Importing a QuickBooks IIF file

# Importing a QuickBooks IIF file

An IIF file is the export from QuickBooks Desktop. Pop Books reads accounts, customers, vendors and transactions.

Before you start

1. Take a snapshot so you can go back (see "Backups and snapshots").
2. Export the IIF file from QuickBooks Desktop. Include the chart of accounts, lists and transactions.

What happens

The import is all or nothing. After reading the file, the program checks its own totals against what the file said: debits and credits for each month, and the balance of every account. If any figure differs, nothing is imported and you are told which figures did not match.

Things to know

• The same file cannot be imported twice.
• You can compare the books with a trial balance from the old system afterwards.
• Imported entries appear in the edit history like any other entry.