Creation of a page dedicated to Stripe transactions in Enoria
Xavier d'HALLUIN
Parishes express a growing need to simply and directly access the details of Stripe transactions to ensure their accounting. Today, I have to provide direct access to Stripe to treasurers and accountants, which leads to complex manipulations: navigation on the platform, CSV exports, imports into Excel, and an increased risk of errors.
I propose to create a dedicated page in Enoria bringing together:
Payments with gross amount, net amount, date, time and purpose.
Transfers made by Stripe, associated with the corresponding payments.
This feature would offer a centralized and accessible solution, considerably simplifying the accounting management of parishes and eliminating the need to manipulate Stripe directly. It would make it possible to:
Save time by avoiding manual exports/imports.
Reduce the risk of errors.
Facilitate the monitoring of payments and transfers in a single and clear interface.
I remain available to discuss technical aspects and prioritize this evolution, which would meet a concrete and frequent need of Enoria users.
Guillaume DEVEAUX
Thank you for this proposal. It requires going to Enoria, which not all treasurers are able to do.
Couldn't this summary be the subject of a PDF document sent by email to the treasurer?
Pierre-Yves LIGNEY
Hi Xavier,
I recognize that it is not easy.
But in your proposal I see a big difficulty: Enoria knows the gross amounts but does not know the Stripe fees (do we all have the same rate?) and therefore not the net amounts and even less the amounts transferred or the dates of the transfers.
Would the accounting software be compatible with a file from Enoria?
For my part, as an accountant in my parish and at the request of my diocese, I use the Excel file extracted from Enoria to re-enter the gross amounts into the accounting software, with allocation to the correct accounts, line by line.
The Excel file from Enoria is perfect for this. I find it easy to extract and use.
And each time Stripe makes a transfer, the Stripe dashboard shows the amount of fees that I should enter into account. This fee amount is on one line per week (or per month depending on the frequency of transfers).
And the balance sheet is solid: the gross amount from Enoria, minus the fees read in Stripe, gives me the amount received in the bank account. My diocese would be content with that.
To be more precise, I retrieve the Stripe transfer file in Excel; Excel recognizes the different groups, activities, mass intentions,... and allows me to break down Stripe fees into different analytical accounts for more precise management. This last point is a personal initiative.
Xavier d'HALLUIN
Pierre-Yves LIGNEY Thank you Pierre for your very interesting contribution.
Indeed, the synthesis proposed by Enoria already constitutes a good basis for work. However, I think it could be improved by displaying more details, including:
• the fees line by line,
• transfers made to the bank account,
which would greatly facilitate bank reconciliation.
In addition, we noted slight differences between the Enoria summary and that of Stripe. These differences can be explained by failed refunds or payments, which Enoria sometimes seems to consider to be validated.
In summary, the objective of my evolution request is to no longer need to consult Stripe to obtain a complete and reliable view.
That said, I fully share your observation: what Enoria currently offers is already very useful! :)
Armel Bouchacourt
I agree, the background of Stripe is very complicated to understand for an ignorant person...
Hortense MEKRI
Appropriate note, but is it secure?
And I think that monitoring would be possible only with payments going through Enoria (registrations, casual...) and not with potential payments external to Enoria, right? For our part, Stripe is exclusively used via Enoria.