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title: "Connecting Payhawk to Dual Entry for Administrators"
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description: "Connect Payhawk with Dual Entry to sync accounts, VAT rates, suppliers, and expenses in real time using an API key."
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published: 2026-11-03T08:35:34Z
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# Connecting Payhawk to Dual Entry

Payhawk supports direct integration with Dual Entry and provides you with the flexibility to effortlessly export and sync your expenses between the two systems.

For more information, go to the article about [exported data between Payhawk and Dual Entry](/help/overview-of-shared-data-with-dual-entry#exported-data-fields-to-dual-entry).

## Initial interaction between Payhawk and Dual Entry

By connecting to your Dual Entry subsidiary, you allow Payhawk to perform the following:

- Sync your **Bank accounts**, **Chart of accounts**, **VAT rates**, **Analytical categories and customers**, and **Suppliers**.
- Automatically push expenses and payments in real time.

## Before you begin

To connect the two systems:

- You must have Administrator rights for both Dual Entry and Payhawk.
- You need a Dual Entry API key. To create one, log in to Dual Entry as an Administrator, go to **Developer access**, and create an API key with the **View-Only** role.

## Connecting to Dual Entry

To connect your Payhawk account to Dual Entry, follow the steps:

1. In the [Payhawk Web Portal](https://portal.payhawk.com), go to **Settings** > **Integrations** tab.
2. Under **Available integrations**, find **Dual Entry** and click on **Connect**.
3. On the next screen, click on **Continue**.

![Connect Payhawk to your DualEntry account screen in Payhawk, showing the setup process and the data that Payhawk fetches from DualEntry](https://storage.googleapis.com/payhawk-cdn/Adm%3AIntegrations%3ADual%20Entry/Connecting_Payhawk_to_Dual_Entry_overview_20261029_manual.png)
4. On the **Connect account** screen, paste your Dual Entry API key in the **API key** field, and click on **Continue**.

![Connect account step in Payhawk, with instructions for creating a DualEntry API key and an empty API key field](https://storage.googleapis.com/payhawk-cdn/Adm%3AIntegrations%3ADual%20Entry/Connecting_Payhawk_to_Dual_Entry_connect_account_20261029_ai.png)
5. On the next screen, from the drop-down menu select the company to which you want to connect, and click on **Continue**.

![Pick a company to connect to screen in Payhawk, with a DualEntry company selected in the drop-down menu](https://storage.googleapis.com/payhawk-cdn/Adm%3AIntegrations%3ADual%20Entry/Connecting_Payhawk_to_Dual_Entry_choose_company_20261029_ai.png)
6. In the **Data mapping** dialog, configure the **Bank accounts mapping** and the **Payhawk specific accounts** settings. Click on **Continue**.

![Data mapping screen of the Dual Entry integration in Payhawk, showing the Accounts payable, Debit bank accounts mapping, Payhawk specific accounts, and Master data sync settings](https://storage.googleapis.com/payhawk-cdn/Adm%3AIntegrations%3ADual%20Entry/Connecting_Payhawk_to_Dual_Entry_map_accounts_20261029_ai.png)
7. The Payhawk system will automatically fetch the Dual Entry data. After the data process has finished, click on **Done**.

![DualEntry is connected confirmation screen in Payhawk, listing the imported chart of accounts, classifications, VAT rates, and suppliers](https://storage.googleapis.com/payhawk-cdn/Adm%3AIntegrations%3ADual%20Entry/Connecting_Payhawk_to_Dual_Entry_done_20261029_ai.png)

## Notes on configuration

- The integration setup from the last time Payhawk and your accounting system were connected will be automatically re-applied the next time you connect.
- You can edit the current integration setup without disconnecting from your accounting system. In Payhawk, go to **Settings** > **Integrations**, click on the three-dots menu of the desired ERP system, and select **Edit configuration**.

## Useful resources

- [Overview of shared data with Dual Entry](/help/overview-of-shared-data-with-dual-entry)
- [FAQ on the Payhawk-Dual Entry integration](/help/faq-on-the-payhawk-dual-entry-integration)