[{"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=240336306","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=240336306","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":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-09-23T07:53:28.580Z","tag_names":["tips","tipping","gratuity","add a tip","tip at checkout","accept tips","tips add-on","tip presets","gratuity invoice payment","premium add-on","tips marketplace","tips xero","tip income","tips payable","optional gratuity","service award"],"answer_sample":"Tips lets your customers add an optional gratuity when they pay an invoice in the","long_answer_sample":"Tips lets your customers add an optional gratuity when they pay an invoice in the Customer Portal by card or bank account. You choose the suggested amounts, the cap and where the money posts in your books. Biller Genie charges the tip in the same transaction as the payment, records it on its own Sales Receipt in QuickBooks, and reverses it automatic","language_id":1,"id":3952605,"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 lets customers add optional gratuity pay invoice customer portal card bank account. choose suggested amounts, cap money posts books. biller genie charges tip transaction payment, records sales receipt quickbooks, reverses automatically refund void payment. part premium plan extra cost. install add-ons marketplace merchant portal. tile tools. installed carry green badge. amounts. three presets, percentages payment fixed dollar can type amount allow it. cap. limit percentage accidental zero never goes through. label. see name item. defaults \"gratuity\" rename clean post income liability account mixed revenue. sync quickbooks refunds work. automatic reversals. comes back it, proportion. always optional. preset pre-selected without tipping. use requirement detail premium. merchants trial too. accounting software online, desktop, software. available xero. methods (ach) payments make portal, links statements. permissions users marketplace; add-on configuration right change settings. managing genie. technology fees works alongside surcharging dual pricing. whether fee applies tip. switches, sees prompt true marketplace. enable tipping \u0026gt; tips. customer. every existing turn on, either one time everyone defaults. nobody yet common reason third switch. turning alone shows nobody. open control panel defaults, set \"set value customers\". full walkthrough setting block page, statement links, home alike. adding checkout screen. offered auto-pay installments. makes themselves. paypal, venmo later. paypal offers entry. apple checkout. page (see pay, google digital wallets genie). key hidden xero merchants, using frequently asked questions cost no. included plan. require default voluntary. nothing pre-selected, alone. taxed adds tax keep item non-taxable quickbooks. customer's behalf today. collected count toward processed volume yes. processing gross processor reports 1099-k. paying staff reporting wages stay payroll provider. happens refunded proportion refund. returns whole related articles work global pricing glance","name":"Tips at a Glance","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"tips-at-a-glance","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/tips-at-a-glance?from_search=240336306","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"tips lets customers add optional gratuity pay invoice customer portal card bank account. choose suggested amounts, cap money posts books. biller genie charges tip transaction payment, records sales receipt quickbooks, reverses automatically refund void payment. part premium plan extra cost. install add-ons marketplace merchant portal. tile tools. installed carry green badge. amounts. three presets, percentages payment fixed dollar can type amount allow it. cap. limit percentage accidental zero never goes through. label. see name item. defaults \"gratuity\" rename clean post income liability account mixed revenue. sync quickbooks refunds work. automatic reversals. comes back it, proportion. always optional. preset pre-selected without tipping. use requirement detail premium. merchants trial too. accounting software online, desktop, software. available xero. methods (ach) payments make portal, links statements. permissions users marketplace; add-on configuration right change settings. managing genie. technology fees works alongside surcharging dual pricing. whether fee applies tip. switches, sees prompt true marketplace. enable tipping \u0026gt; tips. customer. every existing turn on, either one time everyone defaults. nobody yet common reason third switch. turning alone shows nobody. open control panel defaults, set \"set value customers\". full walkthrough setting block page, statement links, home alike. adding checkout screen. offered auto-pay installments. makes themselves. paypal, venmo later. paypal offers entry. apple checkout. page (see pay, google digital wallets genie). key hidden xero merchants, using frequently asked questions cost no. included plan. require default voluntary. nothing pre-selected, alone. taxed adds tax keep item non-taxable quickbooks. customer's behalf today. collected count toward processed volume yes. processing gross processor reports 1099-k. paying staff reporting wages stay payroll provider. happens refunded proportion refund. returns whole related articles work global pricing glance","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}}]