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MattM
Contributor 2
5 months ago

Quickbooks integration

Does anyone know if what Jobber calls the accounting code for expenses is the same as a GL code? I'm trying to find ways to make the transfer of information from Jobber to Quickbooks a bit smoother. Thank you in advance!

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  • A bit late to this one but adding the practical version in case it helps the next person searching.

     

    A GL code lives in your QuickBooks chart of accounts. Jobber's accounting codes are labels you create yourself, so they only line up if you name and map them to match your QuickBooks accounts. The code doesn't do anything on its own. The mapping is what does the work.

     

    The catch specific to expenses: the sync moves clients, invoices, and payments, but expenses don't come across at all. So the accounting code on a Jobber expense is really for Jobber's own job costing reports. For QuickBooks, your expenses still get entered there separately, usually from the bank feed or receipts.

     

    If you're setting things up fresh, the easiest order is: finalize your chart of accounts in QuickBooks first, then create Jobber codes with the same names, then double check the mapping in Jobber's QuickBooks settings. Renaming accounts later is where most mismatches come from.

  • krista's avatar
    krista
    Jobber Support Team

    Hi MattM​ You can create and customize your own accounting codes in Jobber to match the chart of accounts you have set up in QuickBooks Online. If you need help confirming how your accounts are mapped, Support can also walk through your specific QuickBooks Online integration to make sure everything is set up the way you expect.