Accounting Periods for DPS with QuickBooks Integration

QuickBooks Online has a 12-month accounting calendar, so you must set up DPS accounting periods to match the QuickBooks Online accounting calendar.

The transaction date that you enter for transactions in DPS, such as for timesheets, expense reports, and billing invoices, determines the accounting period that the transaction is applied to in QuickBooks Online.

When you log in to DPS you are logged in to a specific accounting period (called the "active" period). Any transactions that you post during a session in DPS are posted to the active period in DPS. But with DPS and QuickBooks Online integration, the active period in DPS that you are working in does not determine the accounting period that the DPS transactions are applied to in QuickBooks Online. The date entered for a transaction in DPS determines the accounting period that the transaction is applied to in QuickBooks Online.

Example:

1. You log in to DPS, and the active period that you are working in is October 2018.
2. You enter an AP voucher with a date of November 27, 2018.
3. You post the AP voucher in DPS.

The next time updating occurs between DPS and QuickBooks Online: The AP voucher is added to QuickBooks Online and applied to the November 2018 accounting period in QuickBooks Online.