurable type ) mixed logs normally would. grid shows hide button collapse ones checkout. processes credited correct receipts depending sub). necessarily portal. happen together. switching person manages accounts example, manager pays bills three different llcs, separate accident logging out. customer-switching groups email address. in, active merchant's account shares logged-in user's match, navigation listing matched alphabetically. person, email, records. lists clicking switches context invoices, saved cards, configuration. share email. address, them. matching. customers, accountant clients switcher move freely. enable alone put surface one. link access. routes adds existing view. feature. email-based, parent/sub-based purely email-driven. records, separate, emails. status drive switcher. putting together common configurations buildings llc. subs building 101, 102, 103. manager. building. llc's charges building's place. result schedule b llcs llc a, b, c totally relationship. accountant's applicable (no relationship). applicable. c. needed. cadence login. independently co. co 1, payments. companies. company's cards stand own. companies' emails, accident, used. functions genie. reporting tag company; anything else. frequently asked questions charged back-invoices no. affects future retroactively charge exist unpaid picked going forward. manually-paid history touched. charged. fallback. multi-level hierarchy (grandparent → sub) model flat immediate only. \"parent\" grandparent, resolution; cascade chain. recommend hierarchies purposes level (parent predictable dropdown. (1) record's matches exactly (case-insensitive, punctuation whitespace matter), (2) (deactivated appear), (3) merchant logged in. \"display parent\" viewing historical hidden turning hides forward, delete already-issued receipts. stops seeing related articles global overrides fees, customer-enabled supported accounting-software integrations","name":"Parent and Sub Customers (including QuickBooks Jobs)","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"parentsub-customer","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/parentsub-customer?from_search=235634593","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"quickbooks, customer can set sub-customer another — useful tracking jobs single account, multiple locations one client, contractor work property owner. biller genie reads parent/sub relationships quickbooks gives two distinct features leverage bill parent (route sub-customer's billing parent), customer-portal experience lets portal user see, switch between, pay invoices records connected to. glance per-customer-or-per-type setting sub-customer. on, receives reminders, parent's autopay configuration drives payment, communications route parent. sub's invoice messenger , reminders auto settings get grayed take over. display per-customer toggle customer. view includes sub-customers combined list. independent turn either without other. works hood sub-customer, several pieces genie's behavior shift sub runtime messenger. send time, checks billtoqbonlineparent flag. looks uses reminder toggles decide whether send. ignored. pay. eligible autopay, system (autopay enabled, autopay-on-type, default payment method, threshold) determine charge. off, runs regardless record says. routing. still recorded database (the for), processing flow processing. payments processed using stored applies invoice. accounting software sees marked paid, coming card file. late fees. fees calculated \"owns\" overdue balance perspective), goes inheritance. methods shared automatically methods. merge just means method. file does, will fail method make sure working relying autopay. qbo qbd differ handling customer's to, persisted differently behind scenes online native \"billed with\" dropdown profile). syncs flag bi-directionally flip qbo, bg picks next sync; bg, writes back qbo. systems stay aligned automatically. desktop (magiccarpet) equivalent setting. stores locally persists across magiccarpet never read written desktop. qbd-connected customer, directly bg. nothing appears itself, qbd-side override value. practical implication expect round-trip check something off. qbd, source truth ever change projects require careful bulk changes technically hood, requires \"bill customer\" checkbox every project. use defaults surgical option push customers once, inadvertently breaks alignment cause confusing invoicing behavior. including projects; special handling.  projects, per non-project need changed, leave projects' alone. see intuit's help qbo-side requirement. management. owner parent; individual properties sub-customers. gets communications, arrangement, job billed reported separately. multi-location franchisees. franchisee corporate office handles keep per-location billing. general contractors paying subs' invoices. gc trades gc's covers trades' holding company operating entities. subsidiaries centralized decentralized point handle separately-tracked accounts, cleanest pattern. independently, let manage settings. configure system, sync, auto-pay run cover linked sub-customers' (or desktop), profile \"is sub-customer\". reads. wait sync manual sync). relationship genie, open record. pay, messenger, fields now inheriting video walkthrough short tutorial showing side setup, end step-by-step screenshots (quickbooks online) step 1. log account. 2. go sales \u0026gt; customers. 3. select whose want via 4. click edit profile. 5. section, parent, save. sync. turned inside tab, confirmation message configured ways (and optionally pay) view, access portal's top navigation. (configurable type ) mixed logs normally would. grid shows hide button collapse ones checkout. processes credited correct receipts depending sub). necessarily portal. happen together. switching person manages accounts example, manager pays bills three different llcs, separate accident logging out. customer-switching groups email address. in, active merchant's account shares logged-in user's match, navigation listing matched alphabetically. person, email, records. lists clicking switches context invoices, saved cards, configuration. share email. address, them. matching. customers, accountant clients switcher move freely. enable alone put surface one. link access. routes adds existing view. feature. email-based, parent/sub-based purely email-driven. records, separate, emails. status drive switcher. putting together common configurations buildings llc. subs building 101, 102, 103. manager. building. llc's charges building's place. result schedule b llcs llc a, b, c totally relationship. accountant's applicable (no relationship). applicable. c. needed. cadence login. independently co. co 1, payments. companies. company's cards stand own. companies' emails, accident, used. functions genie. reporting tag company; anything else. frequently asked questions charged back-invoices no. affects future retroactively charge exist unpaid picked going forward. manually-paid history touched. charged. fallback. multi-level hierarchy (grandparent → sub) model flat immediate only. \"parent\" grandparent, resolution; cascade chain. recommend hierarchies purposes level (parent predictable dropdown. (1) record's matches exactly (case-insensitive, punctuation whitespace matter), (2) (deactivated appear), (3) merchant logged in. \"display parent\" viewing historical hidden turning hides forward, delete already-issued receipts. stops seeing related articles global overrides fees, customer-enabled supported accounting-software integrations","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"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=235634593","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"}}]