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Join nowWelcome to the Community forum, uberzoot.
Let me address your concern about exporting payroll data from QuickBooks Online (QBO) to QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) for Mac.
When exporting your data to QBDT for Mac, you'll need to review your payroll settings and ensure the account linked to your employee is correct since the account type in the extracted file will depend on the employee's set-up in QuickBooks Online Payroll (QBOP).
Here's how:
From there, make the necessary changes to the linked accounts. Then, ensure it'll match with the account type you have in QBDT for Mac. You can do so by editing the IIF file manually.
You can take a look at this resource for a guide: Payroll accounting preferences.
To export your payroll transactions via IIF directly in your QBOP account, follow the below steps:
After that, once the file is verified, import the payroll data into your QBDT for Mac. Let me show you how:
To learn about the IIF import and export limitations, I suggest visiting this article: Export, import, and edit IIF files.
For additional information in importing data into QuickBooks for Mac, here's an article that you can ready for guidance: Import data into QuickBooks for Mac.
Please let me know if you need anything else. I’ll be here to help. Have a good day.
Thank you so much for the detailed info.
My settings (liabilites/expense match chart of accounts) seem to be correct, however when importing from Quickbooks Mac, I cannot find where the .iff files are being downloaded. There are no more transactions to export, so when I export from QBOP it says all have been exported. I've unselected and reselected Quickbooks for Mac in export preferences, but it doesn't seem to download anything. Is there a default folder .iff's are sent to? Or could it be my Mac blocking a download? There is no error or message though.
Thanks
I have more steps we can try, @uberzoot.
You'll want to perform the browser troubleshooting steps. Open QBO using the incognito mode or a private browser. This browsing doesn’t store data and will help the page load without issues from temporary data.
Here's how:
Make sure to turn off the pop-up blocker before exporting your data. Just click Pop-ups blocked icon at the upper right most of your browser.
Then, follow the above steps provided by my peer @MirriamM to export the .iif file.
Feel free to browse this link in case you need help with importing in QuickBooks Desktop for Mac: Import data into QuickBooks for Mac.
Drop a reply anytime if you have follow-up questions or concerns with importing .iif files. I'll be around to help. Take care and have a good one.
I am having the same issue ever since Intuit online payroll changed to quickbooks online payroll. Cannot export my payroll to desktop and having to manual enter them. Did these instructions work for you??
Nice to have you joined this thread, @rivercity.
I'm here to ensure you'll be able to export your payroll data to QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) for Mac.
You'll want to log in to your QuickBooks Online Payroll (QBOP) account and export your payroll data. Then, you can import them to your Mac platform.
To be guided, you can refer to the steps shared by my colleague MirriamM above, or utilize these links for reference:
Once you're all set, you feel free to check out these articles that can guide you in efficiently supervising your QBDT for Mac:
You always have my attention whenever you need help exporting your payroll to QBDT for Mac. Keep me posted by leaving a response to this thread and I'll be at your service. Have a great day ahead!
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