You can monitor your Google Ads payments and account balance anytime you'd like. Here's how.
Check your payment status
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- Click the tools and settings icon
and under "Billing", choose Summary.
- From the menu on the left, click Transactions.
- From the dropdown menu, just above the table of information, make sure that Detailed transaction view is selected. If it isn't, click the down arrow to select it.
- In the Description column, you'll see a line item for your payment. Here are the different descriptions you might see:
- Automatic payment scheduled: A payment will happen in the next few days. This status shows for accounts on automatic payments with a bank account listed as the primary payment method. Once the payment is complete, it'll show as Automatic payment.
- In progress: A cost, payment, or adjustment is underway. Once the payment has been completed, it'll show as Payment or Automatic payment. It might take a couple minutes until this line item shows up on the Transaction history page after a manual payment has been made.
- Payment: A payment you've initiated has been applied to your account.
- Automatic payment: An automatic payment has been applied to your account.
- Payment declined: Your bank or credit card company declined your payment.
- Automatic payment declined: Your bank or credit card company declined your payment.
Check your current balance
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- Click the tools and settings icon
and under "Billing", choose Summary.
- On that page, you'll see your Your balance with a negative or positive balance. Here's what each means:
- Negative numbers show account credit that'll be used for future advertising costs. If you're on automatic payments, you'll see a negative account balance only if you've decided to make a payment for more than your previous balance.
- Positive numbers show the amount that you owe for ad activity you've already accrued. If you're on automatic payments, your balance will usually be positive unless you've made a payment for more than your previous balance. It's not possible to have a positive balance if you're on manual payments.
Tip
Sometimes a positive balance can appear in brackets in your Google Ads account.