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Secure deposits, automate books: How QuickBooks Payments keeps your projects moving

For businesses managing larger contracts, delayed deposits can tie up significant capital, put vendor payments at risk, and derail project schedules. Securing upfront payments is essential for a healthy sales pipeline and protecting your margins.

QuickBooks Payments solves this challenge by making deposit collection fast, professional, and predictable.

Deposits on Estimates is an integrated solution that simplifies your entire process from start to finish.

  • Stronger Cash Flow: Secure deposits upfront, ensuring you have the capital to begin work and maintain liquidity.
  • On-Time Projects: Order materials, schedule crews, and start jobs without waiting on payments.
  • Automated Bookkeeping: Deposits post automatically as deferred income and apply seamlessly when invoiced.
  • Client Confidence: A polished, transparent process that builds trust and makes payments easy.
  • One Connected Workflow: Manage estimates, deposits, and invoices all in QuickBooks—no need to juggle third-party apps.

The stakes are high: 28% of mid-market businesses prefer securing payment before the work even begins.

  • Learn how a glass installation company collected deposits 7 days faster.
  • See how they saved more than 100 hours a year in admin work.
  • Discover how they moved 75% of their customers to digital payments with this single feature.

Read the Full Story: How They Get Paid 7 Days Faster

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Money movement services are provided by Intuit Payments Inc., licensed as a Money Transmitter by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Get more information about Intuit Payments' money transmission licenses.

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