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August 8, 2020
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How to raise purchase bill for purchases made from consumer?

  • August 8, 2020
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August 8, 2020

Welcome to QuickBooks Community, @jainatishay2012.

 

There are two scenarios that I can think of based on your concern above. It's either the following information:

  • Record a bill that's billable or associated with your customer.
  • Record a bill where the supplier is also your customer.

 

You can record a bill that's billable or associated with your customer by creating an expense transaction. This is applicable when an expense you incur on behalf of your customer or you perform work for them. Before doing so, please make sure to turn on the billable expense feature in the Account and settings page's Expenses tab. Once done, follow these steps in adding a billable expense transaction

  1. Go to the + New button.
  2. Select the transaction (Bill, Expense, or Check) you want to create.
  3. Choose the payee.
  4. In the Category column, select the expense account.
  5. Enter the description and amount of the expense, then select the Billable checkbox.
  6. In the Customer column, select the customer you want to bill for this expense.
  7. (Optional) Enter or make sure the markup % is correct, then select the Tax checkbox.
  8. Select Save and close.

 

After that, you need to add the billable expense to your customer's invoice. For the step-by-step guide, kindly refer to this article's Step 3: Add billable expenses to invoicesEnter billable expenses.

 

When your customer is also a supplier or vice versa, you'll have to create a profile for each type. This is because their related transactions are separate from each other in QuickBooks Online (QBO). Please note that the system won't allow you to add the same name of your customer and supplier. You'll have to add extra characters to save their information. You can record a bill where the supplier is also your customer, you'll have to create an expense transaction. Here's how:

  1. Go to the + New button.
  2. Select the transaction (Bill, Expense, or Check) you want to create.
  3. Enter all the necessary details.
  4. Click Save and close.

 

In case you created a bill transaction, you need to track its payment by utilizing the Pay bills option. You can refer to this article's Pay your bills through Pay bills section for the detailed steps: Enter and pay bills. It also contains information about paying bills through cheques.

 

To further guide you in monitoring your account's expenses in QBO, I'm adding this article for your reference: Manage Suppliers and Expenses for QuickBooks Online. It contains topics about bills, debit notes, and supplier reports to name a few.

 

Please comment below if you mean something else or you have other concerns by selecting the Reply button. I'm just around to help. Take care always.