Sumac and QuickBooks: an Introduction

Sumac and QuickBooks: an Introduction

Sumac can integrate directly with QuickBooks to send General Ledger Entries from Sumac to QuickBooks for financially significant types of data.

What versions of QuickBooks can Sumac integrate with?

Sumac can export to QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop 2011 and later.

What gets exported?

When integrating with Quickbooks, Sumac can export:
  1. Balanced Ledger Entries
  2. Payments
  3. Invoices
  4. Contact addresses
When exporting, all associated contacts are automatically exported to QuickBooks.


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