Dear QuickBooks Community,

We are contemplating switching over to the QB Merchant Payment Service where our customers can pay their invoices with a credit card with a link from their invoice.  We are QB Desktop Enterprise users, and use a 3rd party as our merchant services provider.  I have called QBs, but they could not answer some questions, so here I am.

I am interested in learning what other companies are doing it and how.

From my conversation with QBs, I learned that there is a transaction fee per transaction and a % that comes off the invoice.  If customer A is paying their invoice for $100, and the merchant fees (let's say 3%) get taken off as the customer pays, how do I process that fee?  The customer would never be able to pay the full invoice.  I don't want my customers to see a line item on their invoice that says credit card fees.  Credit card surcharges are illegal in a few states.  We happen provide services in Colorado, which is such a state.  I know that some people get away with calling it  a convenience fee.  But I don't think that will hold water with any of our long time customers.

So how do you manage this in QuickBooks for your business?

Thank you.