Enter billable expenses

Important: Be sure billable expenses are set up before entering one. How?

  1. Enter a billable expense using the Bill, Expense, or Check page.
  2. Use the following fields to enter a billable expense:
    Account or Product/ServiceChoose the expense account or product/service appropriate for what you purchased for the customer.
    AmountEnter the cost of what you purchased for the customer. You can enter a calculation.

    If that cost is less than the total amount of the transaction, enter a separate detail line for each amount.

    DescriptionEnter a description of what you purchased for the customer. Note: This appears on the customer's invoice.
    CustomerChoose the customer who will be billed for the expense. If you don't see a Customer field, Expense and product/service tracking by customer isn't set up.
    Billable

    Select the box. If you don't see a Billable column, billable expense tracking isn't set up.

    How do you set it up?
    Markup(Optional) Enter a markup percentage. What does Markup do?

    What if you don't see Markup?

    Sales Tax

    This column appears only if a Billable column appears and if Sales tax is turned on.

    How do you turn on sales tax?