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The concepts behind how Pleo prepares and exports accounting-ready data. These pages explain how expense classification, exports, imports, multi-entity setups, and user roles work, so you can build an accurate mental model before you start implementing. Select a section to get started.

Classification

How Tags Sync, Chart of Accounts Sync, and Tax Sync each shape how a spender classifies an expense in Pleo, before it is exported.

Classifying Expenses: Tags, Categories, and Tax Codes

How the three import syncs fit together to produce what a spender sees on an expense.

Exports

Expenses

How expense data moves from Pleo into your Accounting System, from the export lifecycle through to accounts mapping, data mapping, attachments, and posting behaviour.

Export Lifecycle

The end-to-end sequence for exporting expenses from Pleo to an Accounting System.

Accounts Mapping

How General Ledger accounts are selected once the bookkeeping method is resolved.

Data Mapping

How Pleo expense data is translated into Accounting System fields for accurate, reconcilable exports.

Attachments

What attachment data, such as receipts, is available and supported on Export Items.

Accounting Periods

Why accounting period determination and closed-period handling must be implemented within your integration.

Posting Behaviour

Why draft versus final posting state must be implemented within your integration.

Bookkeeping Methods

The bookkeeping methods Pleo supports for recording exported expenses, and how each Export Item’s configuration determines its behaviour.

Bookkeeping Methods Overview

The bookkeeping methods Pleo supports, and the configuration that determines which one applies.

Journal Entry Bookkeeping

How expenses exported from Pleo are represented as journal entries in an Accounting System.

Accounts Payable Bookkeeping

How vendor liabilities, payments, invoices, refunds, and split expenses are represented using Accounts Payable.

Imports

How Tags, Chart of Accounts, and Tax Codes stay synchronised from your Accounting System into Pleo, ready to assign to expenses.

Tags Sync Overview

How Accounting System Dimensions map into Pleo Tags, and what your integration is responsible for building.

Chart of Accounts Sync Overview

How your Chart of Accounts maps into Pleo Accounts, and what your integration is responsible for building.

Tax Sync Overview

How Tax Codes map into Pleo Tax Codes, and what your integration is responsible for building.

Multi-Entity and User Roles

How Pleo represents companies and user permissions, and how both affect API access and integration behaviour.

Multi-Entity & API Scope

How Pleo represents organisations with multiple legal entities, and how API access is scoped to a single company.

Employees and Roles

The user roles in Pleo, and how role-based permissions affect approvals, bookkeeping, and integrations.