Square payouts to Xero
Upload the Square payout or settlement report and download two things: a bank-style file of the individual lines, and a payout journal that splits each payout into gross sales, fees, refunds, chargebacks and net so the bank line reconciles in Xero.
First 5 pages free. No card, no account until you download.
| Description | Account | Debit | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross sales | 200 | 1,000.00 | |
| Square processing fees | 404 | 29.50 | |
| Refunds | 200 | 50.00 | |
| Net payout to bank | 090 | 920.50 |
Where the report is in Square
Balance > Transfers, or Reports > Transfers, exported as CSV or PDF.
How Square fees work
Square shows Collected, Fees and Net per transfer.
Posting it in Xero
Xero's Stripe feed only records fees automatically for invoices paid through Xero. For everything else you post the payout journal yourself; PayoutParse produces it in Xero's manual journal CSV format (Accounting > Manual journals > Import). The journal PayoutParse produces uses Sales, Fees and a bank clearing line per payout; change the account codes in the file to match your chart of accounts before importing.
The check
For each payout, gross less fees less refunds less chargebacks plus adjustments must equal the printed net. If it doesn't, the file is marked needs review and is not charged.
Other software
Square to QuickBooks Online, Square to Sage Accounting, Square to FreeAgent.