Zoho Books

Send entries to Zoho Books to create invoices, update customers, and record payments or expenses.

Zoho Books is cloud accounting for invoicing, expenses, payments, and tax‑ready reports. Connecting Cognito Forms with Zoho Books turns submissions into customers, invoices, payments, and expenses—so your books stay current.

Automate bookkeeping from each submission. You can issue invoices, keep customer data accurate, and speed reconciliation.

  • Create invoices directly from orders
  • Sync new and existing customers
  • Capture expenses with receipt uploads

Use this integration to:

  • Create or update customers and invoices
  • Record payments, credits, or expenses
  • Attach uploaded files to records

Use this integration when you

Use Zoho Books to bill from online orders, sync customer details as they change, and track payments and expenses without spreadsheets.

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How It Works

  1. Create a new Zap
    1. Log in to Zapier
    2. Click “Make a Zap” and choose Cognito Forms as the trigger app
  2. Define the trigger
    1. Select “New Entry” as the trigger event
    2. Authenticate your Cognito Forms account and choose your form
  3. Connect to Zoho Books
    1. Select Zoho Books as the action app
    2. Choose the desired action (e.g., Create Invoice, Create Contact)
    3. Authenticate and authorize your Zoho Books account
  4. Map form data
    1. Match Cognito Forms fields to Zoho Books fields for accurate data transfer
  5. Test and verify
    1. Submit a sample form entry
    2. Check the results in your Zoho Books account to confirm accuracy
  6. Activate automation
    1. Turn on your Zap to automatically sync future form submissions

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