We’re pleased to announce that QuickBooks Payments is now a part of the ProAdvisor Revenue Share Program. Accountants who sign up clients for QuickBooks Payments can earn 20% net revenue on their clients’ payment processing fees for three years after signup—and their clients can take advantage of ongoing Payments discounts and save up to 25% on processing fees.

Before making QuickBooks Payments publicly available later this year, we are offering exclusive early access to a select group of ProAdvisors, and we’d love for you to take it for a test drive.

Applying for Payments revenue share

1. You can apply for Payments revenue share as soon as you’ve received your eligibility confirmation email. The application takes just a few steps in QuickBooks Online Accountant within the Settings page. When you apply, you’ll be asked to provide your bank account information, your firm’s tax ID, and some details from your I-9.
2. We’ll review your application within 3 to 5 business days. You can check your application status at any time in QuickBooks Online Accountant under Payments revenue share.
3. If approved, you’re ready to start earning! 

Invite your eligible clients to sign up for Payments

QuickBooks Payments gives your clients the tools to manage accounting and payments—all in one place. Take payments, manage client accounts, and automatically reconcile books. Whether by card, ACH, Apple Pay, PayPal, Venmo, or other methods, get control over how clients are paid and how you work. Learn more about Payments.

When you get access, you can invite clients to sign up for QuickBooks Payments right from the revenue share dashboard in QuickBooks Online Accountant. The clients you invite will get an email to let them know you’ve recommended Payments for them. Once they’ve applied for Payments and have been approved, they can begin accepting payments and you can start earning revenue share for their transactions. Clients aren't notified of a firm’s participation in the revenue sharing program.

Frequently asked questions

Who's eligible for revenue share?

All U.S. QuickBooks Online Accountant firms are eligible to apply for the revenue share program. Only the primary admin and full-access users can enroll a firm in the revenue share program. Revenue share is payable to the firm, not to individual employees or team members.

Which clients can I invite to QuickBooks Payments revenue share?

To be considered eligible, your client must not have previously used QuickBooks Payments, must be a U.S.-based company, and must remain in good standing with Intuit, along with other criteria.

How long can I collect Payments revenue share payouts?

The firm is eligible to receive revenue share for three years starting from the date you add your client to the program.

How are QuickBooks Payments revenue share payouts calculated?

Revenue share payouts are determined by the net revenue share from the transactions your clients process in QuickBooks Payments. Net revenue is calculated by the transaction fees that QuickBooks charges, minus the fees paid to our processing partners such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and financial institutions.

How and when do I receive payouts?

You’ll receive a monthly payout via direct deposit for all eligible clients you’ve added through revenue share who accept payments with QuickBooks Payments. However, it may take a couple of months to begin receiving revenue share. Payouts only occur after your client begins paying and/or receiving payments.

Why is a W-9 required?

The income you receive from Intuit as part of the revenue share program will be subject to federal/state income tax. If you received $600+ from Intuit, you will receive a 1099-NEC form with the amount in Box 1.

**Offer Terms & Conditions/Disclaimer: 

Money movement services are provided by Intuit Payments Inc., licensed as a Money Transmitter by the New York State Department of Financial Services. For more information about Intuit Payments' money transmission licenses, please visit https://www.intuit.com/legal/licenses/payment-licenses/ .

QuickBooks Online Accountant Revenue Share Program Offer Terms

Eligibility: QuickBooks Online Accountant (“QBOA”) firms in the United States only are eligible to apply to enroll in the “Revenue Share Program” and manage only new U.S.-based users for certain subscriptions (“Revenue Share Subscriptions”), products (“Revenue Share Products”) and add-ons (“Revenue Share Add-Ons”).

Revenue Share Subscriptions means the following QuickBooks products services: 

QuickBooks Online Simple Start, Essentials, Plus, and Advanced

QuickBooks Online Payroll Core, Premium, and Elite*

QuickBooks Time 

QuickBooks Payments (collectively the “Revenue Share Products”).

*The Revenue Share Add-Ons means the per employee fee and multi-state charge for QuickBooks Online Payroll. The Revenue Share Subscriptions and Add-Ons do not include other optional add-on services for which Intuit charges a fee and is not already included in the base fee for the subscription.

Only one (1) QBOA user may enroll the QBOA firm in the Revenue Share Program per product. Intuit reserves the right to accept or decline any QBOA firm.

Offer Terms: 

QuickBooks Payments: Each Revenue Share Program participant (“Participant”) is eligible to receive 20% net revenue share from the transactions the accountant’s clients process in QuickBooks Payments for the first 3 years (“Revenue Share Payment(s)”), starting from the date you add your client to the Revenue Share program for QuickBooks Payments. The firm is eligible to receive Revenue Share Payments for the 3 years only. Eligible clients must meet the following requirements: 1)) Not previously used QuickBooks Payments; 2) US based company, and 4) Remain in good standing with Intuit along with other criteria. QuickBooks Payments account subject to eligibility criteria, credit, and application approval. 

Revenue Share Program cannot be combined with any other Intuit offer. Offer valid for a limited time only, only in the U.S., and is non-transferable.

Termination. Intuit may terminate these terms or the Revenue Share Program or modify the terms of the Revenue Share Program for any reason and at any time, at Intuit’s sole discretion, without notice. Terms, conditions, pricing, special features, and service and support options are subject to change without notice.