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The Documents page makes managing your Google Ads billing documents easy. You can look for specific documents, download them in bulk or individually, create custom filters for viewing your documents, and more.
Before you begin
Access the Documents page
- In your Google Ads account, click the Billing icon
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- Click Documents.
.Verify your payment setting
If you need to verify which payment setting you're using, follow these steps:
- In your Google Ads account, click the Billing icon
- Click Settings.
- Tick the 'How you pay' section to confirm your payment setting.
Automatic or manual payments (applies to most advertisers)
Using the Documents page, you can see all of your statements and local tax billing documents (if applicable to your country). Additionally, you can take the following actions:
- Filter your invoices
- Sort your invoices
- Download individual or multiple documents
- Show or hide columns
Filter your invoices
- Above the table, select + Add a filter.
- Select the filter type that you’d like to apply.
- Enter any additional information needed to complete the filter.
- Example: After you add the “Document number” filter, enter the invoice number (or list of invoice numbers, separated by a comma) that you’re searching for.
- Example: After you add the 'Issue date' filter, select the date range of the documents you need to see.
- Select Apply, then add more filters as needed.
To remove a filter, select the X on the filter that you’d like to remove.
Sort your invoices
To sort your statements and local tax documents (if applicable to your country) ascending or descending order, just click the column header that you’d like to sort. Click the column header again to toggle between ascending and descending order.
Download individual or multiple documents
- Tick the box to the left of the invoices that you’d like to download.
- To select all of the documents that appear in your table, tick the box in the very top left of the table.
- Select Download selected.
- Choose the format that you’d like to use to download your invoices.
- Select Download.
Show or hide columns
- At the top of the column on the far right of your invoices table, select Edit.
- Select the columns that you want to show or hide.
- To rearrange the order of the columns in the table, drag the column names in the 'Edit' box.
- Select Save.
Monthly invoicing
Using the Documents page, you can see all of your invoices, debit notes and credit notes. Additionally, you can take the following actions:
- Filter your invoices
- Sort your invoices
- Download individual or multiple invoices
- Show or hide columns
- Save custom filters
Filter your invoices
- Above the table, select + Add a filter.
- Select the filter type that you’d like to apply.
- Enter any additional information needed to complete the filter.
- Example: After you add the “Document number” filter, enter the invoice number (or list of invoice numbers, separated by a comma) that you’re searching for.
- Example: After you add the 'Issue date' filter, select the date range of the documents you need to see.
- Select Apply, then add more filters as needed.
To remove a filter, select the X on the filter that you’d like to remove.
Sort your invoices
To sort your invoices ascending or descending order, just select the column header that you’d like to sort. Select the column header again to toggle between ascending and descending order.
Download individual or multiple invoices
- Tick the box to the left of the invoices that you'd like to download.
- To select all of the invoices that appear in your table, tick the box at the very top left of the table.
- Select Download selected.
- Choose the format that you’d like to use to download your invoices.
- Select Download.
Show or hide columns
- At the top of the column on the far right of your invoices table, select Edit.
- Select the columns that you want to show or hide.
- To rearrange the order of the columns in the table, drag the column names in the 'Edit' box.
- Select Save
Save custom filters
You can add columns, sort and filter your documents to show only the ones you want to see (for example, all documents in descending order of open amount, for a particular product), and then save this customisation for future use.
You can access your saved custom filters in the drop-down menu at the top of the table by clicking All invoices and memos.
Look at the details of an invoice
From the Documents page, select the invoice that you’d like to see details for. A pop-up will appear, showing you details like the invoice number, invoice amount, status, purchase order number, account details and more. To close the pop-up, select the X in the top left.
To download your invoice, select Actions in the top right of the invoice pop-up.
Find a specific invoice
- Select Find in documents at the top right of the table.
- Enter text that might help you find the invoice that you're looking for. As long as the text appears on your invoice, it's searchable.
To refine your search even further:
- Use 'AND' (in uppercase letters) to find documents with two specific words. For example, searching for “video AND game” will search for invoices that contain both “video” and “game”.
- Use “OR” (in uppercase letters) to find documents with one of two words. For example, searching for “Nov OR Dec” will search for invoices that contain either “Nov” or “Dec”.
See other groups of documents
- Select the arrow next to 'All invoices and memos'.
- Choose an option from the drop-down that appears:
- 'Open invoices and debit notes' shows all open invoices or debits that need to be paid.
- 'Open credit memos' shows any open credits that you can apply to open invoices.
- 'All invoices and memos' shows all of your invoices, including those that are closed or paid.
- 'All credit notes' shows all of your credits, including those that have already been applied to invoices.
