The following structure and rules apply to Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) files:

• Each transaction must end with a caret (^) symbol.
  
  
• Each item in the transaction must appear on a separate line.
  
  
• When Quicken exports an account register, it adds one of the following lines at the beginning of the file to identify the type of account:

!Type:Bank

!Type:Invst

!Type:Cash

!Type:Oth A

!Type:CCard

!Type:Oth L

• In addition to the above lines, Quicken Home and Business also uses the following lines:

!Type:Invoice

!Type:Tax

!Type:Bill

Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) is a nonproprietary data format. Although QIF was originally developed by Intuit, and certain Intuit products (including this product) still contain the ability to import and/or export files in QIF format, Intuit does not endorse or provide support for this format. For this reason, Intuit does not know the identities of all institutions and processors that support QIF.

Note: To learn more about important QIF changes in Quicken 2005, please visit the QIF Import Users Resource Center Web page.

• Example of a Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) file