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Billing and payments

Billing and payments

As a qualified party with CBP, Zonos will invoice you directly to collect the duties and postal clearance fees for all of your U.S.-bound postal shipments valued under $800 USD.

Zonos will invoice you once we receive shipment data from Canada Post. As a result, there will be a delay between the time you ship a package and when you receive an invoice. Once an invoice is generated, your payment method on file will be charged within 24 hours.

Delinquent payments

If you have an expired or invalid credit card connected to your Dashboard account and you have shipped parcels on your account, you will receive an email notifying you that you must pay your duties and postal clearance fees. The email will provide a link where you can securely complete your payment.

If you do not pay your outstanding invoices, your Account key will be deactivated, and you will not be able to create a declaration ID and ship with Canada Post to the U.S. until you have paid the outstanding duty bill.

View, download, and filter invoices

To view your invoice:

  1. Go to Dashboard → Invoices.
  2. Click the invoice.

To export a CSV of your invoice:

  1. Go to Dashboard → Invoices.
  2. Click the invoice.
  3. Click Export in the top right of the page.
  4. Choose the type of report you want: Invoice summary or Remittance.

To view any pending shipments that have not been invoiced:

  1. Go to Dashboard → Invoices.
  2. Click Generate pending shipments report in the top right to export a CSV of shipments that have not been invoiced.

To filter invoices, you can toggle between different statuses (Paid, Open, Past due, and Void) and apply additional filters by total amount and date.

Breakdown of invoice summary report

The table below explains the different fields and data found in your invoice summary report.

FieldDefinition
Tracking NumberThe Canada Post tracking number for the shipment.
Batch DateThe date the shipment was invoiced duty.
CurrencyThe currency used for the transaction, based on ISO 4217 codes (e.g., CAD).
DutyThe duty amount collected on the shipment.
Clearance FeeThe fee charged for customs clearance services.
TotalThe total amount billed for this shipment, including duty and clearance fees.
MemoAdditional notes or internal references related to the invoice entry. (Optional)
Invoice IDUnique ID associated with the invoice.
Invoice DateThe date you are invoiced.
Batch DateThe date the shipment data was received from the Post.
Transaction type: ORDERA new order.
Transaction type: ORDER_CANCELAn order was canceled.
Transaction type: CHARGEA charge was applied to an order.
Transaction type: CREDITA credit was applied to an order.
Transaction type: INVOICE_REFUNDAn entire invoice was refunded.
Shipment DetailsLink to the shipment details in Zonos Dashboard.

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