GoCardless: The Direct Debit authorisation does not appear to be valid

Hi @IdaB

The error can usually come from a client cancelling the direct debit. Is everything linked up with GoCardless all OK? Have you had any issues previously?

GoCardless haven’t changed their IDs, although I admit it was tricky to find.

In GoCardless, go to Customers

Then select the name of your customer that you want the ID of. It will then show you a list of bank accounts relating to that customer. Click on the one you wish to enquire about:

And select your mandate:

The ID appears in the URL:

and also at the top of the page (note it’s not the long one next to the Direct Debit logo):
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Which in the case I’ve tried, matches what’s already on QuickFile:

It does seem a very log way to try and get a simple ID compared to what it used to be. It may be worth contacting GoCardless and providing them with feedback on this.