When entering your billing information to reactivate your account, there are several factors you'd want to consider.
Make sure there are no special characters or symbols (such as @ or *) in your billing address. Special characters will cause errors.
Make sure every field on the payment method screen is filled in, including the Postal code. If your address doesn't have a Postal code, enter 00000.
Follow "Step 1: Update your billing info" in a private web browser. For Google, this is called Incognito mode and for Safari, it's a Private window. If you can update your billing info and don't see the error, you need to clear your web browser cache.
Meanwhile, let's try accessing your QuickBooks account using a private or an incognito browser. Your regular browser's cache may have been corrupted, resulting to unexpected behavior when updating your billing information. You can use either of these keyboard shortcuts:
Google Chrome: Ctrl + Shift + N
Mozilla Firefox: Ctrl + Shift + P
Safari: Command + Option + P
Once logged in, you can try updating your credit card information. Here's how:
Lastly, you can refer to this article to see other possible reasons why a credit card authorization might be declined: Why was my credit card declined?
Get back to us here if you have other questions or concerns about managing your account. I'm always here to lend a hand.
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