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08/12/2020

WRITING OFF BAD DEBT

Unfortunately, we have to write off sales from some customers who are unable to pay their bill. We use the CREATE CREDIT MEMO feature to credit off the bad credit to a new account we will make call BAD DEBT.

Create a bad debts expense account
Go to Settings ⚙ and select Chart of Accounts.
At the upper right, select New to create a new account.
From the Account Type ▼ dropdown menu, select Expenses.

From the Detail Type ▼ dropdown, select Bad debts.
In the Name field, enter “Bad debts.”
Select Save and Close.

Create a bad debt item
Go to Settings ⚙ and select Products and Services.
At the upper right, select New, and then Non-inventory.
In the Name field, enter “Bad debts.”
From the Income account ▼ drop-down, select Bad debts.
Select Save and Close.

Create a credit memo for the bad debt
Select + New.
Select Credit memo or Give credit.
Select the customer from the Customer ▼ drop-down.
In the Product/Service section, select Bad debts.
In the amount column, enter the amount you want to write off.
In the Message displayed on statement box, enter “Bad Debt.”
Select Save and Close.

Apply the credit memo to the invoice
Select + New.
Under Customers, select Receive payment or Receive invoice payment.
From the Customer ▼ dropdown, select the appropriate customer.
From the Outstanding Transactions section, select the invoice.
From the Credits section, select the credit memo.
Select Save and Close.
The uncollectible receivable now appears on your Profit and Loss report under the Bad Debts expense account.

08/04/2020

BILLABLE EXPENSES

Billable expenses are those expenses that are incurred and are passed on to a client.

Step 1: Turn on billable expense
To record billable expenses, turn on billable expense tracking.

Go to Settings ⚙, then select Account and Settings.
Go to the Expenses tab.
From the Bills and expenses section, select Edit ✎.
Select the following:
Show Items table on expense and purchase forms
Track expenses and items by customer
Make expenses and items billable
(Optional) Set up the following:
Markup rate
Billable expense tracking
Sales tax charge
Bill payment terms
Select Save, then Done.
Step 2: Enter a billable expense
Here’s how to bill a customer for an expense.

Select + New.
Select the transaction (Bill, Expense, or Check) you want to create.
Select the payee.
In the Category column, select the expense account for transaction.
Enter the description and amount of the expense, then select the Billable checkbox.
In the Customer column, select the customer you want to bill for this expense.
(Optional) Enter or make sure the markup % is correct, then select the Tax checkbox or choose a tax agency if you want to charge tax.
Select Save and close.
"Something's not quite right" when saving the expense transaction.
Step 3: Add billable expenses to invoices
To reimburse the cost, link the billable expense to your customer's invoice.

Select + New.
Select Invoice.
In the Customer ▼ dropdown menu, select the customer you created a billable expense for. This opens the Add to invoice window.
Select Add on the billable expense you want to charge to your customer.
Select Save and close.