[{"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=236881851","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"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-21T03:53:38.081Z","tag_names":["autopay","thresholds"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie lets you set a per-customer autopay threshold so only invoices that ","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie lets you set a per-customer autopay threshold so only invoices that match a specific size are automatically charged. You choose an amount and a direction — for example, \"autopay invoices at or below $500\" — and only invoices in that range are charged automatically. Invoices outside the range stay in your queue for you to review and act ","language_id":1,"id":3825102,"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 lets set per-customer autopay threshold invoices match specific size automatically charged. choose amount direction — example, \"autopay $500\" range charged automatically. outside stay queue review act manually. common ways use auto-collect small recurring invoices, large ones \"≤ customer pays monthly subscription occasional project invoices. autopay; wait approval. only. \"≥ $1,000\" want handle big-ticket items send reminders smaller merchant portal, open customer's record (contact). go settings (same area turn on/off). (e.g., 500) pick amount, amount. save. fall inside autopay. remain invoice list can manually charge them, reminder, take whatever action prefer. thresholds bulk work together multiple queued time, groups single transaction (see autopay). evaluated individually, sees eligible included $500 skipped queue. faqs difference one failed skip means never attempted fell range. card touched, failure notification sent. tried gateway declined (declined card, expired error, etc.). failures trigger pay another way. see fails failures. one-time rather live (contact) apply every customer. keep autopay, cleanest path skip-autopay enters two $2,000) (one direction). need bracketed range, workflow tail. got normal details visible. usual actions charge, edit invoice, anything else invoice. related articles auto grouped notifications expired-card auto-disable initiating full history resync (resync all)","name":"Setting Up Autopay Thresholds for a Customer","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"autopay-thresholds","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/autopay-thresholds?from_search=236881851","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie lets set per-customer autopay threshold invoices match specific size automatically charged. choose amount direction — example, \"autopay $500\" range charged automatically. outside stay queue review act manually. common ways use auto-collect small recurring invoices, large ones \"≤ customer pays monthly subscription occasional project invoices. autopay; wait approval. only. \"≥ $1,000\" want handle big-ticket items send reminders smaller merchant portal, open customer's record (contact). go settings (same area turn on/off). (e.g., 500) pick amount, amount. save. fall inside autopay. remain invoice list can manually charge them, reminder, take whatever action prefer. thresholds bulk work together multiple queued time, groups single transaction (see autopay). evaluated individually, sees eligible included $500 skipped queue. faqs difference one failed skip means never attempted fell range. card touched, failure notification sent. tried gateway declined (declined card, expired error, etc.). failures trigger pay another way. see fails failures. one-time rather live (contact) apply every customer. keep autopay, cleanest path skip-autopay enters two $2,000) (one direction). need bracketed range, workflow tail. got normal details visible. usual actions charge, edit invoice, anything else invoice. related articles auto grouped notifications expired-card auto-disable initiating full history resync (resync all)","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=236881851","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":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=236881851","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":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:31:12.682Z","tag_names":["accounting integrations","supported integrations","quickbooks online","qbo","quickbooks desktop","qbd","magiccarpet","xero","middleware integration","acculynx","servicetitan","serviceminder","autotask","jobber","housecall pro","jobtread","buildertrend","jobnimbus","joist","service fusion","lmn","fieldedge","request integration","third party software","accounting sync direction","payment sync back","two-way sync","one-way sync"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie connects directly to three accounting platforms: QuickBooks Online, ","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie connects directly to three accounting platforms: QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop (through MagicCarpet), and Xero. If you run another piece of software for jobs, dispatch, project management, or field service, you can still get Biller Genie's automation by using QuickBooks as the layer in between. This page is the canonical referen","language_id":1,"id":3826907,"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 directly three accounting platforms quickbooks online, desktop (through magiccarpet), xero. run another piece software jobs, dispatch, project management, field service, can still get genie's automation using layer between. page canonical reference integrations supported, data flows, expect each, request something yet. sections, one native , desktop, middleware acculynx, servicetitan, serviceminder, jobber, autotask, housecall pro, more. see integration submit will route right product team. built around accounts-receivable workflow inside system. tier-one engineering attention, deepest two-way sync. at-a-glance comparison capability online (magiccarpet) xero customer sync (two-way) yes invoice (authorised invoices, drafts) payments push back (recorded payment line invoice) voids (wave 1 live) (qbdv4 only, callout below) refunds (full + partial, gaap items) only) chart accounts mapping automatic batch reconciliation sales receipts multi-currency (standard qbo support) qbd (bg surface fx) sub-customers (parent / child) configurable (one level via projects) custom fields invoices (po number mappable) late fees added lines technology (dual pricing surcharging) timing real-time webhooks polled every 4 hours default webhook 4× daily polling fallback lives cloud windows pc running magiccarpet feature-complete genie. choice platforms, path least resistance. syncs customers billing shipping addresses, email, phone open recently paid items (income, expense, bank, accounts) products services recent transaction activity (so know paid) mapped po number, enabled collected (credit card, ach, alternative methods), recorded routed undeposited funds account refunds, posted credit memos returning original owner refunded taxes proportioned tax authority proper treatment voids, gateway id written description audit trail email cc emails new created genie, optional numbers fast changes flow real time intuit (typically within seconds) immediately capture runs case missed manual add-on need connect admin user (intuit requires role oauth authorization) login manages multiple companies, company selected authorization confirmation migration coming (see migrating ) known limitations connected platform time. disconnecting disconnects payments, since rely oauth. system item like \"late fee\" \"refund\" unmapped accounts, fee type fail mapped. . business-to-business processing set commodity code qualify cedp 2-3 interchange savings. configure settings article detailed setup walkthrough syncing (via magiccarpet) local machine, talk service directly. small application alongside bridges two. installed file linked, flows automatically, way. \u0026amp; (including creates fee, convenience refund, surcharge, third party transaction) customers, including parent sub-customer relationships types refund deleted records, re-sync qbdv3 versus qbdv4 void difference feature. qbdv3, processed write desktop. upgrade free active subscribers, book subscriber success subscribersuccess@billergenie.com walk it. delta default. page. first pulls history chunks (5,000 records per default; reduce memory-constrained pcs). path. polls window. 10 newer (no mac support, windows) premier, enterprise unique linking merchant portal, pasted app single-user mode first-time (multi-user works afterward) available approve certificate reliable internet connection pc, must install account, magiccarpet. moving different computer fresh deactivates old pc. asleep window, waits awake running. version move require re-authorization. reconnecting full-history resync gated behind superuser-only switch hidden standard contact one. initiating full troubleshooting hosting host rightworks, rightworks environment instead rightworks-specific setup. fully supported invoice-and-payment automation, smaller feature quickbooks. evaluating depend sync, receipts, reconciliation, better fit. contacts (customers) authorised (drafts skipped purpose); paid, voided, tracked thereafter (revenue, bank archived state groups, segmentation projects, appear deep) updates direction pushes; pulled genie) additional adding side (rather separate object) automatically category, exist near four times midnight, 5 am, 11 6 pm utc now button always throttles 60 requests minute, takes 3 minutes typical advisor permissions (invoice read roles authorize) covers organizations, organization whoever becomes owner. later removed organization, breaks reconnect. important gaps deliberate integration. bugs, roadmap items. hard requirement you, choose instead. synced. issue record matching manually. models rather object. available. abr intentionally add-ons marketplace accounts. reconcile deposits manually bill individually rolling invoice. supported. use xero's fields. perform fx conversion; raw amounts as-is. attachments forwarded xero, add per-line codes surfaced. inherit setting configured edits fail. rejects line-item invoices. remove edit. self-service. success. day-to-day usage plenty subscribers field-service, project, job-management tool front business, buildertrend, others, financial though direct tools, letting them. pattern create third-party (jobber, etc.). pushes support automatically. picks next (within seconds qbo, 4-hour window qbd). reminders, autopay, paper mail, enabled. pays, collects status quickbooks, loop closes shows work. pull brief step mark (a quick periodic usually clicks). well keep operating team knows. collections acceptance. remains source truth books. thing verify whether section answers major players. payment-sync matrix table summarizes talks question determines step. links lead vendor's documentation. notes acculynx (roofing) (real-time) (automatic) two-way. job file. buildertrend (construction) marking triggers update paid. autotask psa (it services, datto kaseya) (polled) payment. invoice, apps separately. jobnimbus (roofing contracting) back; one-way not. pick pro (home services) (automatic jobs) match without creating duplicate, action serviceminder (franchise (on approval) toggle \"import payments\" back. class tracking territory servicetitan commercial (real-time batch) configurable. tokenized complicate pullback semantics, behavior jobtread two-way) marketed real-time. specific payment-status explicitly documented, jobtread. qbd. jobber (field service) (one-way push) documents plainly \"payments jobber.\" joist (contractor trades) (estimates either direction. logging required joist. fusion (hvac, unconfirmed among subscribers. setup; configurations reported overwrite match. landscape management network (lmn) treat unless confirm otherwise lmn. dynascape manage360 (landscape cad ops) connector) operational connector fieldedge likely frequently asked about. relying means vendor automatic. depends side. human take action. documented exist. heard referenced able published documentation, committing workflow. per-vendor detail contracts, (web connector, 10-minute minimum interval) net effect acculynx. overview · best practices clients, subcontractors, vendors, bills, deposit memos, clock entries estimates, budget actuals. \"once marked trigger response paid.\" automation; buildertrend. advanced regular intervals writes \"updates received online.\" kaseya splits transfer, expense transfer), separately provisioned helpdesk. best-practice external field. provided transfer confirmed services. docs kb strict hierarchy (contacts → jobs estimates payments). offers chosen land funds. draft-status variant want automation. items, connected. pulling per-payment duplicate. pre-integration push. hear weekly. collection managing publishes write-offs, approval. back, checkbox called toggled on. on, write-offs entered (which includes everything sends) serviceminder. connecting purchase orders, job-cost data, information two-way; real-time). catch tokenizes effectively sees record, semantics originating outside servicetitan. recognized gl names exactly naming fails. home markets expenses, employee entries, two systems. enumerated jobtread's public docs, integrates only; natively. auto-created transaction. timesheets states show balance remain same.\" creation; afterward close routine (we suggest weekly) office marks paid-invoices report. faqs auto-creates missing. currently synced log synced.\" direction, purely documents-out self-employed supported; online. workable low-volume subscribers; math worth committing. fusion, lmn, dynascape, fieldedge, others tools often way up, verify-first ask directly, pullback. task. whole 15 week mid-volume business. report (or same) period last reconciled. software, closed gross amount. supports csv import generate go. saved-search tip save view date (such \"since 7 days ago\"). click rebuilding business list, tell goes team's queue reviewed category. context give, easier scope prioritize.   form short. name role, industry, size, volume, critical workaround today, co-development arrangement accelerate questions optional, name, criticality, openness, required. happens submission opens linear feedback seconds. reviews submissions batches groups vendor. high-signal request, case, serious volume transactions, openness arrangement, moves scoring. matches roadmap, estimated timeline. things faster large enough responsive enough, sometimes partnering build. tick \"yes\" \"maybe\" table. follow looks like. related articles (resync all) funding timeframes method","name":"Supported Accounting-Software Integrations","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"supported-accounting-software-integrations","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/supported-accounting-software-integrations?from_search=236881851","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie connects directly three accounting platforms quickbooks online, desktop (through magiccarpet), xero. run another piece software jobs, dispatch, project management, field service, can still get genie's automation using layer between. page canonical reference integrations supported, data flows, expect each, request something yet. sections, one native , desktop, middleware acculynx, servicetitan, serviceminder, jobber, autotask, housecall pro, more. see integration submit will route right product team. built around accounts-receivable workflow inside system. tier-one engineering attention, deepest two-way sync. at-a-glance comparison capability online (magiccarpet) xero customer sync (two-way) yes invoice (authorised invoices, drafts) payments push back (recorded payment line invoice) voids (wave 1 live) (qbdv4 only, callout below) refunds (full + partial, gaap items) only) chart accounts mapping automatic batch reconciliation sales receipts multi-currency (standard qbo support) qbd (bg surface fx) sub-customers (parent / child) configurable (one level via projects) custom fields invoices (po number mappable) late fees added lines technology (dual pricing surcharging) timing real-time webhooks polled every 4 hours default webhook 4× daily polling fallback lives cloud windows pc running magiccarpet feature-complete genie. choice platforms, path least resistance. syncs customers billing shipping addresses, email, phone open recently paid items (income, expense, bank, accounts) products services recent transaction activity (so know paid) mapped po number, enabled collected (credit card, ach, alternative methods), recorded routed undeposited funds account refunds, posted credit memos returning original owner refunded taxes proportioned tax authority proper treatment voids, gateway id written description audit trail email cc emails new created genie, optional numbers fast changes flow real time intuit (typically within seconds) immediately capture runs case missed manual add-on need connect admin user (intuit requires role oauth authorization) login manages multiple companies, company selected authorization confirmation migration coming (see migrating ) known limitations connected platform time. disconnecting disconnects payments, since rely oauth. system item like \"late fee\" \"refund\" unmapped accounts, fee type fail mapped. . business-to-business processing set commodity code qualify cedp 2-3 interchange savings. configure settings article detailed setup walkthrough syncing (via magiccarpet) local machine, talk service directly. small application alongside bridges two. installed file linked, flows automatically, way. \u0026amp; (including creates fee, convenience refund, surcharge, third party transaction) customers, including parent sub-customer relationships types refund deleted records, re-sync qbdv3 versus qbdv4 void difference feature. qbdv3, processed write desktop. upgrade free active subscribers, book subscriber success subscribersuccess@billergenie.com walk it. delta default. page. first pulls history chunks (5,000 records per default; reduce memory-constrained pcs). path. polls window. 10 newer (no mac support, windows) premier, enterprise unique linking merchant portal, pasted app single-user mode first-time (multi-user works afterward) available approve certificate reliable internet connection pc, must install account, magiccarpet. moving different computer fresh deactivates old pc. asleep window, waits awake running. version move require re-authorization. reconnecting full-history resync gated behind superuser-only switch hidden standard contact one. initiating full troubleshooting hosting host rightworks, rightworks environment instead rightworks-specific setup. fully supported invoice-and-payment automation, smaller feature quickbooks. evaluating depend sync, receipts, reconciliation, better fit. contacts (customers) authorised (drafts skipped purpose); paid, voided, tracked thereafter (revenue, bank archived state groups, segmentation projects, appear deep) updates direction pushes; pulled genie) additional adding side (rather separate object) automatically category, exist near four times midnight, 5 am, 11 6 pm utc now button always throttles 60 requests minute, takes 3 minutes typical advisor permissions (invoice read roles authorize) covers organizations, organization whoever becomes owner. later removed organization, breaks reconnect. important gaps deliberate integration. bugs, roadmap items. hard requirement you, choose instead. synced. issue record matching manually. models rather object. available. abr intentionally add-ons marketplace accounts. reconcile deposits manually bill individually rolling invoice. supported. use xero's fields. perform fx conversion; raw amounts as-is. attachments forwarded xero, add per-line codes surfaced. inherit setting configured edits fail. rejects line-item invoices. remove edit. self-service. success. day-to-day usage plenty subscribers field-service, project, job-management tool front business, buildertrend, others, financial though direct tools, letting them. pattern create third-party (jobber, etc.). pushes support automatically. picks next (within seconds qbo, 4-hour window qbd). reminders, autopay, paper mail, enabled. pays, collects status quickbooks, loop closes shows work. pull brief step mark (a quick periodic usually clicks). well keep operating team knows. collections acceptance. remains source truth books. thing verify whether section answers major players. payment-sync matrix table summarizes talks question determines step. links lead vendor's documentation. notes acculynx (roofing) (real-time) (automatic) two-way. job file. buildertrend (construction) marking triggers update paid. autotask psa (it services, datto kaseya) (polled) payment. invoice, apps separately. jobnimbus (roofing contracting) back; one-way not. pick pro (home services) (automatic jobs) match without creating duplicate, action serviceminder (franchise (on approval) toggle \"import payments\" back. class tracking territory servicetitan commercial (real-time batch) configurable. tokenized complicate pullback semantics, behavior jobtread two-way) marketed real-time. specific payment-status explicitly documented, jobtread. qbd. jobber (field service) (one-way push) documents plainly \"payments jobber.\" joist (contractor trades) (estimates either direction. logging required joist. fusion (hvac, unconfirmed among subscribers. setup; configurations reported overwrite match. landscape management network (lmn) treat unless confirm otherwise lmn. dynascape manage360 (landscape cad ops) connector) operational connector fieldedge likely frequently asked about. relying means vendor automatic. depends side. human take action. documented exist. heard referenced able published documentation, committing workflow. per-vendor detail contracts, (web connector, 10-minute minimum interval) net effect acculynx. overview · best practices clients, subcontractors, vendors, bills, deposit memos, clock entries estimates, budget actuals. \"once marked trigger response paid.\" automation; buildertrend. advanced regular intervals writes \"updates received online.\" kaseya splits transfer, expense transfer), separately provisioned helpdesk. best-practice external field. provided transfer confirmed services. docs kb strict hierarchy (contacts → jobs estimates payments). offers chosen land funds. draft-status variant want automation. items, connected. pulling per-payment duplicate. pre-integration push. hear weekly. collection managing publishes write-offs, approval. back, checkbox called toggled on. on, write-offs entered (which includes everything sends) serviceminder. connecting purchase orders, job-cost data, information two-way; real-time). catch tokenizes effectively sees record, semantics originating outside servicetitan. recognized gl names exactly naming fails. home markets expenses, employee entries, two systems. enumerated jobtread's public docs, integrates only; natively. auto-created transaction. timesheets states show balance remain same.\" creation; afterward close routine (we suggest weekly) office marks paid-invoices report. faqs auto-creates missing. currently synced log synced.\" direction, purely documents-out self-employed supported; 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