Inside LawAccounting's Merchant Fee & Payment Settlement Engine: How Law Firms Book Gross Client Payments, Net Bank Deposits, and Processor Fees Without Ever Shorting a Trust Ledger (2026 Feature Spotlight)

A client pays $5,000 by card. Your bank shows $4,853.50. Your trust ledger must still show $5,000. That gap - the processor's fee, the batch settlement, the delayed ACH - is where a surprising number of law firms quietly break their trust reconciliation. Here is how LawAccounting's payment settlement engine keeps gross, net and ledger in agreement automatically.