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Managing Expenses in invoices Best Practice

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April 19, 2021
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Hello all,

Am adding expenses to QB invoices. When the invoice gets paid/processed should I exclude the expenses amount in a split or should I declare the whole payment as business income and offset that by categorising the expenses as my own business expenses. Just looking for confirmation of best practice

Many Thanks

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Best answer by Ashleigh1

Hello Joel Sample,

Welcome to the Community page,

So when marking an invoice as paid it doesn't have any affect on the transaction section as the invoice section is just for your reference only. So you would have to record the expenses relating to the invoices and when you have received payment from the customer you record it as business income.

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Ashleigh1Answer

Hello Joel Sample,

Welcome to the Community page,

So when marking an invoice as paid it doesn't have any affect on the transaction section as the invoice section is just for your reference only. So you would have to record the expenses relating to the invoices and when you have received payment from the customer you record it as business income.

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Joel SampleAuthor

Thanks for the message. Would this mean if I do a job for a client where I have to buy something on their behalf I should categorise that as a separate QB business expense before sending the invoice. The invoice will include that expense but when the client processes/pays the invoice, I record that (including the reimbursed expense) as business income?

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EmmaM

Hello Joel, So that is up to you if you are in effect passing on the expense, you can record the expense of buying the goods and then pass on the cost in the invoice and then you can in transactions add the full income amount as business income. That would be the best practice.

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