> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connecting your accounting system

> Connect QuickBooks Online so Plane can map to your chart of accounts and post journal entries.

Accounting automation needs a connection to your accounting system. Plane reads your chart of accounts and reporting categories from it, and posts journal entries to it when you export.

## Supported accounting systems

Plane connects to **QuickBooks Online**. Other accounting systems are not supported yet.

## Connecting QuickBooks Online

Only admins can connect or reconnect an accounting system.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Apps">
    Go to **Apps** in the sidebar and click **Connect** on QuickBooks Online.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Approve access">
    Sign in to QuickBooks and approve the permissions Plane asks for.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Let Plane import your setup">
    Plane imports your chart of accounts and your QuickBooks classes and departments. It then creates accounting items for the past year of transactions, so you can start from your current month rather than from scratch.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Permissions Plane asks for

| Permission | Why Plane needs it |
| - | - |
| Read accounts | To offer your chart of accounts in mappings |
| Read reporting categories | To tag journal entry lines with a class or department |
| Read and write journal entries | To post journal entries when you export |

## Keeping accounts up to date

Plane refreshes your accounts, classes, and departments from QuickBooks every day. To pick up a new or renamed account sooner, go to **Accounting > Settings > Other** and click **Sync accounts**. Each workspace has 16 syncs a year.


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