ActivityType

A manual adjustment applied to the seller's account by Square.

A refund for an application fee on a payment.

Revenue generated from an application fee on a payment.

An automatic transfer from the payment processing balance to the Square Savings account. These are generally proportional to the seller's sales.

An automatic transfer from the Square Savings account back to the processing balance. These are generally proportional to the seller's refunds.

A credit card payment capture.

A fee assessed because of a deposit, such as an instant deposit.

Indicates that Square returned a fee that was previously assessed because of a deposit, such as an instant deposit, back to the seller's account.

The balance change due to a dispute event.

An escheatment entry for remittance.

The cost plus adjustment fee.

Square offers free payments processing for a variety of business scenarios, including seller referrals or when Square wants to apologize (for example, for a bug, customer service, or repricing complication). This entry represents a credit to the seller for the purposes of free processing.

An adjustment made by Square related to holding a payment.

An external change to a seller's balance (initial, in the sense that it causes the creation of the other activity types, such as a hold and refund).

The balance change from a money transfer.

The reversal of a money transfer.

The balance change for a chargeback that's been filed.

Any other type that doesn't belong in the rest of the types.

Any other type of adjustment that doesn't fall under existing types.

A fee paid to a third-party seller.

A fee refunded to a third-party seller.

Repayment for a redemption code.

A refund for an existing card payment.

An adjustment made by Square related to releasing a payment.

Fees paid for a funding risk reserve.

Fees released from a risk reserve.

An entry created when Square receives a response for the ACH file that Square sent indicating that the settlement of the original entry failed.

A capital merchant cash advance (MCA) assessment. These are generally proportional to the merchant's sales but can be issued for other reasons related to the MCA.

A capital merchant cash advance (MCA) assessment refund. These are generally proportional to the merchant's refunds but can be issued for other reasons related to the MCA.

A fee charged for subscription to a Square product.

A Square subscription fee that's been refunded.

The refund of a previously charged Square product subscription fee.

The tax paid on fee amounts.

Fees collected by a third-party platform.

Refunded fees from a third-party platform.

The balance change due to a money transfer. Note that this type is never returned by the Payouts API.

Indicates that the portion of each payment withheld by Square was automatically converted into bitcoin using Cash App. The seller manages their bitcoin in their Cash App account.

Indicates that a withheld payment, which was scheduled to be converted into bitcoin using Cash App, was deposited back to the Square payments balance.

Indicates that a repayment toward the outstanding balance on the seller's Square credit card was made.

Indicates that a repayment toward the outstanding balance on the seller's Square credit card was reversed.

Cashback amount given by a Square Local Offers seller to their customer for a purchase.

A commission fee paid by a Square Local Offers seller to Square for a purchase discovered through Square Local Offers.

When activating Percentage Processing, a credit is applied to the seller’s account to offset any negative balance caused by a dispute.

Deducting the outstanding Percentage Processing balance from the seller’s account. It's the final installment in repaying the dispute-induced negative balance through percentage processing.

Withheld funds from a payment to cover a negative balance. It's an installment to repay the amount from a dispute that had been offset during Percentage Processing enrollment.

The reversal of a percentage processing repayment that happens for example when a refund is issued for a payment.

The processing fee for a payment. If sellers opt for Gross Settlement, i.e., direct bank withdrawal instead of deducting fees from daily sales, the processing fee is recorded separately as a new payout entry, not part of the CHARGE payout entry.

The processing fee for a payment refund issued by sellers enrolled in Gross Settlement. The refunded processing fee is recorded separately as a new payout entry, not part of the REFUND payout entry.

When undoing a processing fee refund in a Gross Settlement payment, this payout entry type is used.

Fee collected during the sale or reload of a gift card. This fee, which is a portion of the amount loaded on the gift card, is deducted from the merchant's payment balance.

Refund for fee charged during the sale or reload of a gift card.

The undo of a refund for a fee charged during the sale or reload of a gift card.

A transfer of funds to a banking folder. In the United States, the folder name is 'Checking Folder'; in Canada, it's 'Balance Folder.'

A reversal of transfer of funds from a banking folder. In the United States, the folder name is 'Checking Folder'; in Canada, it's 'Balance Folder.'

A transfer of gift card funds to a central gift card pool account. In franchises, when gift cards are loaded or reloaded at any location, the money transfers to the franchisor's account.

A reversal of transfer of gift card funds from a central gift card pool account. In franchises, when gift cards are loaded or reloaded at any location, the money transfers to the franchisor's account.

A payroll payment that was transferred to a team member’s bank account.