QuickBooks × Disbo
For applicable customers, Disbo's advertised QuickBooks Online integration supports live two-way accounting synchronization. QuickBooks remains the accounting system of record; Disbo remains the system for the matter-linked disbursement workflow, payment approvals, payment history, and available reconciliation evidence.
How QuickBooks works with Disbo
Four steps — from the first connection to a reconciled ledger.
Connect QuickBooks
An authorized user connects the supported QuickBooks Online company and confirms the accounts and configuration used by the firm's trust-accounting workflow.
Review the connected records
The firm reviews the supported accounting and matter context made available through the connection before relying on it for a disbursement. Exact record coverage depends on the firm's setup.
Approve and process in Disbo
Authorized users prepare, separately approve, and process the applicable matter-linked payment in Disbo. Disbo records the payment and approval events in its workflow.
Synchronize and review
Supported payment and accounting updates synchronize in both directions. The firm's accounting team reviews the resulting QuickBooks records and any reconciliation exceptions rather than treating synchronization as a substitute for accounting judgment.
How things connect
How supported payment and accounting records move between QuickBooks and Disbo.
QuickBooks Online
Accounting system of record
Two-way sync
Supported connected records move in both directions
Disbo workflow
Matter-linked payment preparation, approval, and history
Firm review
Accounting and reconciliation exceptions remain reviewable
Why it matters
The connection reduces repeated handoffs between settlement operations and accounting while keeping reviewable payment, approval, and reconciliation context available to the firm.
Scope and safeguards
What syncs—and which system owns what
Two-way synchronization is live for applicable customers using this advertised integration. Its role is to keep supported connected records aligned, not to turn both products into interchangeable systems of record.
QuickBooks owns the books
QuickBooks Online remains the firm's accounting system of record. The firm and its accounting professionals remain responsible for its chart of accounts, classifications, closing process, and corrections.
Disbo owns the payment workflow
Disbo manages the applicable matter-linked disbursement workflow and preserves available payment, approval, and reconciliation records created through that workflow.
When this applies
- Applicable customers using the advertised, supported QuickBooks Online connection and a compatible Disbo workflow.
- Firms that authorize the connection and complete the account and workflow configuration required for their implementation.
- Teams that will review synchronized records and reconciliation exceptions in both systems.
Limits to plan for
- Available records, synchronization timing, and configuration vary by connected system, customer setup, and account or workflow.
- The integration does not make accounting classifications or legal decisions for the firm, and synchronization does not guarantee error-free books or compliance.
- Records created outside the supported connection may require separate entry, review, correction, or retention.
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