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July 4, 2021
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Online Invoice Payments - Full Workflow?

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New to the community, thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

 

Can anyone explain how the integrated online invoice payments (via PayPal) is meant to work in the QBO back-end?

 

  • A customer has just paid an invoice by clicking the link on the invoice.
  • I can see a Payment and Expense created within QBO.
  • The Banking is asking us to review the money (net) that's landed in our PayPal account. I cant see a way to match this to the payment and expense, if I click add will it not duplicate the income?

 

I understand the process with manual PayPal payments, Undeposited Funds etc. But this "automatic" method doesn't yet fully make sense to me.

 

Any help greatly appreciated.

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Rasa-LilaM
July 4, 2021

Welcome aboard to the Community, MagCAD.


Let me share some information on how QBO handles PayPal payments.


When you create an invoice in QBO and send it to your customers, they can pay with a credit card, debit card, or PayPal wallet. When they make a payment, it’s automatically created in QuickBooks and linked to the invoice.


The online program will match the downloaded payment (PayPal) with the one you already entered. This process prevents duplication of transactions.


We’ll have to exclude the expense to keep your records correct. This ensures you can match the payment to the invoice.

 

  1. Click the Banking menu from the navigation panel and choose Banking.
  2. Go to the Banking tab and select PayPal.
  3. In the For Review section, tick the box for the entry you wish to remove.
  4. Hit the Exclude menu to move the entry to the Excluded section.

Here’s an article that provides more insights into this process: Exclude a bank transaction you downloaded into QuickBooks Online.


After performing these steps, you can now match the payment to the invoice. Check out this article for detailed instructions. From there, you'll learn how to review and classify downloaded entries: Categorise and match online bank transactions in QuickBooks Online.


You can bookmark the following link for additional resources. It contains answers to common questions about recording payments via PayPal: Accept Card Payments with PayPal app FAQ.


Feel free to visit the Community again if you have other concerns. I’ll get back to help and make sure you’re taken care of. Enjoy the rest of the week.

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MagCADAuthor
July 4, 2021

Hi Rasa-LilaM,

 

Thanks for the reply, however your answer doesn't quite match with what i'm seeing in QBO.

 

  • The customer paid the invoice using the online payments link.
  • QBO has automatically created a payment and linked it to the invoice.
  • QBO has automatically created an expense for the correct PayPal fees.
  • QBO has pulled the banking transaction in from my PayPal account, but it has no linked this with anything. Currently it is asking me to add or match, but there's nothing for me to match it to.

 

Any help greatly appreciated.

RenjolynC
RenjolynC
July 4, 2021

Thanks for your prompt reply, MagCAD.

 

To help manage your situation, you'll want to record the receive payment in QuickBooks Online. Then, make sure to deposit the payment in the Undeposited Funds account.

 

Once done, create a bank deposit and add the bank fee as a negative amount. The instructions are included in these articles:

 

Lastly, go back to the Banking page and check if you see a match on your PayPal transactions. Please feel free to check the articles shared by my colleague Rasa-LilaM.

 

We're always around if there's anything else you need. Just leave a reply below and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Take care and stay safe!

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