{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "item": {
    "slug": "square",
    "name": "Square",
    "category": "finance-and-operations",
    "description": "Square provides fee and tax reports, and eligible regions expose monthly fee or tax invoices rather than one universal subscription invoice.",
    "status": "researched",
    "website": "https://squareup.com/",
    "invoiceHelpUrl": "https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/5068-what-are-square-s-fees",
    "accessMethods": [
      "vendor_portal",
      "email_forward",
      "manual_upload"
    ],
    "authentication": {
      "oauth": false,
      "apiToken": false,
      "browserSession": true,
      "requiredRole": "Square Account Owner or team member with reporting and billing permission"
    },
    "capabilities": {
      "accountDiscovery": {
        "supported": false,
        "notes": "No public workflow for discovering every account from billing data is documented."
      },
      "billingHistory": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "Billing records are documented at Square Dashboard fee, tax-invoice, or accounting reports for the account's region."
      },
      "invoiceMetadata": {
        "supported": "partial",
        "notes": "Metadata varies with the available document type and billing arrangement."
      },
      "invoicePdf": {
        "supported": "partial",
        "notes": "A PDF or equivalent document is available only for some plans or regions."
      },
      "creditNotes": {
        "supported": "unknown",
        "notes": "Credit-note availability is not confirmed by the reviewed source."
      },
      "lineItems": {
        "supported": "partial",
        "notes": "Line-item depth varies by document type, plan, or contract."
      },
      "usage": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "The vendor documents usage detail alongside its billing workflow."
      },
      "subscriptions": {
        "supported": "partial",
        "notes": "Some, but not all, billed products are subscriptions."
      },
      "paymentMethod": {
        "supported": "unknown",
        "notes": "Payment-method visibility is not confirmed by the reviewed source."
      }
    },
    "billing": {
      "cadence": [
        "monthly",
        "transaction-based"
      ],
      "invoiceLocation": "Square Dashboard fee, tax-invoice, or accounting reports for the account's region",
      "emailedAutomatically": "unknown",
      "currencies": [],
      "documentTypes": [
        "fee invoice",
        "tax invoice",
        "fee report"
      ]
    },
    "billproof": {
      "retrieval": false,
      "normalization": true,
      "transactionMatching": true,
      "connectionAvailable": false,
      "limitations": [
        "Billproof does not currently have a direct Square billing connection.",
        "Retrieval requires an authorized user to download or forward the document."
      ]
    },
    "normalizedFields": [
      "vendor_name",
      "invoice_number",
      "invoice_date",
      "billing_period",
      "subtotal",
      "tax",
      "total",
      "currency",
      "payment_method",
      "account_id"
    ],
    "commonCardDescriptors": [],
    "researchedAt": "2026-08-29",
    "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-08-29",
    "sources": [
      {
        "title": "Learn about Square fees",
        "url": "https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/5068-what-are-square-s-fees",
        "type": "official"
      }
    ],
    "guide": {
      "quickAnswer": "Use Square Dashboard's fee, accounting, or tax-invoice area for the account's region; export the monthly PDF or report that supports the charge.",
      "requiredRole": "Square Account Owner or team member with reporting and billing permission",
      "steps": [
        "Sign in to Square Dashboard and select the correct business and location.",
        "Open Account & Settings for fee or tax invoices, or Reports > Accounting > Fees.",
        "Choose the reporting month and location.",
        "Download the available PDF, or export the fee report for reconciliation."
      ],
      "historyLocation": "Square Dashboard fee, tax-invoice, or accounting reports for the account's region",
      "missingInvoice": "Confirm whether the region issues a fee or tax invoice and whether the account had qualifying activity; otherwise use the exported fee report and contact Square support.",
      "formats": [
        "PDF fee or tax invoice",
        "fee report",
        "CSV export"
      ],
      "commonProblems": [
        "Square customer invoices are confused with Square's own fee evidence.",
        "The selected location or regional account has no qualifying monthly invoice."
      ],
      "matchingTips": [
        "Match business, location, month, fee total, and taxes.",
        "Reconcile processing fees to transfer and transaction reports rather than a card subscription charge."
      ]
    },
    "statusLabel": "Billing guide available",
    "cta": "Request this integration",
    "manualGuide": null,
    "urls": {
      "html": "https://billproof.io/integrations/square",
      "json": "https://billproof.io/api/public/vendors/square.json",
      "capabilities": "https://billproof.io/api/public/vendors/square/capabilities.json"
    }
  }
}