{"id":14325,"date":"2020-05-19T22:55:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T22:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/?p=14325"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:29:36","slug":"how-to-account-for-square-cash-transactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/how-to-account-for-square-cash-transactions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Account for Square Cash Transactions?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Once you sync a cash transaction from the payment processor into your accounting company with the help of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/integrations\/quickbooks\/square\/\" target=\"_blank\">Square QuickBooks integration<\/a>, the <strong>Sales Receipt<\/strong> for the total amount of the sale will be created on the accounting company side.&nbsp;<br>The Sales Receipt is deposited into a <a href=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/blog\/what-is-a-clearing-account\/\">clearing account<\/a> called Square (required for Synder) and is categorized according to your already existing in QuickBooks product\u2019s income account categorization or according to your&nbsp;Synder settings (Products\/Services tab) in case you have a new product in the transaction.<br><strong>Cash payments<\/strong> and <strong>cash refunds<\/strong> can be synced into a separate bank account (as opposed to the default clearing one) and settings for them can be prepared according to your specific needs. Additional settings and a separate clearing account called Square Cash (required for Synder) are automatically created for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may check them by following the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to the Organization needed (if you have several) at the top right of the page \u2192 <strong><em>Settings<\/em><\/strong> \u2192 select Square in the Integration dropdown \u2192 you will see automatically created <strong>Cash payment<\/strong> and <strong>Cash refund<\/strong> additional settings.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Square-Cash-4-1024x507.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Square-Cash-4-1024x507.png 1024w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Square-Cash-4-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Square-Cash-4-768x380.png 768w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Square-Cash-4-1536x760.png 1536w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Square-Cash-4-60x30.png 60w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Square-Cash-4-150x74.png 150w, https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Square-Cash-4.png 1899w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Click on the <strong>Cash payment<\/strong> additional setting \u2192 go to the Sales tab \u2192 select the account cash payments will be deposited to or just leave the default Square Cash (required for Synder) one \u2192 click on <strong>Update<\/strong>.<br>3. Follow the same steps for <strong>Cash refunds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-images-slider advgb-images-slider-block\"><div class=\"advgb-images-slider\" data-slick=\"{&quot;rtl&quot;: false}\"><div class=\"advgb-image-slider-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Square-cash-2.png\" class=\"advgb-image-slider-img\" alt=\"Slider image\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto\"\/><div class=\"advgb-image-slider-item-info\" style=\"justify-content:center;align-items:center\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"advgb-image-slider-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Square-cash-3.png\" class=\"advgb-image-slider-img\" alt=\"Slider image\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto\"\/><div class=\"advgb-image-slider-item-info\" style=\"justify-content:center;align-items:center\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations! That is it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/synder.com\/contact\/\"><em>Reach out to the Synder Team<\/em><\/a>\u00a0via online support chat, phone, or email with any questions you have \u2013 we\u2019re always happy to help you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script>\nif (window.convertflow == undefined) {\nvar script = document.createElement('script'); \nscript.async = true;\nscript.src = \"https:\/\/js.convertflow.co\/production\/websites\/11040.js\"; \ndocument.body.appendChild(script); \n};\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"cf-cta-snippet cta74409\" website-id=\"11040\" cta-id=\"74409\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you sync a cash transaction from the payment processor into your accounting company with the help of Square QuickBooks integration, the Sales Receipt for the total amount of the sale will be created on the accounting company side.&nbsp;The Sales Receipt is deposited into a clearing account called Square (required for Synder) and is categorized 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