# Fees and Limits
### **Service Fees**
The goodPayments service fee for processing incoming payments depends on the following conditions:
| Fee | Condition |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **6.5 TRX** | • The invoice is paid in TRX
• The invoice is paid in USDT, and the merchant’s payout address has USDT on it
|
| **13 TRX** | • The invoice is paid in **USDT**, and the merchant’s payout address **does not contain any USDT** |
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### Including Fees in the Invoice Amount
When creating a temporary invoice, the merchant can enable the **«Include fees in the invoice amount»** flag. If this option is active, the service fee is added to the invoice total and is paid by the buyer.
How it works:
* the service fee is added on top of the order amount and charged to the payer – they pay more than the original invoice amount;
* funds are still debited from the merchant's forwarding balance as usual;
* the merchant recovers the fee via the amount included in the invoice total.
{% hint style="warning" %}
The fee is included in the invoice amount in the currency the invoice is created. The debit from the merchant's forwarding balance occurs regardless of this setting.
{% endhint %}
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### **Address Activation Fees (from the activation balance)**
Activation fees apply only when a temporary invoice address needs to be activated for outgoing transactions:
* **If the payer sends TRX** to the generated invoice address – **no activation fee is charged**.
* **If the payer sends USDT (TRC-20)** – the system performs a technical transaction of\
**0.000001 TRX + 1.1 TRX** (Tron network activation fee) from the activation address.
No additional or hidden fees are charged by the service.
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### **AML Check Fee**
When the AML checks feature is enabled, a fee is charged for each check performed. The fee is deducted from the merchant's forwarding balance (main balance) in TRX.
The fee amount is **$1**, converted to TRX at the current USDT/TRX exchange rate. The fee is charged regardless of the check result – both for passed and failed checks.
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### **Limits**
| Limit | Value |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Minimum payment amount** | 0.01 USDT (recommended > 1 USDT/TRX to cover fees) |
| **Maximum payment amount** | Not limited by the service |
| **Temporary address lifetime** | Set by the merchant when creating an invoice (default: 30 minutes) |
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### **Important Notes**
* The service fee is **not deducted** from the customer’s payment. It is charged separately from the merchant’s balance.
* If the merchant’s balance is insufficient to pay the service fee, **payment processing for all invoices will be paused** until the balance is topped up.
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