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<p>This document explains how to manage your payment methods for your self-serve
Cloud Billing account. Specifically, it explains how to add, remove, or
update credit cards and bank accounts when, for example, your needs change or to
fix payment errors.</p>

<h2 id="overview" data-text="About Cloud Billing accounts" tabindex="-1">About Cloud Billing accounts</h2>

<p>Cloud Billing accounts pay for usage costs in Google Cloud projects and
Google Maps Platform projects. Cloud Billing accounts <em>don&#39;t</em>
pay for Google Workspace accounts. Google Workspace customers need a
separate Google Workspace billing account.</p>

<p>You need a Cloud Billing account to use Google Cloud or
Google Maps Platform. To use Google Cloud resources in a project, billing
must be enabled on the project. Billing is enabled when the project is linked
to an active Cloud Billing account.</p>
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<a href="/free/docs/gcp-free-tier" track-type="article" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">services that are free</a>.</span></aside>
<h2 id="pricing_information" data-text="Pricing information" tabindex="-1">Pricing information</h2>

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<a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/billing/gmp-billing" track-type="tasks" track-name="externalLink" track-metadata-position="body">Google Maps Platform Billing</a>.</li>
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<h2 id="setup" data-text="Set up a Cloud Billing account" tabindex="-1">Set up a Cloud Billing account</h2>

<p>The following sections explain how to set up a Cloud Billing account.</p>

<h3 id="create_a_new_billing_account" data-text="Create a new Cloud Billing account" tabindex="-1">Create a new Cloud Billing account</h3>

<p>There are
<a href="/billing/docs/concepts#billing_account_types" track-type="article" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">two types of Cloud Billing accounts</a> that you can create:</p>

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      <td><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/create-billing-account" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">Self-serve (or Online) account</a></td>
      <td><p>You can create self-serve accounts online, and manage the forms of
        payment you use to automatically pay for your Google Cloud and
        Google Maps Platform usage costs.</p>
        <p><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/create-billing-account" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">
          Create a new, self-serve Cloud Billing account</a></p></td>
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      <td><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/invoiced-billing" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">
      Invoiced (or Offline) account</a></td>
      <td><p>If you prefer to have a Cloud Billing account that pays
        for your Google Cloud and Google Maps Platform usage costs
        with a monthly invoice, or multiple invoices when
        <a href="/billing/docs/how-to/split-invoice" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">
        split invoicing</a> applies, we must configure invoiced accounts for
        you.</p>
        <p><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/invoiced-billing" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">
          Apply for monthly invoiced billing</a></p></td>
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<h3 id="bank-auth" data-text="About authorization requests" tabindex="-1">About authorization requests</h3>

<p>When you create a new, self-serve Cloud Billing account, you might
notice a $0.00 transaction from Google on your bank or credit card statement.
These are authorization requests only, not actual charges.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Learn more <a href="/billing/docs/how-to/create-billing-account#bank-auth" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">about authorization requests</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>For information about verifying bank accounts, see
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/verify-bank" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">Verify your bank account</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>For information about adding backup methods of payment, see
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/payment-methods" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">Add, remove, or update a payment method</a>.</p></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="verify_your_email_address" data-text="Verify your Google payments contact email address" tabindex="-1">Verify your Google payments contact email address</h3>

<p>To ensure you receive Cloud Billing-related and
payments-related notifications, we might
ask you to verify your email address on your Google payments profile.</p>

<ul>
<li>Learn more about
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/create-billing-account#verify-email-address" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">how to verify your email address</a>.</li>
</ul>

<h2 id="modify-billing-account" data-text="Modify your Cloud Billing account settings" tabindex="-1">Modify your Cloud Billing account settings</h2>

<p>After you create a Cloud Billing account and its associated
Google payments profile, you can
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/modify-billing-account" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">change or update many account settings</a>.</p>

<p>This section lists a few of the settings you can update. For a more complete
list, see
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/modify-billing-account" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">Modify your Cloud Billing account</a>.</p>

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      Billing account name</a></td>
      <td>The name of the billing account that displays in billing account
        selectors and tabular lists or reports that display the billing account
        name.</td>
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      <a href="/billing/docs/how-to/modify-billing-account#change_the_billing_address" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">
      Mailing addresses</a></td>
      <td>There are one or more mailing addresses associated with your
        billing account. The mailing addresses can include the
        legally registered business address, and the addresses where invoices
        are mailed.</td>
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      <td><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/modify-project#change_the_billing_account_for_a_project" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">
    Projects linked to the Cloud Billing account</a></td>
      <td>A Cloud Billing account defines who pays for a
        given set of resources, and it's
        <a href="/billing/docs/how-to/view-linked" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">
        linked to one or more projects</a>. Project usage is charged to the
        linked Cloud Billing account. You can
        <a href="/billing/docs/how-to/modify-project#change_the_billing_account_for_a_project" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">
        change the Cloud Billing account linked to each of your
        projects</a>.</td>
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      <td><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/payment-methods" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">
    Payment methods for a self-serve billing account</a></td>
      <td>Usage costs accrued for a self-serve Cloud Billing account
        are automatically charged to the payment instrument on file in the
        associated Google payments profile. These forms of payment typically
        include credit cards, debit cards, or bank accounts, depending on your
        <a href="/billing/docs/resources/currency" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">
        country and currency</a>.</td>
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      <td><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/purchase-order" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">
    Purchase Order number on invoices</a></td>
      <td>For Cloud Billing accounts configured to be billed by
        a monthly invoice, you can set or modify the invoice purchase order
        number (also called IO number, CPE, or client code), an identifier
        that appears in the header of your invoices.</td>
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<h2 id="close-reopen-delete" data-text="Close, reopen, or delete a Cloud Billing account" tabindex="-1">Close, reopen, or delete a Cloud Billing account</h2>

<p>The following sections explain how to close, reopen, or delete a
Cloud Billing account.</p>

<h3 id="close_a_billing_account" data-text="Close a Cloud Billing account" tabindex="-1">Close a Cloud Billing account</h3>

<p>You can close an active Cloud Billing account to stop all billable
services in any
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/view-linked" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">projects linked to the account</a>,
such as running VM instances or storage buckets. If your projects aren&#39;t
linked to an active, valid Cloud Billing account, you can&#39;t use the
products and services enabled in your projects. This is true
even if your projects only use Google Cloud or
Google Maps Platform
<a href="/free/docs/gcp-free-tier" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">services that are free</a>.</p>

<ul>
<li>Learn how to
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/close-or-reopen-billing-account#close_a_billing_account" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">close a Cloud Billing account</a>.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Tip</strong>: Rather than closing your account, you can stop new charges from
accruing in a Cloud Billing account using one of the following
options:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/modify-project#disable_billing_for_a_project" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">Disable billing</a> 
on each
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/view-linked" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">project linked to the Cloud Billing account</a> </li>
<li><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/modify-project#change_the_billing_account_for_a_project" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">Link your projects to a different, active Cloud Billing account</a>.</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="reopen_a_closed_billing_account" data-text="Reopen a closed Cloud Billing account" tabindex="-1">Reopen a closed Cloud Billing account</h3>

<p>If your Cloud Billing account is closed or inactive, you can reopen
the account.</p>

<p>Before a Cloud Billing account can be reactivated, you must resolve
any Google payments-related issues or suspensions. Follow the steps in the
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/resolve-issues#resolving_declined_payments" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">resolving declined payments</a> 
troubleshooter for assistance.</p>

<ul>
<li>Learn how to
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/close-or-reopen-billing-account#reopen_a_closed_billing_account" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">reopen a closed Cloud Billing account</a>.</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="delete_a_billing_account" data-text="Delete a Cloud Billing account" tabindex="-1">Delete a Cloud Billing account</h3>

<p><strong>Cloud Billing accounts can&#39;t be manually deleted.</strong> Even if you
<a href="#close_a_billing_account" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">close your Cloud Billing account</a>,
the Cloud Billing account information is retained for reporting and
auditing purposes.</p>

<p>To stop charges,
<a href="#close_a_billing_account" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">close the Cloud Billing account</a> 
or
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/modify-project#disable_billing_for_a_project" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">disable billing</a> 
on the
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/view-linked" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">associated projects</a>.</p>

<h4 id="automatic_deletion_of_orphaned_accounts" data-text="Automatic deletion of orphaned accounts" tabindex="-1">Automatic deletion of orphaned accounts</h4>

<p>A Cloud Billing account is orphaned if it has no active
administrators. This can happen if the Google Accounts of all administrators
are deleted. An orphaned account is not automatically closed or deleted, and
charges continue on the attached payment method.</p>

<p>Google only schedules a Cloud Billing account for automatic
deletion if all users on its IAM policy have had their
Google Accounts permanently deleted and purged.</p>

<p>Google doesn&#39;t automatically delete an orphaned account if it meets any of
the following criteria:</p>

<ul>
<li>The account is associated with an active
<a href="/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy#organizations">Organization resource</a>.</li>
<li>The account type is
<a href="/billing/docs/how-to/invoiced-billing">Monthly Invoicing</a>.</li>
<li>The account is specially designated as a high-value or strategic
account.</li>
</ul>



<p>If you want to change the form of payment associated with your
Cloud Billing account, you can
<a href="https://support.google.com/paymentscenter/topic/9023854" track-type="tasks" track-name="externalLink" track-metadata-position="body">manage your payment methods</a> 
in the Google payments center.</p>



<h2 id="related_topics" data-text="Related topics" tabindex="-1">Related topics</h2>

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<li><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/modify-project" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">Enable, disable, or change billing for a project</a> </li>
<li><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/payment-methods" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">Add, remove, or update a payment method</a> </li>
<li><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/resolve-issues" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">Resolve billing issues</a> </li>
<li><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/view-history" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">View your cost and payment history</a> </li>
<li><a href="/billing/docs/how-to/reports" track-type="tasks" track-name="internalLink" track-metadata-position="body">View your billing reports and cost trends</a> </li>
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