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Cash vs. accrual & effective dating

Match the Integration to How You Actually Report.

Switch between cash and accrual basis in one click, and protect closed fiscal years with a sync effective date you control.

Overview

Different businesses need different accounting workflows. Whether you recognize revenue on collection or balance deferred revenue and inventory assets, the integration adapts — and the effective date tool means connecting your ledger never risks overwriting a closed fiscal year.

Mode A

True cash basis

  • Inventory receiving journals and cost of goods sold postings are suppressed.
  • Unearned revenue deferrals and earned revenue reclassifications are disabled, keeping the balance sheet simple and cash-focused.
  • Pending lists and error queues hide accrual journal records, so admin screens show only cash transactions.
Mode B

Full accrual basis

  • Unearned revenue liabilities post when deposits are taken and shift to earned revenue on job sign-off.
  • Inventory asset postings transmit on warehouse receiving, and COGS entries automate on job completion.
  • The journal entry explorer gives full visibility into pending transactions and entry health.
Integration effective date

Historical boundary protection

  • Set a definitive calendar cutoff in your integration settings.
  • Transactions dated before it are blocked from syncing, preventing unauthorized changes to historical books.
  • Migrating from older software? Set your go-live date to upload only current-period data and leave prior-year tax returns untouched.
  • Switching from cash to accrual as you scale places newly eligible entries in the pending review queue first.

How it works

01

Choose cash or accrual basis in integration settings to match your reporting requirements.

02

Set your effective date to the start of the current fiscal period or your go-live date.

03

Save. The integration tailors its sync queues to your method while protecting older records.

Your Method, Your Boundaries