# Using QuickBooks Locations in WiseCost

- URL: https://www.usewisecost.com/help/quickbooks-integration/using-quickbooks-locations
- Audience: Admins
- Last updated: 2026-09-19
- Part of the WiseCost Help Center: https://www.usewisecost.com/help

> Sync your QuickBooks Online Locations to WiseCost, add Location to the time entry form, and labor distribution posts each journal line with its Location.

Locations in WiseCost are the Departments or Locations of your QuickBooks Online company. When you include Location on the time entry form, employees tag each time entry with a location, and Labor Distribution posts each journal line with its QuickBooks Location. It is an optional tag on top of the contract, useful for sites, offices, programs or state-by-state reporting.

**Who can do this:** an Administrator.

## Turn Locations on

1. Make sure location tracking is set up in QuickBooks Online and that your locations exist there.
2. In WiseCost, go to **Company Setup → Locations** and click **Re-Sync**. Your locations appear in the list.
3. Go to **Company Setup → Company settings → Time Tracking**. In the **Time Entry Form** table, turn on **Include in form** for **Location**. Turn on **Required** if every entry must carry one.

[Screenshot: Locations list synced from QuickBooks]

## What happens next

- Employees see a Location field when they log time. If it is required, they cannot save an entry without it.
- Labor Distribution posts each journal line with its QuickBooks Location.
- The Labor Distribution report can be filtered by location.
- Employees on distributed tracking get a separate percentage distribution by Location. See [Distributed tracking for salaried employees](https://www.usewisecost.com/help/time-tracking/distributed-tracking-for-salaried-employees).

## Common questions

### An employee sees "Location is required". What does it mean?

Your time entry form requires a Location and the entry does not have one. See ["Location is required" when logging time](https://www.usewisecost.com/help/troubleshooting/location-is-required).

### Are Locations the same as Classes?

No. The Class or the Project is the contract the time is charged to. Location is an extra tag on top of it.