Note: This description applies to QuickBooks Desktop only. QuickBooks Online is handled differently, as described in “FinJinni and QuickBooks Online Validation”.

FinJinni creates a General Ledger from the data that is returned by QuickBooks. FinJinni recalculates the effect of all transactions against this General Ledger. FinJiini then attempts to balance all accounts on a daily basis to exactly match QuickBooks using the QuickBooks trial balances.

Variances are rare, but possible. For example, there are instances where QuickBooks will issue a warning “your balance sheet is out of balance”. FinJinni could show a different result in these cases.

To check whether there are any variances, use the report under “System Maintenance Queries” called “Trial Balance Variance”. You should usually see the result “NO VARIANCES”. You can also look at the Trial Balance Detail query, which shows the day-to-day balance comparison between FinJinni and QuickBooks.