How to reconcile SumUp income
This help guide article covers how to reconcile SumUp income. SumUp is similar to Square and Zettle in that as well as enabling organisations to accept income payment by card, it can also be used as a till system, with both cash and card transactions being recorded.
If you are using GiveALittle (which processes payments via SumUp), please switch over to this help guide article which covers GiveALittle.
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The two options for reconciling SumUp income
Within ExpensePlus there are 2 choices for how to reconcile SumUp income (you will need to pick the one that will work best for you).
You should not reconcile payouts from SumUp as 'Income Received / Other income'. SumUp charges transaction fees, so recording the net amount that arrives in your bank account simply as income is incorrect from an accounting perspective. Instead, choose one of the below options - both of which enable you to ensure the gross amount of income collected via SumUp is recorded as income, and the SumUp transaction fees are correctly recorded as expenditure.
- Option 1: Splitting payouts manually using the 'mixed income' option - This can be a good option where you have only a small number of SumUp transactions, or all transactions are typically either just card donations, or relate to just one event (where you wish to bulk together similar income transactions in addition to doing the same with fees).
Option 1 can't be used if you are using SumUp as a till system through which you are also recording cash income.
- Option 2: Adding SumUp as a payment processor account and uploading and reconciling transactions - This option enables you to upload and reconcile the transactions that form part of your SumUp payouts in a highly automated and efficient way using the quick-match feature in ExpensePlus, avoiding the need to manually split payouts into gross income and fees.
Option 1: Splitting payouts manually using the 'mixed income' option
Reconciling SumUp payouts appearing on your main bank account statement
When you reconcile your uploaded bank transactions, select the SumUp payout on the left-hand table of your match transactions screen, click the + button, then, in the pop-up that appears, select the transaction type as 'mixed income'.
Within the 'Enter Mixed Income' screen, enter the details for the transactions in the SumUp payout:
- GASDS Donations - any contactless card donations where the amount given is £30 or less
- Income (other) - all other income, such as ticket / book / cafe sales (along with contactless card donations greater than £30 which are not eligible for GASDS)
- Less Expenditure - the total of the fees deducted (typically grouped into a single expenditure line).
Typically, the named donation option isn't used since most donations will be contactless card donations, which can be claimed under GASDS (removing the need to try and manually track at the point of donation which donor gave which amount, with which card number).
Any card donations over £30 are not eligible for GASDS and should be entered instead in the 'Income (other)' section.
If you are finding the process of splitting payouts as described above tedious or time-consuming, then we'd recommend you consider option 2 which is far quicker and doesn't require manual data entry.
Option 2: Adding SumUp as a payment processor account, and uploading and reconciling transactions
Reconciling SumUp payouts appearing on your main bank account statement
When you reconcile your uploaded bank transactions, select the SumUp payout on the left-hand table of your match transactions screen, click the + button, then, in the pop-up that appears, select the transaction type as 'Payout from Payment Processor', and then select your SumUp account.
You will need to set up SumUp as a payment processor account before you can do this - click here to find out how to do this.
Reconciling SumUp Transactions
If you haven't already done so, you will first need to Connect to SumUp Automated Feed. Once connected, SumUp transactions will automatically appear within your SumUp account in ExpensePlus.
The bank matching process for SumUp transactions works similarly to a regular bank account - with the ability to remember and quick-match transactions.
This means that once you have reconciled SumUp transactions for the first month, you won't need to manually enter these transactions for future months. Instead, you can simply click the 'quick match income' button at the top of the match transactions screen.
Updating the description field on your SumUp card reader between events / when accepting donations for a special offering will make it easy to differentiate between different income transactions, and to allocate money to the correct fund/category when reconciling transactions. To find out more, search SumUp Helpguide for 'Assign transactions for payout reports'.
Where transactions haven't been previously reconciled and auto remembered:
GASDS Donations
To reconcile contactless card donations that are £30 or under:
(1) select the transaction in the left-hand table of the match transactions screen;
(2) click the '+' button to the right of the transaction;
(3) select the 'GASDS Donation' option in the pop-up and enter the details.
Contactless card donations over £30 are not eligible for GASDS and should be entered instead as 'Income Received' / 'Other income'.
Income Received
To reconcile income for an event or sales income:
(1) select the transaction in the left-hand table of the match transactions screen;
(2) click the '+' button to the right of the transaction;
(3) select the 'Income Received' option in the pop-up and enter the details.
Consider shortening the 'Description to Remember' field to just the first part of the description as this will enable all future sales / event income to auto-match!
Card/Payment Process Fee
To reconcile SumUp transaction fees:
(1) select the transaction in the left-hand table of the match transactions screen;
(2) click the '+' button to the right of the transaction;
(3) select the 'Card/Payment Processor Fee' option in the pop-up and enter the details.
Consider shortening the 'Description to Remember' field to just 'Fee -' as this will enable all future SumUp transaction fees to auto-match!
Recording SumUp CASH that is banked (not relevant for most organisations)
This is only applicable where SumUp is being used as a till system through which cash is being recorded.
If you are using SumUp as a till system where both cash and card sales are being recorded, then your SumUp balance will be made up of both cash held and card transactions that have been collected and are awaiting payout to your bank account.
If you wish to bank cash from your till, to record this within ExpensePlus, you need to go to the Bank Deposit screen, and use the 'Plus Cash Added from Petty Cash / Till System' section to record the cash being banked.
This will automatically create an entry in your SumUp account in ExpensePlus, causing your SumUp balance to reduce - reflecting that the money has been banked.
To better understand the Bank Reconciliation functionality, please watch the module overview video here.