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fossil nest
Hi, depending on the type of connected account, you could use Account Debits, https://docs.stripe.com/connect/account-debits to pull funds from your Connected Accounts.
However, if you're creating an invoice, you would want to pass in the connected account's id in the metadata: https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/create#create_invoice-metadata for instance.
glacial wigeon
It's the other way around. We don't want to pull money from our connected accounts, but send money from our account to theirs, which I know how to do.
I also can create an invoice for the connected account, but them I don't know how to mark that invoice paid by that payment I did
fossil nest
If you're sending funds to your Connected Accounts, you can use the Transfers API: https://docs.stripe.com/api/transfers/create that is what it's built to do. Can you add more context into why you're creating an invoice instead?
glacial wigeon
Can I associate an invoice I create to that transfer?
Normally we would ask them to send us an invoice, but we want to create what's called a self invoice.
fossil nest
You could use the metadata, https://docs.stripe.com/api/transfers/create#create_transfer-metadata on the Transfer object to store additional information like the invoice id.
glacial wigeon
And can I transition it to paid?
fossil nest
I do not how this impact your reporting, but you could mark the invoice as paid out of band: https://support.stripe.com/questions/marking-an-invoice-paid-out-of-band
Are you creating these invoices for reporting purposes?
If so, you do not need to create a separate invoice, rather rely on our Reporting API: https://docs.stripe.com/reports/report-types/connect
If you're not worried about reporting, then yeah you could create those ivoices and mark them as paid out of band after you send the Transfer. However, I think it might be just better to create a receipt on your end after you create the Transfer and send that.
glacial wigeon
What do you mean as receipt?
fossil nest
After you purchase something, you get a paper showing you what you paid for and how much
glacial wigeon
you mean outside of stripe
fossil nest
Yes!