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January 18, 2022
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S-corp owner/employee made purchases w/personal funds

  • January 18, 2022
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Expenses: 1/18/21 $53.39 meals ,pay method ACH: 1/29/21 $50.00 Admin office, no pay method: 1/24/21 $266.55, Admin office pay method ACH , Reimbursed w/1 payment 5/19/21 $369.94 Employee reimbursement pay method ACH. All have been reconciled. is this correct?

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January 19, 2022

Hi there, @userfinance-mgr.

 

Are you trying to record the payment for your business using your personal funds? If so, let me walk you through the steps on how to do it in QuickBooks.  

 

Although we don't recommend mixing business and personal funds, we know it happens sometimes. When you reimburse a personal expense, you can record it as a check or an expense. Let me show you how:

 

To record the business expense you paid for with personal funds, create a journal entry.
 

  1. Click + New and select Journal entry.
  2. On the first line, choose the expense account for the purchase.
  3. Enter the purchase amount in the Debits column.
  4. On the second line, select Partner's equity or Owner's equity.
  5. Enter the same purchase amount in the Credits column.
  6. Click Save and close.

 

For the reimbursement, you have two options. You can record it as a check or an expense. For expense, follow these steps:
 

  1. Select + New and click Expense.
  2. Choose 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 of the reimbursement.
  5. Click Save and close.

 

You can also check out this article for complete guidelines: Pay for business expenses with personal funds.

 

If you aren't sure about this process, I'd recommend reaching out to your accountant to make everything is right. That way, we can ensure that your books are accurate. 

 

Let me know if you need further assistance with this. I'm always around to provide answers and clarifications to your questions. Have a great day ahead and take care.