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February 19, 2022
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Only half my expenses are showing what am I doing wrong?

  • February 19, 2022
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its only showing half my expenses on my profit and loss reports which means its saying I have a much larger profit than I actually do

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MarsStephanieL
February 19, 2022

Glad to see you here in the Community, @jo-bodyreactive-. I'd be happy to help you with your missing expenses in your Profit and Loss Report.

 

There are multiple causes of having the transactions and computations not showing up in any report. These are as follows:

 

  • Deactivated expense accounts.
  • Incorrect accounting basis selected (Cash or Accrual) when running the report.
  • Transactions categorized to the incorrect expense accounts.
  • The date range of the report.

 

If your expense account was inactive in the Chart of Accounts, make it active again and view the register. Then, delete the auto payment entry made by QuickBooks Online when inactivating the account. This way, the amount will show up.

 

When running a report, ensure that the accounting basis is set to the correct one. If your business is using Accrual accounting from the beginning, do so when running a report. Unless you want to track the Cash payments only, you can use Cash accounting.

 

Assess some of your expense transactions and make sure that is it assigned to the correct expense account.

 

In addition to customizing the report is to enter the correct date range. The transactions within the selected date range will show.

 

Moreover, I've added this article for more details on managing reports in QuickBooks Online: Customise reports in QuickBooks Online. This contains steps on how to track your data efficiently.

 

I'll be around to assist you further if you have any questions. Please don't hesitate to let me know in the comment section. Have a nice day ahead!