How Tabs Maps Revenue Accounts in QuickBooks Online (QBO)
Last updated: October 29, 2025
When Tabs integrates with QuickBooks Online (QBO), each integration item is tied to an Income Account within QBO. This mapping ensures that revenue is correctly tracked throughout invoicing and revenue recognition.
Overview: How Accounts Are Used
Each Income Account in QBO represents the account that gets credited when invoices are issued for a given integration item.
Tabs syncs these accounts as Deferred Revenue accounts associated with the integration item.
As part of Revenue Close Management, Tabs generates journal entries that credit the Revenue Account and debit either the Deferred Revenue or Unbilled Revenue account associated with the integration item according to your billing events and revenue recognition schedule.
Account Mapping Logic
Tabs determines which accounts to use for each part of the journal entry based on your integration setup.
Revenue
If you have uploaded a Multiple Revenue Account file under the Integration page > click manage on ERP tile, Tabs uses the specific Revenue Account you assigned for each item. (Screenshot 1)
If no account is provided, Tabs defaults to the Earned Revenue account from your Integration configuration. (Screenshot 2)
Deferred Revenue
Tabs pulls the Deferred Revenue account directly from each item’s Income Account in QBO.
You can view these mappings on the Integrations → Items page.
This is the same account that QBO credits when an invoice is issued.
If updates need to be made, you can do so in QBO (Products and Services page).
Unbilled Revenue
Tabs uses the Multiple Revenue Account upload to determine which Unbilled Revenue account to use for each item. (Screenshot 1)
Viewing and Managing Account Mappings
Go to Integrations → Items in your Tabs dashboard to view each item’s name, source, and revenue accounts (Revenue, Unbilled, Deferred), along with their corresponding QBO references.
To manage overrides or custom mappings, go to Integrations → manage button on ERP tile → Multiple Revenue Accounts and upload a CSV file to assign specific Revenue or Unbilled Revenue accounts per item. (Screenshot 1)
Tabs automatically applies these mappings when generating monthly revenue journal entries.
