AdSense offers two account types: business and individual. This article explains how to find your AdSense account type, as well as covers common questions about account types, payments and tax information.
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Find your account type
You can find your account type by checking your payments profile.
- Sign in to your AdSense account.
- Click Payments, then Payments info.
- Click Manage settings.
- In the "Payments profile" section, under "Account type", you can find your account type.
Change your account type
After you activate your AdSense account as either a business or an individual, you can't change your account type. If you require a different account type, you'll need to cancel your existing AdSense account and open a new account with your preferred account type.
FAQs
Account type
Are there any differences between business and individual accounts?
There are no differences in the services or payment structure between individual and business accounts. Business account payments are made payable to the company name, while individual accounts are paid out to the payee name of the account holder.
However, there are some other differences:
- If you have a business account, you can add other users to your payments profile. Publishers with individual accounts can't invite people to join or manage their payments profiles.
Payments and tax
Do I need to send my invoices to Google and should it include the VAT identification number?
Google does not require you to send invoices, however if it's mandatory in your country to send us invoices please find your contracting entity details here and submit tax information to the relevant entity. If you’re required to send us your invoices, please remember to include your VAT identification number.
How can I change or update my tax information?
Learn more about submitting tax information to Google. Please remember that this process is valid for selected countries only.