{"id":23182,"date":"2026-02-14T23:36:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=23182"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:09:28","slug":"working-with-external-accounting-software","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/knowledge-base\/working-with-external-accounting-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with External Accounting Software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Artisan POS<\/em> contains a number of accounting functions, but is not a complete accounting system by itself. Instead, <em>Artisan<\/em> works together with other accounting tools, like <strong>QuickBooks<\/strong>. (We call these &#8220;external accounting packages&#8221;, or &#8220;external accounting software&#8221;, because they are &#8220;external to&#8221;, or separate from, <em>Artisan<\/em> itself.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alternatively, you can use <em>Artisan<\/em> to generating reports to give to your bookkeeper or accountant to enter manually into <em>their<\/em> systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about how <em>Artisan<\/em> works with external accounting packages, read the following articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/knowledge-base\/external-accounting-overview\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"23180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">External Accounting Overview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/knowledge-base\/external-accounting-with-quickbooks\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"9968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artisan POS works with QuickBooks<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"38\" class=\"wp-image-23283\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/quickbooks-brand-preferred-logo-50-50-black-external.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/quickbooks-brand-preferred-logo-50-50-black-external.png 2345w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/quickbooks-brand-preferred-logo-50-50-black-external-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/quickbooks-brand-preferred-logo-50-50-black-external-1024x262.png 1024w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/quickbooks-brand-preferred-logo-50-50-black-external-768x197.png 768w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/quickbooks-brand-preferred-logo-50-50-black-external-50x13.png 50w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/quickbooks-brand-preferred-logo-50-50-black-external-1536x393.png 1536w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/quickbooks-brand-preferred-logo-50-50-black-external-2048x524.png 2048w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/quickbooks-brand-preferred-logo-50-50-black-external-60x15.png 60w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/quickbooks-brand-preferred-logo-50-50-black-external-100x26.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/knowledge-base\/understanding-your-chart-of-accounts\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"23181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Understanding Your Chart of Accounts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/knowledge-base\/turning-on-external-accounting\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"23242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turning On External Accounting<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/knowledge-base\/external-accounting-package-settings\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"2393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">External Accounting Package Settings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/knowledge-base\/export-sales-summaries-to-accounting-package\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"23224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Export Sales Summaries to Accounting Package<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intuit and QuickBooks are registered trademarks of Intuit Inc. 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