Version 1.1 by christie w on 2023/02/06 21:52
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1 If you have made changes to the accounts that payroll posts to in Quickbooks:
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4 ** you will need to **export a new Chart of Account List** to the payroll program and;
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7 ** **change the link for items** posted into that account.
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13 **First, Export Chart of Accounts (COA) from Quickbooks:**
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16 ** In your Quickbooks, program go to the **"File"** menu and select **"Export"**, List to IIF files.
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19 ** Choose **"Chart of Accounts"** and click **"OK"**.
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22 ** In the next window, enter **COA** for the **"Save As"** and save it to the desktop.
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25 **Once you have it saved, go into your Aatrix Payroll program and import your COA:**
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30 ** From the main **"Payroll Navigator"** screen, click on **"Quickbooks Links"**.
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33 ** Click on the arrow to the left of **"Designate Account Links"** to expand the bottom of the window.
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36 ** Click on the **"Import Chart of Accounts"** button and in the window that opens, navigate to your desktop, **select the COA.IIF file** you saved there and click **"Open"**.
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39 [[image:https://www.aatrix.com/files/6414/3836/3875/PR_Liab-Exp_Changes_QB_01_NEW.png||alt="Learn more about what you must do when you made account changes in Quickbooks." height="474" width="1390"]]
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43 ** In the **"Existing Links"**, list select the link you wish to change the account to which it posts to and click the **"Unlink"** button to the right.
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46 ** In box **1 - Payroll Variables**, select the appropriate payroll item.
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49 ** In box **2 - Chart of Accounts**, select the proper account for the items to post to.
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52 ** In box **3 - Entry Type**, select Credit or Debit
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55 Items posting to a **Liability Account** are always a **Credit**.
56 Items posting to an** Expense Account** are always a **Debit**.
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59 ** In box 4, select** "Link"** and it will be the last link at the bottom of the **"Existing Links"** box.
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62 [[image:https://www.aatrix.com/files/7214/2360/5925/Payroll_Liability-Expense_Account_Changes_in_Quickbooks_02.png||alt="Learn more about what you must do when you made account changes in Quickbooks." height="436" width="601"]]