Requirements for exporting certain data to QuickBooks

Requirements for exporting certain data to QuickBooks

Overview

This article will explain what data is required when exporting to QuickBooks.

QuickBooks Desktop

Sales Tax Codes

  • Tax Agency/Vendor. This must reference the name of a vendor in QuickBooks that is setup to collect sales tax. This is not required for tax codes that have a rate of zero.

Sales Tax Groups

  • The name must be no more than 30 characters long.
  • All tax codes referenced in the group must have already been exported.

Payment Methods

  • The name must be no more than 30 characters long.

Products

  • The name must be no more than 30 characters long.

Additional Charges/Customer Promotions

  • The name must be no more than 30 characters long.
  • Additional Charges/Customer Promotions are treated like "items" in QB; therefore, they need a Sales and Purchase Account.  Typically the Purchase Account is set to "Cost of Goods Sold" or "COGS".  It should match the QB Chart of Accounts.

APPLIES TO

  • SalesPRO Software

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