{"schema":"exacc.help.page/1","url":"https://exacc.au/help/take-card-payments-stripe/","title":"Take card payments with Stripe","description":"Connect Stripe so customers can pay invoices by credit or debit card from the invoice email. Payments are recorded in Exacc automatically.","category":"Invoicing & Payments","summary":"Connect a Stripe account in **Business Details › Online Payments** and choose where payments and fees are recorded. From then on, every invoice email has a **Pay now with Stripe** link; the customer pays the balance on Stripe's secure page and Exacc records the payment against the invoice for you.","lastVerified":"2026-09-29","apps":["app","public"],"processIds":["stripe_connect","record_invoice_payment"],"start":{"label":"Open Online Payments","url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/business-details?tab=stripe"},"menuPath":["Manage","Configuration","Business Details","Online Payments"],"before":["Business details you can give Stripe (ABN, bank account for payouts, identity of the owner)."],"steps":[{"step":1,"title":"Connect Stripe","body":["Open **Manage › Configuration › Business Details** and the **Online Payments** tab. Click **Activate**; Exacc takes you to Stripe to create or connect your account. Finish Stripe's steps; if you stop part way, come back and click **Continue creation**."],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/business-details?tab=stripe"},{"step":2,"title":"Choose where payments go","body":["Once active, set:"],"fields":[{"name":"Payments will be recorded in","help":"the account card payments go into, e.g. a Stripe clearing account."},{"name":"Merchant Fees will be recorded in","help":"the expense account for Stripe's fees."},{"name":"Payments will be recorded as","help":"the payment method, e.g. Card."}]},{"step":3,"title":"Save Changes","body":["Click **Save Changes**. Without these three, card payments cannot be recorded."]}],"sections":[{"heading":"What your customer sees","body":["The invoice email includes **Pay now with Stripe using your credit or debit card**. The link opens Stripe's secure checkout for the full amount still due; the customer enters their card there, then sees \"Payment Successful\"."]},{"heading":"What happens in Exacc","body":["The payment is recorded against the invoice automatically, into the account and method you chose, with the note \"Stripe Payment\". When Stripe reports its fee, Exacc posts it to your merchant fees account (with GST split out if you are registered).","Refunds and chargebacks are handled in Stripe and are not recorded in Exacc automatically."]}],"faqs":[{"q":"Can a customer pay part of an invoice by card?","a":"No. The pay-now link always charges the full amount still due. For instalments, set up a payment plan and record the payments as they come in."}],"related":["https://exacc.au/help/update-business-details/","https://exacc.au/help/create-invoice/","https://exacc.au/help/record-customer-payment/"],"linkNote":"Links containing {dbId} open that screen in the business file whose id is dbId. A person can also open this help page with ?db=<dbId> to get the same links as buttons."}