Payment profiles (bank accounts)

Payment profiles let you specify how Google should pay you for Google Play sales revenue. When you assign a payment profile to a sales territory, payments for any sales in those countries will be made according to that profile's settings. You can use the same payment profile for multiple sales territories.

You can access your payment profiles by signing in to your account at play.google.com/books/publish/ and navigating to the Payment Center.

Create a payment profile

1. Sign in to the Partner Center at play.google.com/books/publish/.
2. Go to the Payment Center.
3. In the "Payment profiles" section, click Add a payment profile.
4. Enter a profile name. We suggest indicating the country and currency for this payment profile.
5. Enter your business information, including your business name, contact name, address, and phone number.
6. Provide one or more Payments contacts to be notified of any errors with the bank account or other payment settings. The recipient will receive an email to confirm their address.
7. Click Submit. Your payment profile will now be listed.
8. Follow the next set of instructions to associate a bank account with this payment profile.

Add a new bank account

1. Navigate to the Edit payment profile screen if you're not already there: From the Payment Center of the Partner Center, click on Edit next to the payment profile.
2. In the "How you get paid" box," click Add payment method.
3. Enter your bank account information.
4. Click Save.

Verify a bank account

We'll ask you to verify ownership of any bank account you add to your account, unless the bank account is in a country where Google makes deposits via wire transfer.

1. After you add a new bank account, Google will make a small deposit within two business days. (Your bank may take up to three additional days to register the transaction.)
2. Review your online bank statement or contact your bank to locate the deposit, which will be labeled as GOOGLE DEPOSIT or something similar.
3. In the Payment Center of your account, edit the payment profile with the bank account you wish to verify.
4. Navigate to the "How you get paid" box and verify your bank account by entering the deposit amount.

If you locate the test deposit but have trouble confirming the amount in your account, please contact us. If you fail to receive the test deposit, check the list of potential reasons.

If you sell any books before you verify your bank account, your account will accrue the amount owed to you until you can receive payments.

Edit bank account information

You can't directly edit a bank account number. If you'd like to change your bank account information, edit the payment profile and add a new bank account with the updated details. Make sure to set it as the primary payment method.

You'll need to verify the new bank account unless it's in a country where Google makes deposits via wire transfer.

Optionally, you can remove the details for the old bank account.

Remove a bank account

Important: You can't remove the only verified bank account from your payments profile. To remove a bank account, first add and verify a new account. Then, set your new account as your primary account, and remove the old one.

To remove a bank account from a payment profile by following these steps:

1. Sign in to the Partner Center at play.google.com/books/publish/.
2. Go to the Payment Center.
3. Click Edit next to the payment profile with the bank account you wish to remove.
4. Navigate to the "How you get paid" box and remove the bank account.

Multiple bank accounts

If you want payments to be made to more than one bank account, set up additional payment profiles. Only one bank account can be active for each payment profile, but if you have multiple sales territories, you can associate a different payment profile with each sales territory.

Check payouts, payment receipts & withheld taxes

Tip: If you’re a service provider, you may receive payments from multiple publishers in one bank account. You can match the payment numbers in payment receipts to your bank’s data.

Submit tax information

If you sell books in U.S. dollars, you'll need to provide tax information for each payment profile which receives revenue from transactions made in U.S. dollars. Otherwise, payments for that profile will be held by Google. You can submit tax information by editing a payment profile and going to the "Payee Profile." Get more information.

Payment & error notifications

To be notified about any errors with bank account setup or other payments settings, provide at least one Payments Contacts email address:

1. Sign in to the Partner Center at play.google.com/books/publish/.
2. Go to the Payment Center.
3. Next to the payment profile, click Edit.
4. Click Manage Settings.
5. Scroll to "Payments contacts."
6. Contacts must verify their email address through an email that immediately arrives from payments-noreply@google.com.

Contacts receive notifications from payments-noreply@google.com whenever an action is needed with a bank account or other payments settings. They also receive a simple notification whenever a payment is issued, usually once a month.