As a user of QuickBooks Online, you will already be aware that there is no built-in payroll functionality available. The good news is that with our platform you can integrate directly with QuickBooks to import your chart of accounts and export your payroll journals.
- Log into your payroll platform
- Click the Payroll Settings menu.
- Under Business Management, click on Integrations.
- Click the Add button.
- Click the Connect to QuickBooks button.
- You will be prompted to log in to QuickBooks online.
- Select the QuickBooks file you would like to connect and click Authorise.
- Once connected, you can now import your chart of accounts.
- Log into your payroll platform
- Click the Payroll Settings menu.
- Select the Chart of Accounts option.
- Click the Import Accounts button.
- A list of your QuickBooks accounts will show. Tick the accounts you want to use for payroll transactions.
- Next, map your GL accounts.
- Now, when you finalise a pay run, your payroll journal will be ready to export to QBO.
When you have finalised a pay run, you are ready to export a journal to QBO via the integration.
- Log into your payroll platform.
- Click the Pay Runs menu.
- Open or create the pay run you wish to finalise.
- Click the Finalise Pay Run button. There are further instructions here.
- In the Finalise pay run dialog make sure Export journals to QuickBooks is selected, if it is not:
- Click the pencil icon.
- Select Export to Quickbooks now and click the Finalise button.
- When you return to the pay run screen, click the Finalise Pay Run button and your journal will be exported.
- Alternatively, to export your payrun journal to excel, go to payroll settings>chart of accounts and select the Export Journal button. This will download an .xlsx file that you can upload to QBO. View this article for more information on downloading journals.