Accept credit card payments with QuickBooks Merchant Service. Simply follow the steps below to get started.
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Step 1. Getting Started
- Bill your customer as you normally would.
(For special instructions on how to invoice by e-mail and receive payment online, click here.)
- Once you receive credit card information from your customer, go to the QuickBooks Receive Payments form:
- From the Customers menu choose Receive Payments.
Note: If you applied for the QuickBooks Merchant Service from the QuickBooks.com Web site, you may be prompted to update your Merchant Service to make it work with QuickBooks.
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Step 2. Recording Payments
- On the Receive Payments form:
- Enter your customer's credit card information and the payment amount.
- Select the Process credit card payment checkbox.
- Click Save & New.
- You will then see the Process Credit Card Payment screen.

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Authorize a credit card payment and capture the funds at a later time.
On the Receive Payments form:
- Create an authorization by entering your customer's credit card information and the payment amount.1
- When the transaction is complete, retrieve the authorization and capture funds against it.
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Step 3. Process Credit Card Payments
- On the Process Credit Card Payment screen, provide any additional credit card information.

- Click Send.
- Your payment information will be transmitted over the Internet to the QuickBooks Merchant Service for approval.
- You may be prompted to enter your QuickBooks Business Services login name and password.
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Step 4. Receipts
If your payment is authorized, you will see the Processed Payment Receipt screen.
- Print this screen for your records.
- Your funds are automatically transferred into your account, and the transaction automatically recorded in QuickBooks.
- You do not need to enter any more information.
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Step 5. Reports
Use the Merchant Account Service Manager to create a variety of reports about credit card transactions you have processed:
- From the Customers menu, choose Credit Card Processing Activities and then Manage Merchant Service.
- Use the report options and filter to create a report that meets your needs.
Need more information? Browse our Frequently Asked Questions for more information on using the QuickBooks Merchant Service.
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