How do I connect Payhawk to Xero?

Payhawk imports from Xero your chart of accounts, tax rates, and tracking categories. Payhawk automatically suggest this data to the accountants that review expenses. Once an expense is reviewed, Payhawk pushes the expense and it’s additional data such as dates, suppliers and amounts to Xero automatically.

What information does the integration use?

Payhawk imports from Xero your chart of accounts, tax rates, and tracking categories. Payhawk automatically suggests this data to the accountants that review expenses. Once an expense is reviewed, Payhawk pushes the expense and its additional data such as dates, suppliers and amounts to Xero automatically.

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Automatic expense categorization

All your invoices will be automatically categorized by our computer vision in the appropriate Xero chart of account and Tax Rate. Payhawk also imports your Tracking Categories, allowing you to stay on top of your Xero analytics.

Real-time company spending information

Every transaction on Payhawk is automatically pushed to Xero's bank feed at the very moment it gets settled. Your balances won't be out of sync ever again allowing you to monitor and control spending in real-time.

The Xero integration on the Payhawk interface

Automated invoice reconciliation and accounting using Xero integration with Payhawk.

Push the right data every time to Xero again

Payhawk pushes your expenses and their data once they've been reviewed. All that you have to do on Xero is a one click reconciliation.

“The Xero integration is one of the strongest I’ve seen on the market — you just need to click in Xero, and all the information input is done in Payhawk. The flexibility is great, too; you can set up your workflows in a way that works best for your business.”

Carolina Einarsson, Finance Director at Essentia Analytics

About Xero

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