Quickbooks

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PEX Reconciliation

  • Frequency: Weekly
  • Log into Quickbooks and navigate to Transaction->Banking and select the PEX account
    • Note the date of the last transaction
  • Log into PEX and export to Quickbooks: https://admin.pexcard.com/#/admin/export/quickbooks
    • Select a start date that is one day after the the last transaction in Quickbooks
    • Select an end date that is yesterday (never choose the current date)
    • If this range is > 3 months, then do this process multiple times with smaller date ranges
  • In Quickbooks
    • In the upper right corner, select Update->File Upload
    • browse to the *.qbo file downloaded from PEX
    • Select PEX in the dropdown for account


Transaction Categorization

  • Frequency: Weekly
  • Use the following choices for the categorization of expenses:
    • Education (books, fees for 3rd party classes, online subscription fees)
    • Equipment Purchases (non-portable equipment/tools, software, associated licensing or maintenance subscriptions)
    • Maintenance (break-fix and non-subscription routine maintenance costs/supplies/materials)
    • Supplies & Materials (normal operations consumables)
    • Tools (small and portable, reusable equipment)
  • In Quickbooks, assigning a department to a transaction is optional, however, budgetary reports for area are generated by filtering by department so it is important to always select the department corresponding to the transaction as follows:
    • Votes
    • CNC
    • Cold Metals
    • Hot Metals