{"id":20519,"date":"2023-12-12T18:22:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/?p=20519"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:00:20","slug":"synder-stripe-connect-express-account-sync-to-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synder.com\/help\/synder-stripe-connect-express-account-sync-to-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Synder: Stripe Connect Account Sync to Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What is Stripe Connect?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. How Synder syncs Stripe Connect accounts to the accounting platform?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. How to reconcile Stripe Connect income in your books?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Stripe Connect in Summary Sync Mode<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What is Stripe Connect?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Stripe Connect is a specialized payment solution developed by Stripe, explicitly designed for online marketplaces, crowdfunding platforms, and on-demand business models.
    The Stripe Connect account is a hybrid option that allows sellers to sign up to your marketplace within two minutes!  Stripe Connect allows individuals to turn their business into a Platform. Platforms can then register \u201cmini-businesses\u201d as part of their payments ecosystem and control payment interactions between these mini-businesses and their customers. 
    You, on the other hand, will receive a commission for the transactions happening via your connected accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Stripe Connect money flow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    How Synder syncs Stripe Connect accounts to the accounting platform?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Synder can see how much you have earned via commissions from the sales on your connected accounts. This commission is synced to your books, as this is your actual income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In Synder, you will be able to see the \u201cApplication fees\u201d, and if the sales were refunded –  \u201cApplication fee refunds\u201d. They will reflect your commissions received through your Stripe Connected accounts. Synder will create Sales Receipts for income and Refund Receipts for refunds that might happen if the charge was refunded in the connected account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    By default, they are going to be synced as your regular income to a default income category (\u201cStripe income\u201d, for example). You will be able to map them to a specific account in your Profit and Loss by following the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Create a specific product for income by going to Sales <\/em>\u2192 Products and Services <\/em>list in your QuickBooks. Call it the way you like (in our example, it is \u201cStripe Connect Product\u201d). 
      Important:<\/strong> in the \u201cIncome account\u201d field for the product, use your desired revenue account (in our case, it is \u201cStripe Connect income\u201d).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Go to Synder\u2192 Settings<\/em>, click \u201cCreate additional Settings\u201d<\/em> and add \u201cApplication fees\u201d<\/em> and \u201cApplication fee refunds\u201d<\/em> to your settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. In both of the new tabs, go to Products\/Services<\/em> tab and set your product to \u201cCommon\u201d<\/em>, then select your product from QuickBooks Online (in our case \u201cStripe Connect Product\u201d).
      This way, all the Stripe Connect sales receipts will have this same product and will go under your selected revenue account in your Profit and Loss.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Save your new settings with an \u201cUpdate\u201d<\/em> button at the bottom.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      Once this is done, feel free to sync your application fees to your accounting platform and check your PandL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      How to reconcile Stripe Connect income in your books?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      In order to reconcile Stripe connect income, you can use a \u201cBalance change from activity\u201d report from your Stripe account. And compare it with your net Stripe Connect income in QuickBooks Online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      In order to see this report in Stripe:
      1. Go to Stripe <\/em>\u2192 Reports <\/em>\u2192 Balance<\/em>, then select your connected account and the date range to see the report for a specific month. 
      2. Look at the \u201cPlatform earnings\u201d<\/em> category, which reflects your income from your selected connected account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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      In your accounting system, QuickBooks Online in our example, open your Profit and Loss and see the income there as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      This way, you will be able to clearly track your Stripe Connect income in your books and have your bookkeeping completely automated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Stripe Connect in Summary Sync Mode<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      When syncing Stripe Connect with summary sync<\/strong>, a Stripe Transfers<\/strong> mapping group will appear. This represents funds moved from your Stripe platform balance to connected accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We recommend mapping it to your Stripe Processing Fees<\/strong> account (or equivalent fees account in your books). You can adjust this to fit your accounting setup as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      To update:<\/strong> In the Synder dashboard, go to Mapping<\/strong> in the left sidebar \u2192 find Stripe Transfers<\/strong> \u2192 select your Fees account \u2192 Save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Using Per-Transaction sync?<\/strong> Stripe Connect Transfers<\/strong> can instead be synced as expenses and applied to matching open Bills<\/strong> in QuickBooks Online, using the Apply expenses to unpaid Bill transactions<\/strong> setting. Because Transfers sync as Fees by default, this requires a custom configuration from your Synder account manager. See How to Apply Expenses to Unpaid Bills in QuickBooks Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Reach out to the Synder team<\/em><\/a> via online support chat, phone, or email with any questions you have \u2013 we\u2019re always happy to help you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n