Intuit POS integration with QuickBooks

Intuit’s QuickBooks is a popular choice for business accounting, and if you accept credit cards, you’re probably wondering how you can automatically input your sales data into QuickBooks. Contrary to popular belief, taking credit cards with QuickBooks isn't limited to one processing company. There are many processors who are able to offer integration or data export for QuickBooks, eliminating manual transaction entry.

Types of QuickBooks solutions

First, it’s important to understand which QuickBooks programs or systems you want to integrate. Intuit offers several QuickBooks solutions: accounting software, payment processing, and point-of-sale software.

QuickBooks accounting software

QuickBooks accounting software is what most businesses are referring to when they talk about QuickBooks. The accounting software is very popular in business, and includes features to manage accounts payable, track sales and expenses, create invoices, create tax reports, and more. QuickBooks Online also falls into this category.

QuickBooks payments

QuickBooks Payments is the payment processing branch of Intuit QuickBooks. It can be used for accepting payments online and with a mobile device, or by sending an electronic invoice. QuickBooks Payments allows acceptance of Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express, as well as ACH bank transfers, and has transaction fees for accepting cards. If you use QuickBooks Payments and QuickBooks accounting software, your transactions automatically sync.

QuickBooks Point of Sale software

QuickBooks Point of Sale is Intuit’s software solution for accepting credit card payments when the customer is present with their card, such as in retail stores or restaurants. QuickBooks Point of Sale software can be used on a point-of-sale system powered by Revel or with compatible desktop computers. Intuit suggests using QuickBooks Point of Sale with QuickBooks Payments for Point of Sale, allowing for automatic syncing with QuickBooks accounting software.