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Start with the following:
Unpaid Debtors at 30 June 2021 – we have a template for import into Wise Owl
Adjusting entries will need to be made so your trial balance matches step 4 below.
Unbilled fees and outlays at 30th June 2021 – we have a template for import into Wise Owl
Adjusting entries will need to be made so your trial balance matches step 4 below.
Review chart of accounts
Wise Owl will push in the fees and outlays accounts;
QuickBooks will populate a lot of the other accounts
Some QuickBooks accounts need to be tweaked
Some accounts will need adding.
Enter your trial balance at 30 June 2021 into QuickBooks Online
Check it balances
Enter or import to Wise Owl Legal from 1 July 2021 to current and allow to push through to QuickBooks Online:
Outlays to customers
Fees to customers – can be entered on invoice as one line if the invoice has already been issued from another system
Customer to invoices
Receipts from customers
Connect your bank account to QuickBooks.
Set up the bank feeds
Remove the silly opening entry automatically created
Exclude data pre 30 June 2021
Run Bank reconciliation for 30 June 2021 and match to previous
Start making rules
Process data from 1 July 2021
Be careful when processing bank feeds that you don’t duplicate the data Wise Owl data pushes into QuickBooks Online.
TRAPS FOR YOUNG PLAYERS
QuickBooks Online items to MATCH to Wise Owl ItemsInvoices to customers
Outlays for clients
Receipts from clients