Does Square support State Government Entity business structures?

[MPSPandC]

The title of this thread has been edited from the original: school P&C -unable to set up an account for square to accept payments.

Hi , 

Im the current president of our P&C, and as an incorporated entity, and also registered as a charity through ACNC, when i went to setup the square profile to be able to accept payments, I cant get past the enter ABN, and company type page, as it says that my business type is not supported??

Has anyone got help with this issue? We have just laid out money for the terminal, and now we will have to try to get a refund due to incompatibility with our Square account.  looks like a long and hard road ahead?

Thanks, Matt

[Katie_SQ · Accepted solution]

Hi @MPSPandC, 

Thanks for reaching out about this.

When I use the ABN lookup tool to search for your P&C association, it shows up as a State Government Entity. While Square supports Incorporated Associations with an ABN, we don’t currently support State Government Entities. 

I also see your current account is set up as an Individual/Sole Trader, which would mean any payments processed would be treated as your personal income, and reported to the ATO on your personal tax return.

In this case, I recommend taking the following steps: 

1. Sign in to your existing account and change your email address to one you won't use again (for example, update [email protected] to test.deleted@email.com). This frees up your preferred email for any future accounts.
2. When you’re ready, deactivate this account by following the instructions here. 
3. Look for alternate payment processors that support State Government Entities.

I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help here. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.