Set up Export to QuickBooks (QuickBooks Online)

Following are instructions to send your payroll data from Intuit Full Service Payroll to QuickBooks Online.

Connect to QuickBooks

  1. On the Home page, under Related Activities, click Want to export to QuickBooks? Set up export preferences.
  2. When prompted, select QuickBooks Online, and click Continue.

    Intuit Full Service Payroll searches for your company by your Intuit account, email address, and realm ID.

  3. If we find multiple accounts with your email address, select the user ID with admin access to your QuickBooks company, and then click Continue.

    If you don't see your QuickBooks user ID, click Sign in with a different user ID and follow the onscreen instructions.

  4. Sign in to QuickBooks with your Intuit account user ID and password.
  5. If we find multiple companies associated with your Intuit account, select the QuickBooks company to connect to your payroll account and then click Continue.
  6. Click I'm Done Connecting to QuickBooks

Map your chart of accounts

  1. Map your Intuit Full Service Payroll transactions to your QuickBooks chart of accounts. These are the accounts within your chart of accounts that you want to send your payroll data to.
  2. Once you've selected your accounts, click Finish!

What's next?

After each payroll, click Export to QuickBooks on the confirmation page. Your transactions will be sent to your QuickBooks chart of accounts. This may take a few minutes, depending on how many transactions are being exported.

After export is complete, a confirmation shows how many transactions were exported.

You can also access the export functionality at any time from the Home page.

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