Last updated on April 7, 2025
Last updated on April 7, 2025
When you send an invoice as a payment request to your customer for the sale of goods or services, the customer may see one or more Payment Types to choose from. Payment Types are made available at PayPal’s discretion and may differ by account type. The rate you pay for an Invoicing Transaction will depend on the Payment Type chosen by your customer at the time the customer pays the invoice, as set forth on the Fees page.
When using Invoicing, you acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for, and we will have no liability in respect of, the following: (1) creating, managing, and administrating invoices generated through the use of Invoicing in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations; (2) the accuracy and completeness of your invoices, including the calculation and remittance to any governmental authority of any applicable tax associated with the goods or services that are the subject of the invoice; (3) ensuring that each of your customer/payer invoice recipients has consented to receive invoices from you via PayPal by email or text message, as applicable; (4) ensuring that your customers/payers pay in accordance with the invoice issued through the use of Invoicing; (5) the customer/payer recipient of the invoice having such technical installations, firewalls, domains, software etc. that make it impossible to receive electronic messages; (6) providing support, in the event such is required, to your customer/payer concerning any invoice issued through the use of Invoicing, regarding the products and/or services provided by you; and (7) providing all legally required notices and obtaining all necessary authorizations to share personal data with PayPal.
If you are subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as a Covered Entity or Business Associate (as defined in HIPAA), you covenant and agree that you will not use Invoicing in a manner that causes PayPal to create, receive, maintain or transmit Protected Health Information (PHI) on your behalf.
You may choose to enable Invoicing Subscription for your PayPal business account, which is an optional subscription service that allows you to sync your Invoicing data with your third-party accounting software provider, as well as other features we may make available to you. You may enable and manage your subscription activity while logged into PayPal.com or in other experiences we may make available to you. PayPal will send data to your third-party accounting software provider based on your instruction. You are responsible for the accuracy of, completeness of, and your reliance on the data that you instruct us to send to your third-party accounting software provider. The fees applicable to Invoicing Subscription are set out on our Fees page.
In order to purchase Invoice Subscription services, you must select a payment method for each purchase. You can select any payment method linked to your PayPal account that we make available to you or use funds held as balance in your PayPal business account. You authorize us to charge the funding instrument(s) selected by you and any backup payment methods, including the balance held in your PayPal business account, in connection with your use of Invoicing in the event the instrument selected by you is unavailable.
The billing entity for part or all of the services provided by PayPal may be that of a subsidiary, affiliate, or partner organization of PayPal and you hereby consent to any such billing, including changes to the billing entity from time to time.
We may amend or otherwise revise these Invoicing Terms in accordance with the terms of the PayPal User Agreement.