How to understand your subscription rates and charges

Possible reasons include:

• It could be that VAT is added to the base subscription price.
• You had promotional discounts that have expired, so you are now being billed the regular price for your subscription.
• You recently upgraded from Simple Start to Essentials, or from Essentials to Plus.

Possible reasons include:

• You upgraded from Simple Start to Essentials, or from Essentials to Plus mid-billing cycle.
• You have multiple companies, which means you will be billed for each one.
• You forgot to cancel a subscription (cancellation has to be done manually by the primary admin user).
• You saw a second charge related to the pre-authorisation process for credit card payments:
  • If you are checking your credit card account online, please be aware that QuickBooks submits a pre-authorisation before processing your subscription payment. This pre-authorisation allows us to verify that the credit card on file is valid and that there is enough available credit to process the charge. Typically the pre-authorisation is removed within five days.
  • If your payment was very recent, you may still see the pre-authorisation on your account. Intuit's pre-authorisations can be up to R1 more than the actual charge, so if the amount is not what you thought you were being charged for your subscription, this could be why. Additionally, since the pre-authorisation is temporary, you may see the charge online, but will not see this on your credit card statement.
  • If you have any questions, you can verify the pre-authorisation by calling your credit card company.