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May 25, 2025
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Is it possible to have customers pay the credit card fees?

  • May 25, 2025
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May 25, 2025

Letting customers pay the credit card fees is currently unavailable, adadamandsons1. We can create an item and add it to the transaction instead.

 

Follow the steps below to make an item and pass these charges to your customers through invoices:

 

  1. Go to Sales on the left panel, then select Products & services.
  2. Click the New icon, then choose Service.
  3. Enter a Name for easy identification. (Example: Credit Card Fees).
  4. Pick the account you'd use to track the processing fees under the Income account.
  5. Click Save and Close.

 

Once done, add the CC Fees to the customer's invoice to include this in the calculation along with the other goods or services. I've added a screenshot below for reference:

 

Afterward, create and send customer statements to remind them about their upcoming deadlines and receive your receivables on time.

 

Once settled, register your revenues in the system to monitor the business finances: Record invoice payments in QuickBooks Online.

 

Return to this thread for more help when customizing your sales forms or recording your receivables. I'd lay out the resources for you.

FishingForAnswers
May 25, 2025

@adamandsons1  Bear in mind that the above is simply your next best option; it will never fully recapture the costs of your credit card fees, given that the added line will itself be subject to credit card fees.

 

As to why, although it is generally allowed, it remains illegal in certain states. I expect Intuit simply doesn't want to poke that hornet's nest, so leaves it up to the users to fend for themselves.

May 26, 2025

@adamandsons1 

Are you B2B or B2C? You need to use a 3rd party payment processor to do so.