How do I import an invoice with the SERVICE DATE

Being able to import your invoices with the service date is a fantastic idea, @ChristinaT!

Right now, QuickBooks will only recognize the available fields when importing your invoices. You're on the right track in manually adding the service date details.

Also, make sure the fields match with that in QuickBooks when importing your file. This way, you can prevent overlapping of lines or formats. Please head to this link for more details: Import data into QuickBooks Desktop for Mac.

When performing this process, I also suggest updating your QuickBooks to the latest release. That way, you'll have the current features and patches.

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For good practice, you'll want to back up your company files. This way, you can restore them anytime in case of accidental data loss.

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Are you importing them with File->Import->Items? I'll add a request to include Service Date in the table but I see its not there now.

You might be able to use IIF format and import it that way but I'm not certain.

With regard to line breaks, macOS and Windows have different protocols for the line feed character.  I think you want a carriage return character (control-m I think?) but sometimes windows wants a line feed character (control-J I think?). Anyway that's likely the issue there.