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QuickBooks Online connects to Control through Intuit OAuth. Use an Intuit account with administrator access to the company you want to connect.

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Connect in Control

  1. Open .
  2. Open the intended entity, choose Add data source, and select QuickBooks.
  3. Give the data source a recognizable name.
  4. Choose Connect QuickBooks.
  5. Sign in with Intuit, select the intended QuickBooks company, and authorize Control.
  6. Return to Control and confirm that the data source shows as connected.
Control stores the OAuth credentials and QuickBooks company ID securely. Tokens are refreshed automatically while the authorization remains active.

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Permission requested

Control requests only com.intuit.quickbooks.accounting. Intuit uses this single scope for the QuickBooks Online Accounting API, including both read and update operations; it does not offer a narrower read-only accounting scope. Control only reads accounting resources and does not request com.intuit.quickbooks.payment, which is for processing payments. The person completing OAuth must be a QuickBooks company administrator. If an accounting firm connects on the customer’s behalf, use an authorized accountant account that has company-admin access rather than a temporary personal login.

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Data imported

  • General-ledger reports, journal entries, and chart of accounts
  • Classes, departments, items, customers, and vendors
  • Sales invoices, sales receipts, credit memos, and refund receipts
  • Bills, purchases, vendor credits, and credit-card transactions
  • Customer and bill payments, deposits, transfers, and tax payments
  • Tax agencies, tax codes, and tax rates

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Common problems

  • The company is not available: confirm that the signed-in Intuit user is a company administrator, then try again.
  • The wrong company was connected: reconnect the data source and select the company that belongs to the Control entity.
  • The connection stopped working: access may have been revoked in QuickBooks. Reconnect the data source in Control.

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