Accounting integration

Connect QuickBooks Online to contractor payables and client billing

Connect Wingspan to QuickBooks Online to keep your books up to date. Sync approved contractor bills, client invoices, and payment records. Wingspan manages worker onboarding and tax forms. Your team matches costs and payments with less retyping.

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Connect the work to the payment

  • QuickBooks Online

    Vendors

    Wingspan

    Contractors (payees)

  • QuickBooks Online

    Bills

    Wingspan

    Payables

  • QuickBooks Online

    Bill payments

    Wingspan

    Payment status and references

Choose which records sync and when they move. Your team stays in control of work review and payment approval.

Automated bills for contractor pay

Approved contractor payables create bills in QuickBooks Online. The sync matches each bill to the right vendor. It adds your expense accounts and class tags. Amounts and dates follow the payable. Your team spends less time entering bills.

Connected client bills and contractor costs

Wingspan links client bills to contractor costs. Client invoices sync to QuickBooks Online. Contractor payables post as bills you owe. You see project profit in one place.

Clear payment records and bank matching

Contractor pay in Wingspan syncs as bill payment records in QuickBooks Online. Each entry links to the open bill. It posts to your bank clearing account. The sync adds records once the sending bank finishes processing. Your books stay ready to match bank feeds.

How QuickBooks Online works with Wingspan

QuickBooks Online tracks vendors, bills, and client invoices. Wingspan manages worker records, onboarding checks, and pay. In Wingspan, each worker record is called a payee. Worker types include Contractor and W-2.

Contractors submit work logs for review. Approving a work log creates one amount owed. The contractor sees an invoice. Your team sees a payable. Finance gives separate payment approval before pay goes out.

Contractor payables sync to QuickBooks Online as vendor bills. Client invoices sync to customer invoices. W-2 pay follows its own payroll path. Payroll totals post to your books through journal entries.

Choose single bills or summary entries for contractor costs. Set the accounts and tags your team uses to track each cost.

Start with the records you already use

Vendor
A vendor record for bills you owe.
Bill
A bill for contractor work you owe.
BillPayment
A payment entry that marks bills as paid.
Customer
A client who buys your services and gets bills.
Invoice
A bill sent to a client for finished work.
Account
A ledger account to track costs or bank funds.
Class
A tag to group costs and income by project.

Sync options

Choose which tool holds each record. Set the changes that sync between them. Connect your records to the Wingspan workflows below.

Vendors

Contractors (payees)

Wingspan to QuickBooks Online

Contractor worker records in Wingspan link to QuickBooks Online Vendor records after required onboarding checks are reviewed. Selected legal names and addresses sync to the vendor. W-2 workers keep their worker type, and their costs follow the payroll accounting path.

Bills

Payables

Wingspan to QuickBooks Online

Contractors submit work logs for completed tasks. Approving a work log creates one amount owed. The contractor sees an invoice. Your team sees a payable. That payable syncs as a Bill in QuickBooks Online. Finance gives separate approval before pay goes out. W-2 wages follow the payroll path, not vendor bills.

Bill payments

Payment status and references

Wingspan to QuickBooks Online

Wingspan pays contractors in payroll runs. The bank sending the pay processes the transfer. Wingspan then updates the status to deposit confirmed. This means the sending bank finished processing. It does not prove the worker’s bank posted funds yet. Wingspan then adds a BillPayment in QuickBooks Online. The entry marks the open bill as paid. It also credits your bank clearing account.

Customers

Client payers and client engagements

QuickBooks Online to Wingspan

QuickBooks Online Customer records supply client billing details. The client maps to a payer in Wingspan. A client engagement tracks agreed work for that client. It stays separate from worker assignments. Adding a client does not create a worker or assign work.

Customer invoices

Client invoices and payers

Wingspan to QuickBooks Online

Wingspan client invoices sync to QuickBooks Online as Invoice records. They carry client details, amounts, and line items. Each bill links to the client payer. Client invoices stay separate from contractor payables. Your team tracks income and costs in the right accounts.

Chart of accounts

Work logs and work items

QuickBooks Online to Wingspan

QuickBooks Online expense accounts supply cost codes in Wingspan. Your team links work and payable line items to those codes. The resulting vendor bills post to the right expense accounts. Account codes describe costs. They do not approve work or payment.

Classes

Engagement templates and assignments

QuickBooks Online to Wingspan

Tracking classes from QuickBooks Online sync to Wingspan. You can add class tags to work templates or worker assignments. You can also add them to specific bills you owe. Classes let finance track profit and loss by project or team. They tag contractor costs without extra work at month end.

Integration workflows

01

Contractor onboarding and vendor setup

A contractor finishes onboarding in Wingspan.

An invited contractor finishes onboarding checks in Wingspan. These checks include W-9 forms. Wingspan stores worker records for contractors and W-2 employees. An admin reviews the contractor record. The app then creates a Vendor in QuickBooks Online. The sync sends the name and address. QuickBooks Online sends back a vendor ID to confirm.

02

Payable approval to vendor bill

Finance approves a contractor payable.

A contractor submits a work log. A manager reviews and approves it. This creates one amount owed. The contractor sees an invoice. Your team sees a payable. The payable posts as a Bill in QuickBooks Online with vendor and expense details. Finance gives separate payment approval. The linked records keep the bill easy to track.

03

Payment execution and ledger matching

Finance starts a contractor payroll run.

Finance picks approved payables and starts a contractor payroll run. Wingspan sends the pay through banking networks. The app tracks the pay until the sending bank finishes processing. This deposit confirmation means the sending bank finished its step. It does not prove the worker’s bank posted funds yet. Wingspan then creates a BillPayment in QuickBooks Online. The entry marks the open bill as paid. It also credits your bank clearing account. This keeps your books ready to match bank feeds.

Plan your integration

Line item detail versus summary journal entries

Choose how contractor costs post to QuickBooks Online. Single bills keep detail for each payable. Summary journal entries group costs for your ledger. W-2 payroll uses its own accounting entries. Choose one posting path for each cost to avoid duplicates.

Choose the minimum vendor information

Choose the vendor details your QuickBooks Online accounting workflow needs, such as names and business addresses. Set role permissions for any sensitive fields or documents. Accounting staff track ledger totals, while operations teams manage worker records.

Client collection trigger for contractor payments

Set clear rules for client billing and contractor pay. Your team tracks client collections separately from contractor payables. Keep agreed worker payment terms in view. Finance gives payment approval in Wingspan. A client payment does not release worker pay on its own.

How the worker lifecycle fits

Connect worker records from hire to pay. Choose the Contractor or W-2 type and keep the right checks for each.

Workers and worker types
Contractor worker records map to QuickBooks Online Vendor records. W-2 costs follow the payroll accounting path.
Engagements and assignments
You can set up work templates and worker assignments in Wingspan. Both link to QuickBooks Online Class tags to track costs.
Requirements and eligibility
Wingspan tracks Form W-9 and license checks for each worker assignment. Choose the readiness fields your accounting team needs in the integration setup.
Work logs and approved work
Work items and work logs carry cost codes from your chart of accounts. Approving contractor work creates one invoice/payable. Finance approves payment in a separate step.
Payables
Approved contractor payables create bills you owe in QuickBooks Online. The bill links to the vendor. W-2 worker pay does not create vendor bills.
Client invoices
You create client bills in Wingspan for project work. These sync to QuickBooks Online as standard Invoice records.
Payments and payouts
You run pay for contractors in Wingspan. The sending bank finishes its step. Wingspan then adds BillPayment entries in QuickBooks Online.
Tax forms and reporting
Wingspan stores contractor tax forms and annual pay totals. QuickBooks Online tracks expense lines. Set one owner for each tax filing to avoid duplicates.

Connect QuickBooks Online to your worker workflows

Bring worker records, work review, and payments together. We’ll help you set up the flow your team needs.

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