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QuickBooks Error 3180: Detailed Troubleshooting Tactics Are Here


QuickBooks Error 3180
QuickBooks Error 3180

QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Point of Sale (QBPOS) have entirely different functions and they are generally integrated to perform the systematic completion of important enterprise projects.

In this scenario, QB users utilize the ‘Financial Exchange’ process to successfully transfer all the relevant data between these two applications. Through the financial exchange process, users don’t need to enter the same data twice, and their overall efficiency increases.

However, certain errors belonging to the ‘3000 Error Code’ series can prevent the user from initiating the financial exchange process & one of the common examples of the ‘3000 Error Code’ series is ‘QuickBooks Error 3180’.

In the present blog, a detailed technical description of this error is provided, along with easy solutions.

If you want instant assistance regarding ‘QuickBooks Error 3180’, you should dial 1-855-856-0042 to contact our QB Professionals Team.

Various Error Messages Linked With ‘3180 QuickBooks Error’ and Relevant Solutions

This section furnishes different types of error messages that come up on the screen due to ‘3180 QuickBooks Error’, and all the appropriate solutions are also described.

Error Type 1: Problem With Saving General Journal Transaction

Relevant Cause: Invalid mapping of accounts & inactive accounts linked with the relevant item in QBPOS


Solution 1: Ensure that all the accounts are ‘Active’ and validate the mapping of accounts via QB Desktop & QBPOS


  • Instantly open the QBPOS application window & move ahead to choose the ‘Sales History’ icon to note the complete list of all the items that are causing trouble on the system.

  • Thereafter, visit the ‘Home Page’ of QBPOS and immediately tap the ‘Item List’ tab, following which you need to strike the ‘Edit’ option on the window.

  • Next, choose the ‘QuickBooks’ option indicated on the QBPOS window to ensure that all the accounts are correctly mapped on the system.

  • Just thereafter, you can open the QB window to make sure that all the accounts are ‘Active’, and you must also open the QBPOS window to validate all the details through the ‘Edit’ icon under the ‘Item List’ menu.

  • In the final step, you can hit the ‘Save’ button, following which the financial exchange process can be accomplished.


Error Type 2: Problem While Saving a Sales Receipt

Relevant Cause: The payment item is corrupted, or it is also possible that the payment item is mismatched with the existing version on the system


Solution 2: Allot fresh names to all the QBPOS payment items & merge the relevant items in QB Desktop

  • Immediately open the QB application window & choose the ‘Item List’ tab under the ‘Lists’ menu, following which you can mark the ‘Include Inactive’ box.

  • Next, you must view the entire list of POS items & you should right-click each POS item to choose the ‘Rename’ option, after which you can attach a new name as follows: ‘Itemherenewname’.

  • Save the new POS item name by hitting the ‘OK’ button, and you can now execute the financial exchange process very easily.

  • You can also select the duplicate POS items & you can strike the ‘OLD’ items to choose the ‘Edit Item’ option.

  • Now, erase the ‘OLD’ word & hit the ‘OK’ button, following which the QB window will allow you to merge the required items successfully.

Both solutions detailed above are absolutely perfect for eliminating ‘QuickBooks Error 3180’. If you want more help, you can dial 1-855-856-0042 to contact our QB Experts Team.

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