[{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-09-23T07:53:30.815Z","tag_names":["tip at checkout","customer portal tip","gratuity block","tip presets","enter a custom amount","tip cannot exceed","tip cap","ach tip","bank payment tip","apple pay tip","paypal tip","autopay tip","tip receipt","view tip receipt","payment link tip","statement tip"],"answer_sample":"Once Tips is set up and Allow Tips is on for a customer, that customer sees a gra","long_answer_sample":"Once Tips is set up and Allow Tips is on for a customer, that customer sees a gratuity block when they pay. This article shows what appears on each screen, what happens at the cap, and how bank payments and digital wallets behave. The block is labelled with your Gratuity item name, which defaults to Gratuity. Where the gratuity block appears Screen ","language_id":1,"id":3952607,"last_published_date":"September 23rd, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"tips set allow customer, customer sees gratuity block pay. article shows appears screen, happens cap, bank payments digital wallets behave. labelled item name, defaults gratuity. screen card (ach) apple pay paypal, venmo, later panel portal home page (one invoices) yes invoice payment offered link statement auto-pay charges plan installments never selected least one invoice. several invoices paid together, adds tip whole payment. 15% selected. total updates chooses. three preset buttons. percentage presets show only, example 15%; dollar amount total. fixed amount, $5.00. nothing pre-selected. tapping it; removes it. enter custom opens field hides presets. choose brings back clears tip. shown turned off. chooses, always see account will charged. percentages calculated worked paid, technology fee. surcharge apply fee tips, disclosed includes cap exceed simply shown. none fit, directly (or, amounts off, appears). typed rejected \"tip $x.xx\" go lowers biller genie silently reduces customers can exactly payments. charged payment, take days settle, recorded accounting software settles. transaction \"a receipt $x.xx created settles.\" settles, recorded. paypal paying add tip; sheet label. checkout, venmo later, offer entry today. tipping enrolling ticks \"your applies today's only. future automatic include one.\" carry receipts history on-screen row. row applies. lists label, order subtotal, fee, gratuity, genie. history, quickbooks-synced click view open tip's sales receipt. keep label issued with. renaming change old receipts. charge installment. later. paid. added moment separately part related articles glance setting sync quickbooks refunds work dual pricing checkout experience surcharging pay, google overview merchant copy","name":"What Your Customer Sees: Adding a Tip at Checkout","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"what-your-customer-sees-adding-a-tip-at-checkout","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/what-your-customer-sees-adding-a-tip-at-checkout?from_search=240336160","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"tips set allow customer, customer sees gratuity block pay. article shows appears screen, happens cap, bank payments digital wallets behave. labelled item name, defaults gratuity. screen card (ach) apple pay paypal, venmo, later panel portal home page (one invoices) yes invoice payment offered link statement auto-pay charges plan installments never selected least one invoice. several invoices paid together, adds tip whole payment. 15% selected. total updates chooses. three preset buttons. percentage presets show only, example 15%; dollar amount total. fixed amount, $5.00. nothing pre-selected. tapping it; removes it. enter custom opens field hides presets. choose brings back clears tip. shown turned off. chooses, always see account will charged. percentages calculated worked paid, technology fee. surcharge apply fee tips, disclosed includes cap exceed simply shown. none fit, directly (or, amounts off, appears). typed rejected \"tip $x.xx\" go lowers biller genie silently reduces customers can exactly payments. charged payment, take days settle, recorded accounting software settles. transaction \"a receipt $x.xx created settles.\" settles, recorded. paypal paying add tip; sheet label. checkout, venmo later, offer entry today. tipping enrolling ticks \"your applies today's only. future automatic include one.\" carry receipts history on-screen row. row applies. lists label, order subtotal, fee, gratuity, genie. history, quickbooks-synced click view open tip's sales receipt. keep label issued with. renaming change old receipts. charge installment. later. paid. added moment separately part related articles glance setting sync quickbooks refunds work dual pricing checkout experience surcharging pay, google overview merchant copy","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-09-23T07:53:30.091Z","tag_names":["set up tips","tips settings","enable tipping","allow tips","tip presets","maximum tip","tip cap","custom tip amount","apply technology fee to tips","post tips to","tip income","tips payable","gratuity item","tip label","customer defaults allow tips","install tips add-on"],"answer_sample":"This article walks through installing the Tips add-on, choosing your settings and","long_answer_sample":"This article walks through installing the Tips add-on, choosing your settings and letting your customers tip. For what Tips is and who can use it, start with Tips at a Glance. Before you begin You are on the Premium plan, or on a Premium trial.\nIf you use QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop, your sync is connected and healthy. Biller Genie creat","language_id":1,"id":3952606,"last_published_date":"September 23rd, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"article walks installing tips add-on, choosing settings letting customers tip. can use it, start glance. begin premium plan, trial. quickbooks online desktop, sync connected healthy. biller genie creates gratuity item tip account turn tipping on. see connect desktop page settings. xero. available right install add-ons (see managing users genie). step 1 add-on merchant portal, click marketplace. narrow results tools category, find tile. open tile continue. now appears sidebar. changes nothing yet. stays next step. 2 choose \u0026gt; tips. two cards, suggested amounts. every setting explained below. save done. amounts cards. default enable turns customers. turning exist post income (recommended) revenue. payable (liability) hold owed staff. records owe paying clearing balance done payroll accounting software; never distributes existing \"use default\" posts choice above, creating one accounts instead, follows account's type. only, shown reaches quickbooks. label read only. name pay. rename software remap mapping tab. software, items first tipped payment. apply technology fee surcharge. on, rate applies (the times tip, compounding). gateways surcharge applied full charged amount, including gratuity, shows changed. dual pricing merchants setting. fees account. tax item. used split collected receipt still totals customer paid. strongly recommend leaving non-taxable, case leave 0. 0 type percentage (%) fixed amount ($). percentages calculated paid, fee. switch numbers preset slots stay typed, 10, 15 20 become $10, $15 $20. presets (three slots) buttons see. slot blank skip it. must greater zero, support decimal places, exceed 100%. 15, maximum percent payment caps amount. = cap. cap hidden customer, typed rejected. (no cap) allow custom off, keep non-taxable adds make taxable quickbooks, splits later refund books cents. 3 let everyone once, type, time. wins default. control panel defaults global type). set want. update have, pick bulk dropdown value types. exception, save. new inherit row general tab, selected. greyed controls disabled installed off. first. 4 check connected, service named bg payable, depending choice. integration will tab matching item-linked accounts. \"your reached yet\", wait sync. offered exists change later. repoints without rewriting past transactions. liability locks created. decide want different label. renaming item, show \"service award\" instead \"gratuity\", (or map tab). receipts issued with. stop offering keeping uninstalling same; customer's flag kept, reinstalling picks left books. related articles glance sees adding checkout refunds work","name":"Setting Up Tips","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setting-up-tips","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/setting-up-tips?from_search=240336160","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"article walks installing tips add-on, choosing settings letting customers tip. can use it, start glance. begin premium plan, trial. quickbooks online desktop, sync connected healthy. biller genie creates gratuity item tip account turn tipping on. see connect desktop page settings. xero. available right install add-ons (see managing users genie). step 1 add-on merchant portal, click marketplace. narrow results tools category, find tile. open tile continue. now appears sidebar. changes nothing yet. stays next step. 2 choose \u0026gt; tips. two cards, suggested amounts. every setting explained below. save done. amounts cards. default enable turns customers. turning exist post income (recommended) revenue. payable (liability) hold owed staff. records owe paying clearing balance done payroll accounting software; never distributes existing \"use default\" posts choice above, creating one accounts instead, follows account's type. only, shown reaches quickbooks. label read only. name pay. rename software remap mapping tab. software, items first tipped payment. apply technology fee surcharge. on, rate applies (the times tip, compounding). gateways surcharge applied full charged amount, including gratuity, shows changed. dual pricing merchants setting. fees account. tax item. used split collected receipt still totals customer paid. strongly recommend leaving non-taxable, case leave 0. 0 type percentage (%) fixed amount ($). percentages calculated paid, fee. switch numbers preset slots stay typed, 10, 15 20 become $10, $15 $20. presets (three slots) buttons see. slot blank skip it. must greater zero, support decimal places, exceed 100%. 15, maximum percent payment caps amount. = cap. cap hidden customer, typed rejected. (no cap) allow custom off, keep non-taxable adds make taxable quickbooks, splits later refund books cents. 3 let everyone once, type, time. wins default. control panel defaults global type). set want. update have, pick bulk dropdown value types. exception, save. new inherit row general tab, selected. greyed controls disabled installed off. first. 4 check connected, service named bg payable, depending choice. integration will tab matching item-linked accounts. \"your reached yet\", wait sync. offered exists change later. repoints without rewriting past transactions. liability locks created. decide want different label. renaming item, show \"service award\" instead \"gratuity\", (or map tab). receipts issued with. stop offering keeping uninstalling same; customer's flag kept, reinstalling picks left books. related articles glance sees adding checkout refunds work","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T14:54:25.000Z","tag_names":["payment sync queue","payment sync history","sync error","invoice not paid in quickbooks","qbo sync error","xero sync error","qbd web connector","dequeue payment sync","transaction has been deleted","stale object error","closed transaction cannot be edited","authentication failed","6240 qbo","5010 qbo","3120 qbd","3171 qbd","3200 qbo","reconcile biller genie quickbooks","late fee not on quickbooks invoice","payments needing resolution","re-queue payment","dismiss payment","payment withheld from sync"],"answer_sample":"When a customer pays an invoice through Biller Genie, the payment is recorded in ","long_answer_sample":"When a customer pays an invoice through Biller Genie, the payment is recorded in Biller Genie first and then pushed back to your accounting software (QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, or Xero) so your books match reality. Most of the time this push happens within a few minutes and you never have to think about it. When something goes wrong, the","language_id":1,"id":1957804,"last_published_date":"August 10th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"customer pays invoice biller genie, payment recorded genie first pushed back accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) books match reality. time push happens within minutes never think it. something goes wrong, ends sync queue error message — will continue show unpaid resolve report check whenever clearly paid still showing open xero. nine times ten answer here, tells exactly fix. matters reconciliation pain integrated a/r workflow comes one system other. took money great accountant opens next morning sees open. two systems disagree. now phone call. genie's \"this payment\" surface. every entry represents transaction landed failed post software. fix, fix underlying cause (or determine way), click dequeue remove queue. that, agree again. find main menu, reports \u0026gt; history. page panels (top) payments currently stuck. daily action list. history (bottom) either synced successfully dequeued. useful audit forensics. requires viewer role higher) see managing users . column shows id links details genie. tracing processed. associated with. amount dollar trying sync. created enqueued (= processed bg). last attempt tried payment. empty, row retried yet. recent queue, failing repeatedly. accounts receivable account to. \"a/r found.\" desc returned single wrong. actions button appears least made. removes retry. \"dequeue, retry\" below. actually works (and retries fire) soon added background process runs schedule tries queued online xero 5 minutes. desktop 2 web connector actively running merchant's machine. syncs, moves panel status \"synced.\" fails, stays timestamp updates, gets new message. keep retrying fixed retry budget gives n attempts (except specific cases, noted below). common messages patterns often. exact wording directly software's api response passes minimal translation full available. \"transaction deleted\" / \"object found\" \"stale reference\" means customer) supposed applied deleted apply code 6240 610; 3120; \"invoice valid status.\" safely issue purely accounting-software side. deletion intentional want either, dequeue. accidental need books, recreate software, manually (biller re-attempt different original gone). auto-detects case (error 3120) and, 3 retries, automatically dequeues row. move without anything. \"payment greater invoice's current balance\" someone another balance less apply. records exist money. applied. duplicate (cash posted + bg-processed payment), delete manual let bg's correctly. (your business kept purpose), accept bg live bg, object error\" object\" edited moment 5010. benign catalog. cycle (5 later qbo/xero) updated succeed. persists across multiple cycles, escalate support else may going on. \"closed edited\" period locked containing closed (the month/quarter/year). refuses modify period. 6000 transaction\" detail; 3171. temporarily reopen (settings settings advanced close qbo; edit preferences closing date qbd), sync, re-close (without unlocking period) \"authentication failed\" \"authorization \"authenticationunsuccessful\" connection disconnected oauth token expired, revoked, integration unlinked. 3200. reconnect go add-ons, entry, disconnect connect again). resume syncing cycle. email notifications enabled control settings, likely got alert already. \"timeout only) computer respond fast enough, cancelled request. usually transient. first, confirm machine use is, just wait (2 minutes) try again, checks whether anyway previous retrying. repeated timeouts row, restart application. \"validation error(s) ...\" (xero rejected several reasons spelled colon. variants modification voided deleted. above. exceeds outstanding balance-mismatch case. 'xyz' longer matches re-select account. \"in order xero, default name 'sales' 'enable accounts' option switched required\" chart payments-enabled sales set place can via api. accounts. create named \"sales\" turn \"enable account\" option. save. (you'll reconcile affected surfaces informational only, auto-retried error.) dequeue, important. permanently marked \"not synced.\" dequeueing right (e.g., bookkeeper found hand). permanent (invoice purpose; it; etc.). decided particular temporary (\"stale object,\" timeout, etc.) authentication failure clears itself. understand contact support@billergenie.com dequeued, own. automatic rules auto-dequeues cases take (3120), deleted, point older 365 days cleanup 900 retires year-old rows. \"automatically dequeued due age\" make (status = synced). researching old ever pushed; final reason). auditing known outage related queues outbound covers line items (late fees, technology fees) existing invoices. workflow, data. voids flow separate sibling report. refund refunds back. pro tip weekly review non-empty end-of-month, almost certainly states vs 5-minute friday catches problems month-end reports. completed days, get alert. needing resolution sometimes deliberately holds instead sending usual settled applying ach overpay pushing leave unapplied credit sitting customer, send second paid\" email. top history, reason shown. captured hand-off paused, waits decide. to-do link straight panel, timeline withheld sits held choose options dismiss hand simply pushed. leaves panel. re-queue all. choosing reminder first. order. refused closed. bring change come re-queue. through, closes sides, disappears closed, voided, charged back, returned. refunded ach, finish settling rather re-queueing articles activity configure general (email notification)","name":"Payment Sync Queue and History: Why Invoices Sometimes Don’t Show Paid in Your Accounting Software","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-the-payment-sync-history-report","first_category":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","categories_display_for_views":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","parent_categories":[1368781],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/reports-and-reconciliation/using-the-payment-sync-history-report?from_search=240336160","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customer pays invoice biller genie, payment recorded genie first pushed back accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) books match reality. time push happens within minutes never think it. something goes wrong, ends sync queue error message — will continue show unpaid resolve report check whenever clearly paid still showing open xero. nine times ten answer here, tells exactly fix. matters reconciliation pain integrated a/r workflow comes one system other. took money great accountant opens next morning sees open. two systems disagree. now phone call. genie's \"this payment\" surface. every entry represents transaction landed failed post software. fix, fix underlying cause (or determine way), click dequeue remove queue. that, agree again. find main menu, reports \u0026gt; history. page panels (top) payments currently stuck. daily action list. history (bottom) either synced successfully dequeued. useful audit forensics. requires viewer role higher) see managing users . column shows id links details genie. tracing processed. associated with. amount dollar trying sync. created enqueued (= processed bg). last attempt tried payment. empty, row retried yet. recent queue, failing repeatedly. accounts receivable account to. \"a/r found.\" desc returned single wrong. actions button appears least made. removes retry. \"dequeue, retry\" below. actually works (and retries fire) soon added background process runs schedule tries queued online xero 5 minutes. desktop 2 web connector actively running merchant's machine. syncs, moves panel status \"synced.\" fails, stays timestamp updates, gets new message. keep retrying fixed retry budget gives n attempts (except specific cases, noted below). common messages patterns often. exact wording directly software's api response passes minimal translation full available. \"transaction deleted\" / \"object found\" \"stale reference\" means customer) supposed applied deleted apply code 6240 610; 3120; \"invoice valid status.\" safely issue purely accounting-software side. deletion intentional want either, dequeue. accidental need books, recreate software, manually (biller re-attempt different original gone). auto-detects case (error 3120) and, 3 retries, automatically dequeues row. move without anything. \"payment greater invoice's current balance\" someone another balance less apply. records exist money. applied. duplicate (cash posted + bg-processed payment), delete manual let bg's correctly. (your business kept purpose), accept bg live bg, object error\" object\" edited moment 5010. benign catalog. cycle (5 later qbo/xero) updated succeed. persists across multiple cycles, escalate support else may going on. \"closed edited\" period locked containing closed (the month/quarter/year). refuses modify period. 6000 transaction\" detail; 3171. temporarily reopen (settings settings advanced close qbo; edit preferences closing date qbd), sync, re-close (without unlocking period) \"authentication failed\" \"authorization \"authenticationunsuccessful\" connection disconnected oauth token expired, revoked, integration unlinked. 3200. reconnect go add-ons, entry, disconnect connect again). resume syncing cycle. email notifications enabled control settings, likely got alert already. \"timeout only) computer respond fast enough, cancelled request. usually transient. first, confirm machine use is, just wait (2 minutes) try again, checks whether anyway previous retrying. repeated timeouts row, restart application. \"validation error(s) ...\" (xero rejected several reasons spelled colon. variants modification voided deleted. above. exceeds outstanding balance-mismatch case. 'xyz' longer matches re-select account. \"in order xero, default name 'sales' 'enable accounts' option switched required\" chart payments-enabled sales set place can via api. accounts. create named \"sales\" turn \"enable account\" option. save. (you'll reconcile affected surfaces informational only, auto-retried error.) dequeue, important. permanently marked \"not synced.\" dequeueing right (e.g., bookkeeper found hand). permanent (invoice purpose; it; etc.). decided particular temporary (\"stale object,\" timeout, etc.) authentication failure clears itself. understand contact support@billergenie.com dequeued, own. automatic rules auto-dequeues cases take (3120), deleted, point older 365 days cleanup 900 retires year-old rows. \"automatically dequeued due age\" make (status = synced). researching old ever pushed; final reason). auditing known outage related queues outbound covers line items (late fees, technology fees) existing invoices. workflow, data. voids flow separate sibling report. refund refunds back. pro tip weekly review non-empty end-of-month, almost certainly states vs 5-minute friday catches problems month-end reports. completed days, get alert. needing resolution sometimes deliberately holds instead sending usual settled applying ach overpay pushing leave unapplied credit sitting customer, send second paid\" email. top history, reason shown. captured hand-off paused, waits decide. to-do link straight panel, timeline withheld sits held choose options dismiss hand simply pushed. leaves panel. re-queue all. choosing reminder first. order. refused closed. bring change come re-queue. through, closes sides, disappears closed, voided, charged back, returned. refunded ach, finish settling rather re-queueing articles activity configure general (email notification)","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}}]