Mappings aren’t available until you connect your accounting system. Plane pulls your chart of accounts from that connection, so there are no accounts to map to before it exists.
- Your settings screen only lists categories for the worker types you have paid through Plane, so you may see fewer than this page lists.
- Every category can have a default account and department rules.
- Accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit card, and fixed asset accounts are never offered, whatever the category.
- The named benefit types are US benefits. Benefit types not listed here use General benefit expense and General benefit payable.
Company
Bank account
Takes asset accounts only.- Bank account
Subscription fees
Takes any account.- Plane subscription
Contractors
Earnings
Takes any account.- Regular earnings
- Bonus
- Commission
- Severance
- Other
Reimbursements
Takes any account.- Transportation
- Fuel
- Lodging
- Meals
- Coworking
- Hardware
- Software
- Internet
- Phone
- Education
- Healthcare
- Wellness
- Entertainment
- Relocation
- Other
Payroll payables
Takes liability accounts only.- Net pay paid outside Plane
Employees
Earnings
Takes any account.- Regular earnings
- Commission
- Bonus
- Severance
- Retropay
- PTO payout
- Overtime
- Double overtime
- Vacation pay
- Paid time off
- Sick pay
- Rest and recovery
- Non-productive
- Unpaid time off
- Public holiday
- Allowance
- Other
- DSR
- 13th/14th salary
Employer taxes
Takes any account.- Employer tax
Reimbursements
Takes any account.- Transportation
- Fuel
- Lodging
- Meals
- Coworking
- Hardware
- Software
- Internet
- Phone
- Education
- Healthcare
- Wellness
- Entertainment
- Relocation
- Other
Benefit expenses
Takes any account.- General benefit expense
- Section 125 Medical
- Section 125 Vision
- Section 125 Dental
- Section 125 Disability
- Section 125 Accident
- Section 125 Cancer
- Section 125 Critical Illness
- Section 125 Hospital
- Section 125 Life
- Section 125 Medical (other)
- Traditional 401k
- Traditional 403b
- Traditional 457
- Roth 401k
- Roth 403b
- Roth 457
- FSA Medical
- FSA Dependent Care
- HSA
- Simple IRA
- Transit
- Parking
- Nontaxable Fringe
- Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation
Benefit payables
Takes any account.- General benefit payable
- Section 125 Medical
- Section 125 Vision
- Section 125 Dental
- Section 125 Disability
- Section 125 Accident
- Section 125 Cancer
- Section 125 Critical Illness
- Section 125 Hospital
- Section 125 Life
- Section 125 Medical (other)
- Traditional 401k
- Traditional 403b
- Traditional 457
- Roth 401k
- Roth 403b
- Roth 457
- FSA Medical
- FSA Dependent Care
- HSA
- Simple IRA
- Transit
- Parking
- Nontaxable Fringe
- Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation
Payroll payables
Takes liability accounts only.- Payroll taxes
- Net pay paid outside Plane
Vendors
Earnings
Takes any account.- Regular earnings
- Bonus
- Commission
- Severance
- Other
Reimbursements
Takes any account.- Transportation
- Fuel
- Lodging
- Meals
- Coworking
- Hardware
- Software
- Internet
- Phone
- Education
- Healthcare
- Wellness
- Entertainment
- Relocation
- Other
Employees outside the US
Employees hired through Plane’s employer of record use the same Employees tab. The Employees list is a superset: it includes categories that only apply in some countries, such as DSR for Brazil and 13th/14th salary, and each country’s payroll uses the subset that applies to it. In practice, international payroll uses a small set of categories:- Earnings: mostly regular earnings and allowances, plus bonus, vacation pay, severance, and commission where they apply. Countries with statutory extra months of pay, such as Brazil, France, Indonesia, Italy, the Philippines, and Portugal, also use 13th/14th salary.
- Employer taxes: every employer-side tax and social contribution posts to Employer tax.
- Benefits: benefits post to General benefit expense. The named benefit types apply to US payroll only.
- Reimbursements: the same reimbursement categories as US employees.
What you can’t map today
- Individual taxes. Employer taxes map to one account and payroll tax liabilities to another. The individual tax names appear in each journal entry line’s description.
- Dimensions other than department. Plane tags lines with a QuickBooks class or department through reporting categories. Locations, entities, projects, and custom dimensions are not supported.
- Currencies other than USD. Journal entries are recorded in US dollars.