Round-up option for non-profit donation

[pljcs]

Square, please add this right away.  I have been asking you all for this for literally years (as a nonprofit ourselves, we would like to give patrons an option to round up to donate to us), but businesses also need the option to help local charities.  When change is in short supply as it is now, this is even more important than ever.  It's undoubtedly a simple option to add, and most of your competitors have it.

Thank you!

[COH_Director]

If you add manually at the register, create an "item" that is "rou-up donation" and set that item to not charge tax.

Using the tips function, with a sign, is what we opted for.  See my earlier post for a more thorough explanation.

[fbclakegeorge]

I can't believe this feature does not yet exist! 

[Sugarloafer]

We do like the above - we have a roundup button and ask people if they want to round up.   However, we only got $200 last year from that on 200k in sales on 10k transactions.   Based on a study i read where 67% of people round up, we would expect $3600 in round up.   However, we also have the tips turned on and a sign saying "tips equal donations" on the pad.   And we got $3900 in donations last year which is pretty good.   BTW we are a non profit operated visitor center at a State Park.  

[Prestigiouspier]

We won’t get the round up feature until square figures out how to make money off the donations. Or creates a special processing fee for transactions that includes “round ups”. For how long we’ve been asking for it, legality is probably what’s holding it up, not sure the legalities on making money off donations, but companies don’t just do things out of the kindness of their hearts, they have to have a monetary incentive. 

[JoeHabitat]

I agree 100%!  I have been asking for this feature for 5 years.  It seems that it would be an easy addition.  

Joe Tucciarone

Habitat for Humanity in the Roanoke Valley

[JoeHabitat]

Helen,

I have been asking for a "round up " feature for over 5 years.  I would assume that this is an easy addition.  Is there a reason why this feature has not been added? 

Please advise.

slightly frustrated,

Joe Tucciarone

Habitat for Humanity in the Roanoke Valley ReStore

[RobinM]

Is this feature any where in development Square? 

[BureauDrawer]

Are there any updates to this feature? We are very interested in utilizing a roundup button at our shop.

[COH_Director]

nope.  Square signed many of us on with Reps promising it is a "feature request and should be available soon!"  And yet we still do not have it.  

See my earlier post for the few work-arounds some of us have used.  Either use the "Tips" function and post a sign that Tips=Donations, or create a "round-up" item that is variable price and NO tax, then have the cashier ask everyone if they'd like to round up and manually calculate the amounts.

[Discoveryshop1]

Love this idea, not to sound dumb, but how would the accounting work? Do Tips auto deposit and you need to pull them out of the auto deposit if using as a donation?