Syncing With QuickBooks Online

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Written by Dan Fellman

About Syncing With QuickBooks

I have ContractorTools, why do I need QuickBooks?

ContractorTools provides construction specific business functions, but QuickBooks provides general business accounting.

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About Syncing With QuickBooks

What you should know about how ContractorTools syncs with QuickBooks

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Updated over a week ago

Set Up Syncing With QuickBooks

How to sync your ContractorTools data with QuickBooks Online

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Sync with QuickBooks Tutorial Video

Watch this video for information on syncing with QuickBooks Online

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About Syncing Payments

Important information about syncing payments with QuickBooks

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Writing Customer Email Addresses to QuickBooks

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Writing Customer Phone Numbers To QuickBooks

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Taxes in ContractorTools and QuickBooks

How ContractorTools calculates and syncs taxes with QuickBooks.

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QuickBooks Sync Report

Shows what is selected to sync, what will sync, or what has synced.

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Syncing With QuickBooks Projects

ContractorTools is able to sync with projects in QuickBooks, but there are some steps involved.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I Sync With QuickBooks From Multiple Devices?

You should not sync with QuickBooks from multiple devices!

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Why Does a Job in ContractorTools Write Two Customers to QuickBooks?

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I Synced A Job To QuickBooks, Why Can't I Find It There?

How customer names are saved in QuickBooks, and where they appear in the customer list in QuickBooks.

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Some of my QuickBooks customers do not appear in ContractorTools. Why?

If it seems that you are not seeing all of your QuickBooks customers in ContractorTools...

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Does ContractorTools Sync With Desktop QuickBooks?

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Why Does My Estimate Look Different in QuickBooks?

Estimate items in QuickBooks are named and grouped differently than they are in ContractorTools. Why?

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Why Don't Zero Cost Items Appear In QuickBooks?

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If I take credit card payments in QuickBooks, should I also enter them in ContractorTools?

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Why Is The Unit Cost of Estimate Items In QuickBooks The Same As The Total?

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Line item sales tax amounts don't match

Why do the "Tax Amounts" in the Taxable Sales Detail report in QuickBooks not match line item tax amounts in ContractorTools?

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Common Sync Errors

Account Period Closed

The account period has closed. Txn Date=99/99/9999 is before book closing date=99/99/9999

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Business Validation Error:

"This transaction is matched to a downloaded transaction. If you want to change the account, you need to unmatch the transaction first."

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Business Validation Error:

"Line order does not match", or "Line items with duplicate line item ids"

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Business Validation Error: You must select a customer

"You must select a customer. If the customer isn't on the list, you can add it by typing the name and pressing Enter."

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Deposited Transaction cannot be changed

This transaction has been deposited. If you want to change or delete it, you must edit the deposit it appears on and remove it first

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Error: "Invalid Reference Id"

One of the list elements assigned to this transaction has been deleted.

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Error Adding QuickBooks Customer: "Invalid Email Address format"

Email Address does not conform to the syntax rules of RFC 822.

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Error: "Cannot Delete Object"

This customer cannot be made inactive because it has sub customers.

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Error: "Duplicate Document Number Error"

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Error: Item Category or Bundle with name: 'Labor' exists in QuickBooks!

Please change the name of this Item Category/Bundle in QuickBooks.

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Error: "The name supplied already exists"

"Another customer, vendor or employee is already using this name"

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Error disconnecting from QuickBooks: OAuth Token rejected

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Subscription period has ended or canceled or there was a billing problem

You can't add data to QuickBooks Online because your trial or subscription period ended, you canceled your subscription, or ...

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