Question : Need help importing customer information into quick books

Can any one tell me the headers I must use to import a customers information like phone number and address into quickbooks from excel using an iif file
I cant find it in their iif import kit

Answer : Need help importing customer information into quick books

This is for quickbooks enterprise. I guess it would work for almost any other version.

The following table shows the column headings for the Customers & Jobs list. Only the NAME column is required.

NAME
 (Required) The name of the customer. If a job name is included, the customer name appears first. If you are creating an import file, use a colon (:) to separate the customer name from the job name.
 
TIMESTAMP
 (Export files only) A unique number that identifies the company file from which you exported the Customers & Jobs list.
 
REFNUM
 (Export files only) A unique number that identifies an entry in the list.
 
BADDR1
 The first line of the customer's billing address.
 
BADDR2
 The second line of the customer's billing address.
 
BADDR3
 The third line of the customer's billing address.
 
BADDR4
 The fourth line of the customer's billing address.
 
BADDR5
 The fifth line of the customer's billing address.
 
SADDR1
 The first line of the customer's shipping address.
 
SADDR2
 The second line of the customer's shipping address.
 
SADDR3
 The third line of the customer's shipping address.
 
SADDR4
 The fourth line of the customer's shipping address.
 
SADDR5
 The fifth line of the customer's shipping address.
 
PHONE1
 The customer's phone number.
 
PHONE2
 The customer's alternate phone number.
 
FAXNUM
 The customer's FAX number.
 
CONT1
 The name of your primary contact with the customer.
 
CONT2
 The name of an alternate contact with the customer.
 
CTYPE
 Your classification for the customer. (QuickBooks calls this a "customer type."). If you import a customer type that is not on your Customer Type list, QuickBooks adds the new customer type to the list.
 
TERMS
 The customer's payment terms with your company.
 
TAXABLE
 Indicates whether you can charge sales tax to the customer. If you are creating an import file, type one of the following in the TAXABLE field:
 
 
  If you can charge sales tax to this customer.
 
 
  If you cannot charge sales tax to this customer.
 
LIMIT
 The customer's credit limit with your company. If you are creating an import file, enter the dollar amount.
 
RESALENUM
 The customer's resale number.
 
REP
 Specifies the sales representative who deals with the customer. The sales representative will be added to the Sales Rep list and either the Vendor list, Employee list, or Other Names list.

Enter the following items, separated by colons (for example, John Smith:2:JS).
 
 
 Name:
 (Required) First and last name of the sales representative.
 
 
 ListID:
 (Required) Number of the list to which the sales representative should be added.

Vendor

Employee

Other Names
 
 
 Initials:
 (Required) Initials of the sales representative.
 
TAXITEM
 The name of the tax item you have assigned to this customer. The name you enter must correspond to one of the sales tax items on your Item list.
 
NOTEPAD
 Your notes about the customer. If you are creating an import file, the notes appear in the Notepad window for the customer.
 
SALUTATION
 The customer's salutation, or title (Mr., Ms., Doctor, etc.).
 
COMPANYNAME
 The name of the customer's company.
 
FIRSTNAME
 The customer's first name.
 
MIDINIT
 The customer's middle initial.
 
LASTNAME
 The customer's last name.
 
CUSTFLD1
CUSTFLD2
.
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CUSTFLD 7
 The custom field entries for the customer (you can have up to 7 custom field entries). Custom fields let you track special information about the customer, such as the customer's birthday or email address. What you use custom fields for is entirely up to you.
 
JOBDESC
 A short description of the job you are performing for the customer.
 
JOBTYPE
 A word or phrase you want to use to categorize the job you are performing for the customer. You can create reports based on job types.
 
JOBSTATUS
 The status of the job you are performing for the customer. QuickBooks uses these terms to indicate job status:

Pending
Awarded
In progress
Closed
Not awarded
 
JOBSTART
 The starting date of the job you are performing for the customer.
 
JOBPROJEND
 The projected ending date of the job you are performing for the customer.
 
JOBEND
 The ending date of the job you performed for the customer.
 
NOTE
 The name or number of the account you want to associate with this customer. QuickBooks requires an account number if you want to set up this customer as an online payee. The payee uses this number to identify you.
 
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