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A delivery journal breaks each platform payout into the sale, the taxes and tips you collected, and the fees the platform kept — then posts each piece to its own account. This page defines the lines a delivery journal produces and how to map them, so your delivery exports land in the correct accounts and every entry balances.

How account mapping works

You set delivery mappings on the Delivery Mapping page (see Introduction). For each journal line you choose the account it should post to in QuickBooks:
  • Shared lines map once. Sales tax, tips, and ground-transportation fees behave the same across every platform, so they each map to a single account.
  • Each platform gets its own four accounts. Sales, fees, receivable, and undeposited funds are tracked per platform so you can tell DoorDash revenue from Uber Eats revenue at a glance.
  • An unmapped line breaks the export. If a line that carries an amount has no account, the entry can’t post — map it in Setup rather than editing the entry.
Contact support to set your delivery mappings up for you — see Introduction.

Shared lines

These lines are the same regardless of which platform the payout came from, so each maps to one account.

Per-platform lines

Each delivery platform posts to its own set of four accounts. Below is the pattern for Uber Eats; repeat the same four accounts for DoorDash, Grubhub/Seamless, ezCater, and any other platform you accept — just swap the platform name.
The Undeposited Funds - [Platform] account is what you reconcile your bank deposits against. When the weekly payout hits your bank, categorize it to this account and the balance clears. See Bookkeeping Guidelines.

Example chart of accounts

A minimal set of accounts that covers the lines above, shown for a restaurant that accepts Uber Eats. Add the same four platform accounts for every other platform you run.