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TSheets Integration with QuickBooks Desktop for Windows

Integrate your QuickBooks Desktop with your TSheets account directly with this updated integration method. If you don’t have a TSheets account, you can set up an account directly within QuickBooks. In this article we are discussing about TSheets Integration with QuickBooks Desktop for Windows, Create and Connect to a New TSheets Trial, Connect to Your Existing TSheets Account, Steps and Settings in QuickBooks, How to Sync between QuickBooks Desktop Direct and TSheets, Payroll Item Mapping, Integration Preferences, Everything you need to know about QuickBooks TSheets, How to enter a single time activity timesheets

Note: This integration is available in QuickBooks Desktop for Windows. QuickBooks for Mac does NOT have any integration with TSheets.

In QuickBooks, make sure:
  • Use time data to create paychecks is checked in both the Company-wide preferences and for each active employee.
  • All employees are set up with at least one payroll item (time is unable to transfer without at least one payroll item mapped).
  • You’re on the computer you’ll use to sync TSheets and QuickBooks Desktop because the sync can only be performed in one location.
  • All users who need to have time exported to QuickBooks are added in QuickBooks as either an Employee or Vendor (including admins, if necessary).
  • Your QuickBooks Desktop is updated to the latest release.

Create and Connect to a New TSheets Trial

  1. Launch QuickBooks Desktop.
  2. Open the QuickBooks Desktop company file you want to integrate with TSheets, and sign in as the main administrator and in single user mode (File > Switch to Single-User mode).
  3. In QuickBooks Desktop, do one of the following:
    • (From the Home screen) Select Enter Time Activate TSheets
    • Go to the Customers menu then select Enter Time > Activate TSheets
    • Go to the Employees menu then select Enter Time > Activate TSheets
  4. A window displays. Select Try if FREE  Now?
  5. Complete the company information that was not pre-filled.
  6. Select Sign Up.Note: It may take several minutes to finish completing this first-time sync between QuickBooks Desktop and TSheets.
  7. Once the connection is complete, your new TSheets account will display in a browser window in QuickBooks Desktop. Your next steps to set up and use the integration will be displayed, along with a walkthrough of your new TSheets account. See also: Steps and Settings.

Connect to Your Existing TSheets Account

  1. Launch QuickBooks Desktop.
  2. Open the QuickBooks Desktop company file you want to integrate with TSheets, and sign in as the main administrator and in single user mode.
  3. In QuickBooks Desktop, do one of the following:
    • (From the Home screen) Select Enter Time Activate TSheets
    • Go to the Customers menu then select Enter Time > Activate TSheets
    • Go to the Employees menu then select Enter Time > Activate TSheets
  4. A window displays. Select Sign In.
  5. Enter your TSheets username and password and sign in. This will initiate the first sync.Note: It may take several minutes to finish completing this first-time sync between QuickBooks Desktop and TSheets.
  6. Once the connection is complete, your TSheets account will display in a browser window in QuickBooks Desktop. Your next steps to set up and use the integration will be displayed. See also: Steps and Settings below.

Steps and Settings

Now, you may want to customize your TSheets account to meet your company’s needs and to make your first time data export run smoothly.

To Access your TSheets Account:

  1. Launch QuickBooks Desktop then do one of the following:
    • (From the Home screen) Select Enter Time Use TSheets
    • Go to the Customers menu then select Enter Time > Use TSheets
    • Go to the Employees menu then select Enter Time > Use TSheets
  2. A browser window will open within QuickBooks, displaying your TSheets account.

Note: After your first sync, a “Congratulations!” window will display in TSheets, providing your next steps to best use the integration.

Payroll Item Mapping

Each employee must at least have one payroll item mapped before time can be exported to Quickbooks. Use this tool to map their QuickBooks payroll items to the appropriate time types in TSheets (i.e., Regular, Overtime, PTO, etc.). See How to Map QuickBooks Payroll Items.

Integration Preferences

If you missed the instructions upon setup or need to change a setting, you can access the preferences window at any time.

  • In TSheets, select the QuickBooks drop-down on the upper right then choose Preferences and make any desired changes. See About QuickBooks Integration Preferences for more detailed information.
    1. Under Employee Timesheets Should Show, choose what information you’d like your employees tracking time against: Customers/Jobs, Service Items, Billable yes/no,or Class.Note: Customers & Jobs is pre-selected, and will have already pre-populated your Customer list in TSheets. See: How to Create and Manage Jobs or Customers.
    2. Under Other Options, choose if you’d like to import your Vendors as Employees in TSheets. Employees from QuickBooks are automatically imported.

How to Sync between QuickBooks Desktop Direct and TSheets

  1. In QuickBooks Desktop, do one of the following:
    • (From the Home screen) Select Enter Time Sync TSheets
    • Go to the Customers menu then select Enter Time > Sync TSheets
    • Go to the Employees menu then select Enter Time > Sync TSheets
  2. A sync is performed and will update or add any new information from QuickBooks into TSheets, and send Approved timesheets from TSheets to QuickBooks.

Related Terms: Integrate your QuickBooks Desktop with your TSheets account directly with this updated integration method. If you don’t have a TSheets account, you can set up an account directly within QuickBooks. In this article we are discussing about TSheets Integration with QuickBooks Desktop for Windows, Create and Connect to a New TSheets Trial, Connect to Your Existing TSheets Account, Steps and Settings in QuickBooks, How to Sync between QuickBooks Desktop Direct and TSheets, Payroll Item Mapping, Integration Preferences, Everything you need to know about QuickBooks TSheets, How to enter a single time activity timesheets, tsheets quickbooks desktop integration, connect tsheets to quickbooks online, how to import time from tsheets into quickbooks, how to connect tsheets into quickbooks online, tsheets import employee from quickbooks,

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