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How to Accept Credit Card Payments

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These days, accepting credit card payments for your products or services is a virtual requirement. In fact, some businesses have begun to do away with cash transactions entirely—perhaps because researchers have found that people overspend with credit cards. A Step-by-Step Guide to the Credit Card Payment Process.

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How to Accept Credit Card Payments Without a Merchant Account

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How to Accept Credit Card Payments Without a Merchant Account. In order to accept credit card payments without a merchant account, you’ll have to work with a payment service provider, also known as a third-party payment provider, payment facilitator, or processing aggregator.

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Are Business Credit Card Fees Tax Deductible?

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But that also means you’re likely to come up against business credit card fees, which can add up. With tax season upon us, you might wonder if business credit card fees are tax deductible. After all, who doesn’t want to make the most of their deductions? Understanding How Business Credit Card Fees Work.

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Is Your AR Management up to the Task?

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Invoice Inaccuracies : When there are errors on your invoice, or discrepancies between your invoice and the customer’s purchase order (PO), your customer is likely to only make a partial payment (also known as a payment deduction) or not pay until the discrepancy is resolved.

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Increase the Liquidity of Your Receivables Portfolio

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Move your smallest customers onto credit cards at the time of purchase. Only accept credit card payments from your larger customers if they pay within 10 days of the invoice. As an incentive, you can forego a credit card surcharge, which would be roughly equivalent to offering a cash discount.

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Benefits of Having A Business Bank Account

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It Simplifies Tax Deductions Instead of wading through personal purchases to extract business transactions as you track your cash flow or estimate your quarterly tax payments, having a dedicated business bank account allows you to identify exactly what you’ve purchased for the business.

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Revolving Credit vs Installment Credit

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Pros and Cons of Revolving Credit Pros Revolving credit accounts allow borrowers tremendous purchasing flexibility. For example, most local and online retailers and service providers accept credit card payments today and the application approval process often takes only a few minutes.