I have a client who has open balance, meanwhile I bought some products from the same client and the amoount I owe him he wants me to deduct it from the open balance due. How can I do that?

Hi Christine,

It's great to hear that you have this kind of relationship with this person that you can help each other out by buying from each other's businesses. From an accounting perspective, it can get a little tricky. Here's why.

QuickBooks Desktop can help you manage your transactions for both instances, but they need to be handled separately. There isn't any crossover with clients and vendors in the program as they're two separate entities. The same goes for the related transactions. I recommend touching base with an accountant to determine the best way to handle this sort of situation. That way, you'll be sure to find the best solution for your business.

Others in the QuickBooks community have asked similar questions. I'll link a few below that may be able to help point you in the right direction. The first is for QuickBooks Online and the second two are questions from our US customers, but they're both dealing with the same principles and feature helpful answers from our community's accountant users.

• I have a customer who is also a vendor. How to I apply a vendor credit to a customer invoice with Quickbooks Online?
• Have a customer that is also a vendor. The customer pays my invoice but deducts the amount for their vendor bill. How should this transaction be entered/accounted for?
• I have a Customer that is also a vendor and we offset AR and AP, QB Pro Desktop 2018

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