If you pay for Google products or services via invoices received from us, you need to make payments against those invoices regularly. Your products and services might be suspended if you don’t. If this happens, you can pay overdue invoices or request to increase your credit limit.
Most monthly invoicing advertisers can make payments by wire transfer or check. Payment options may vary by country, so refer to your invoice for available methods. There's no fee for using monthly invoicing, a credit line for which you're approved when you apply. This article will guide you through the steps of making a payment and provide you with a few tips to ensure that your payment is applied as quickly and accurately as possible.
Before you begin
Before you pay an invoice, review the following guidelines:
- We don’t accept credit card payments, and checks can take longer to process than wire transfers.
- If the invoice hasn’t been generated yet, we can’t accept an advance payment.
- Have your invoice handy. It will state the payment options available to you, and you can find banking details at the bottom.
- Always include your Google invoice number (not your local tax invoice) and any credit memo numbers with your payment. This ensures faster and more accurate application of your payment to your account. Without this information, your payment may be applied to your oldest outstanding charges. Include tax withholding documents, if applicable, and specify the invoice they relate to.
- If you have questions about invoice numbers or payment processing, email the address shown on your invoice.
When to pay
You make payments according to the terms and conditions that you agree to when you enroll in monthly invoicing. These terms will include the number of days that you have to pay your invoice.
Pay online
Pay by wire transfer
Pay by check
FIFO (first in, first out) policy
By default, you are opted into an automatic payment application on a first in, first out basis, where the incoming payments are automatically applied to the oldest open invoice(s). The setting can be turned on or off based on your preferences. To change your settings, navigate to your Payments profile > Settings > Automatically Apply Payments section.
- On: Automatically applies payments to the oldest invoice(s) first.
- Off: Email remittance information to collections@google.com for payments.
Note:
- If Google cannot find or apply your payment, we may contact the Payments contacts listed on your account. Ensure that the contact details are correct and up to date in Settings.
- In cases we do not receive a response, Google may apply payments to your oldest open invoice(s).
- Due to local regulations, the ability to toggle FIFO (automatic payment application) feature on and off is not available in Argentina, India, Indonesia, and Mexico.
Tips for using the FIFO (automatic payment application) feature
- If you have a lot of open invoices, it may be helpful to enable FIFO to avoid having to manually apply each payment.
- If you want to have more control over how payments are applied, you can disable FIFO and manually apply payments to invoices.
- You can change the setting at any time.
If you have any questions about the auto application of payments feature, please contact our support team at collections@google.com.
