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April 8, 2020
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How do I post business expenses on quickbooks which I paid for from my personal bank account.

  • April 8, 2020
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Best answer by emmam6

Hello Community Users! Here is the Quickbooks  help article for the journal entry for paying business expenses with personal funds. If you can not see the equity account mentioned it will be a case of going to the chart of accounts section and clicking on new to create it, selecting the most relevant option from the detail type. We'd always recommend speaking to an accountant before doing this as they may want you to record this a different way depending on the circumstances. Any questions feel free to just ask them here.

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April 8, 2020

I can help you post business expenses paid via your personal bank account, DawnInc. 

 

When you reimburse a personal expense, you can record it as a cheque or an expense. I also recommend reaching out to an accountant so they can advice what accounts will be affected. I'll show you how:

 

First, record the business expense you paid for with personal funds:

  1. Select + New and then click Journal entry.
  2. On the first line, select the expense account for the purchase.
  3. On the second line, select Partner's equity or Owner's equity.
  4. Select Save and close.

We can reimburse the expense via a Cheque or Expense: 

 

Cheque

  1. Select + New. Then, click Cheque.
  2. Choose and click a bank account to use to reimburse the personal funds.
  3. In the CATEGORY column, select partner's equity or owner's equity.
  4. Enter the amount to reimburse.
  5. Select Save and close.

For Expense, still go to the +New button and click Expense. Enter the same details as I've provided when using cheques. 

 

You can refer to this article if you need more help with mixing business and personal finds

 

Let me know if there's anything else that you need help with. Take care!

DawnIncAuthor
April 10, 2020

Many thanks for your response,

On the first line, in the account column , do I enter the name of the business account ? Also i am struggling with entering the journal entry detail on the second line for owner or partner  equity . Neither one  appears as an option to select in the drop down? 

thanks for further clarity

regards

Dawn 

emmam6Answer
October 6, 2022

Hello Community Users! Here is the Quickbooks  help article for the journal entry for paying business expenses with personal funds. If you can not see the equity account mentioned it will be a case of going to the chart of accounts section and clicking on new to create it, selecting the most relevant option from the detail type. We'd always recommend speaking to an accountant before doing this as they may want you to record this a different way depending on the circumstances. Any questions feel free to just ask them here.