When you first make a purchase through Google, your payment information gets saved in a payments profile. The next time that you buy something through Google, you can reuse the info in the payments profile.
Any payments profile that you create is associated with your Google Account.
Your individual Google payments profile stores information like:
- The name, address and tax ID, when required legally, of who's responsible for the payments profile.
- Credit cards, debit cards, bank accounts and other payment methods that you've used to buy through Google in the past.
- Other addresses that you have added across Google services, like autofill on Chrome and Google Pay.
- Receipts and other information about past transactions.
- Subscriptions and recurring payments.
Tip: If you manage a Google payments profile for a business or organisation, learn about business profiles.
Manage your payments profile settings
Your payments profile contains the following settings:
- Payments profile ID: The payments profile ID (formerly Billing ID) is the unique number that we use to identify the legal entity responsible for bills associated with this payments account. The legal entity is the organisation or individual to which this payments account is registered. This ID can't be changed.
- Country or region: You can't change a legal country or region associated with your current payments profile. If you have moved, are travelling or have temporary residence in another country, you must create a new payments profile.
- Account type: This setting is permanent and may be used for tax and identity verification. This will be shown as an individual or as an organisation if you're a business, organisation, partnership or educational institution.
- United States tax exemption info: Some businesses may qualify for a US tax exemption. Learn more about business tax exemption info.
- Name: This name appears on invoices and tax documents. Learn more about how to change your legal name in your payments profile.
- Address: This is the legal address of your home or business. Learn more about how to change your legal address in your payments profile.
- Phone number: This is the phone number associated with your profile.
- Document language preference: This is the language that you prefer for documentation.
Manage more than one payments profile
If you use your profile for personal payments, you can only create one individual profile for the country or region that you're in. That way, you can manage all of your Google purchases from a single place.
You can have multiple payments profiles if you:
- Change your home country or region: If you have moved, are travelling or have temporary residence in another country or region, you must create a new payments profile.
- Have a business payments profile: You may have an individual profile and a business profile tied to your Google Account.
Tip: If you have more than one payments profile, select it from the down arrow.