External Accounting – Artisan POS Knowledge Base

External Accounting Package Settings

Before you can export accounting data, you must configure Artisan’s External Accounting Package Settings to map to the appropriate accounts in the Chart of Accounts in your accounting program. This…

Artisan POS works with QuickBooks

Welcome to the Artisan POS QuickBooks Connector Artisan POS has a very powerful and long-standing interface with QuickBooks Desktop and, in more recent versions of Artisan, QuickBooks Online (sometimes referred…

Negative Deposits Not Transferring into QuickBooks

If you have negative deposits that are not transferring into QuickBooks, you may need to adjust your External Accounting Package settings in Artisan. (Negative deposits result from purchases that were…

Advanced QuickBooks: Understanding the Accounting behind Selling an Out-of-Stock Item

Read this tutorial to see how Artisan and QuickBooks record what happens when you sell an item that you don’t have in stock. Intuit and QuickBooks are registered trademarks of…

Consignment Payout Statements or Vendor Invoices Not Showing in QuickBooks

If you purchase items from a vendor, you’ll need to send them vendor invoices. If you have items on consignment, you’ll need to generate payout statements to see how much…

Export Data from QuickBooks POS

Intuit and QuickBooks are registered trademarks of Intuit Inc. Used with permission. Export Data from QuickBooks POS Click on the “Reports” tab, then select “Report Center.” Determine which report you want…

Protected: Using the Guru Importer for QuickBooks

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Connecting to QuickBooks Online (QBO)

Artisan POS versions 4.9.225 and later can connect directly to QuickBooks Online (QBO) to export daily accounting data, Vendor Invoices, and Consignment Statements. This article explains how to set up…

Connecting to QuickBooks Desktop

This article introduces you to connecting Artisan POS to QuickBooks Desktop by means of Intuit Interchange Format (IIF) files exported from Artisan and imported into QuickBooks Desktop. This method can…

External Accounting Overview

Artisan is a Point of Sale & Inventory Management System. As such, it has to deal with a number of accounting concepts, such as inventory asset calculations & cost accounting,…

Understanding Your Chart of Accounts

Artisan POS contains a number of accounting functions, but is not a complete accounting system by itself. Instead, Artisan works together with external accounting software like QuickBooks. Before you can…

Working with External Accounting Software

Artisan POS contains a number of accounting functions, but is not a complete accounting system by itself. Instead, Artisan works together with other accounting tools, like QuickBooks. (We call these…

Using QuickBooks Desktop with Artisan POS

This article contains tips and examples for using QuickBooks Desktop to import sales summary transactions from Artisan POS. Creating Accounts in QuickBooks Desktop To create accounts in QuickBooks, you’ll need…

Export Sales Summaries to Accounting Package

This article explains how to export sales summary data from Artisan POS to an external accounting program like QuickBooks. You can either export sales for a range of dates or…

Turning On External Accounting

Before you can export accounting data to QuickBooks or other external accounting software, you must configure Artisan’s External Accounting Package Settings. First, you must enable this feature in Artisan’s Optional…