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# Accounting

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Accounting Review is not enabled for every workspace. It requires QuickBooks access, a connected QuickBooks company, Accounting Review mode, and permission to view Accounting.
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**Accounting** brings together received event payments and events that need QuickBooks accounting review. It is intended for businesses using FlowerBuddy's advanced accrual-accounting features. You do not need it to create events, send proposals, or record payments in FlowerBuddy.

Connection and sync-mode settings are in **Workspace Settings > Integrations > QuickBooks**. The [QuickBooks settings](/reference/workspace-settings/integrations/quickbooks.md) explain the difference between syncing event invoices and using Accounting Review.

## Cash receipts and event revenue

A client may pay a deposit before their event takes place. **Cash Receipts** helps you review that received payment and record it as deferred revenue in QuickBooks. **Revenue Recognition** helps you review the event later and move its revenue from deferred revenue into the mapped accounts.

These are separate actions. Recording a receipt does not complete the event's revenue recognition. Before syncing, check the selected client, QuickBooks customer, dates, amounts, and accounts with the person responsible for your bookkeeping.

## Account setup

The **Accounts** tab connects FlowerBuddy reporting categories and tax profiles with the accounts used in QuickBooks. It also holds the deferred-revenue settings used by the receipt review. Set these up before working through receipts and events that need review.

## Workspace and event views

Use this page to see accounting work across events. Use an individual event's [Accounting tab](/reference/event-page/accounting.md) for its client attribution, line-item mappings, receipts, and journal entry preview.

The workspace lists show items that still need attention. Successfully synced receipts and events leave these lists; the event-level view provides the individual event's accounting context.

## In this section

* [Cash Receipts](/reference/accounting/cash-receipts.md)
* [Revenue Recognition](/reference/accounting/revenue-recognition.md)
* [Accounts](/reference/accounting/accounts.md)