![]() ![]() ![]() Reimbursement related to customer activities is Sales, not washing away your expense. Reimbursement is a Process, not the Expense Account reason. That means I have $100 gross Postage expense and $100 Gross Sales Revenue and I net $0 for Profit, and if that sale item is subject to sales taxes, I was supposed to assess you for that, as well. I buy $100 of Stamps to use for your project, and I charge you $100 for that cost, at Cost. Your reporting shows the difference = the Net Income, which is part of taxes. What you "get reimbursed" simply is the Sales Price, as revenue or income. What you buy is Expense, or Cost of Goods Sold (for products you bought to sell, such as inventory). Marking up or not marking up doesn't change the reality. Links to Online Sample Companies - Test Drive QuickBooks Online - QuickBooks Learn & Support Go here and testdrive this in a sample file: The same is true for Billable time, from timesheets. You enter something as Billable, to the customer, because you intend to Bill them for it. Record and track what I must bill each customer for?" "and mark all costs as Reimbursable Expenses? Is there a better way to Postage from USPS is split as "postage reimbursed expense" by using your Service or noninventory product, listing that three times, so that you can allocate how much goes to each Customer name. "For example, may I call the Vendor the Customer name" Lodging split to 3 different Clients as billable or not. You split the details and assign Customer Name in the detail lines. s Expense from Checking (or on debit card) or as Credit Card charge. How do we record those say travel expenses" Yes, you just made $50 in Taxable Income, in that part of the expense is Not Reportable. Meanwhile, you "sell" it to the customer for $100. So, yes, you incur a $100 meal, and the IRS only allows you to take 50% as Expense, because we all need to eat, so that is not all Business. You report it, based on what the Tax regulations allow. You track it, because you Need it for reporting. I have a Net of 0.Īnd the tax regulations and provisions have Nothing to do with this tracking. If I pay $500 for Stamps for you, and charge that to you, I have $500 Postage Expense and $500 Income to report. Gross = what you incur, in full and what you are Paid by others, in Full. In additional taxable income when its really not income." $1500 but I get $3000 back from the client. if I have $3000 peryear in reimburseable meals, IRS let's me deductĥ0% i.e. May in some cases overstate your income - particularly for Meals. ![]() The Expense is whatever you Bought and paid for: Meals, Travel, Office Supplies, Postage, etc Even though you intend to Charge that to the customer = Selling it to them, to be Reimbursed, that doesn't change the Details for what you incurred. "When I bill my clients I record these items as "reimbursable" expenses and understand this is "income"" ![]()
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