We advise that you link your bank and credit cards accounts to your QuickBooks for a fast way to easily record transactions and avoid manual data entry. Keep in mind that you can connect as many accounts as you want or have.
How Can You Link Your Bank And Credit Cards Accounts To Your QuickBooks?
- To connect your bank and credit cards accounts to your QuickBooks, you need to do the following steps:
- Go to Bookkeeping -> Transactions -> select Banking
- If this is the first bank account you’ve set up, select Connect account; if it is not the first account, select Link account
- In the search field -> enter the name for your bank or credit card institution
- If you can’t find your bank, but you still want to avoid manual data entry, you can import your bank transactions (we will see how in a future blog)
- Select Continue -> sign in to your bank with your user ID and password -> follow the steps shown
- Choose the accounts you want to connect -> select the account type dropdown -> choose the account type that matches your chart of accounts in QuickBooks
- Select how far back you want to download transactions
- Some banks let you download the last 90 days of transactions
- Others can go back as far as 24 months
- Select Connect
How To Download Recent Transactions?
- You do not have to enter the transactions manually because QuickBooks allows you to download the transactions
- You will have to refresh the bank feed so you can download your latest transactions
- To download the recent transactions, do the following steps:
- Go to Bookkeeping -> Transactions -> select Banking
- Select Update
Categorize The Transactions
- Once you are done with the previous step, you will need to review and categorize the transactions to make sure they’re categorized right:
- Go to Bookkeeping -> select Transactions -> select Bank transactions
- Select the tile for the account you want to review
- Select the For review tab to start your review
- QuickBooks sends downloaded transactions to the “For review” tab
- We advise that you review them one by one
- To streamline the review process, you can create a bank rule that automatically categorizes transactions for you
- For each transaction, you have the following options:
- Match with an existing transaction
- Confirm paired bank transfers
- Add a new transaction
- View and review multiple matches
- Work with partially matched transactions
We will talk about how to create a bank rule and these options on how to match, add, or view multiple matches in a future blog.
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This material is for informational purposes only. It does not constitute tax, legal or accounting advice.