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Hi All,
I have a Canadian corp. I spend personal funds on expenses regularly. When I document the expenses I record them under Shareholder Equity - Contributions and call them an expense in the appropriate category.
When I pay myself back for those expenses I record them under Shareholder Equity - Distributions. I've also been recording the distributions as an expense.
Am I recording these entries correctly?
Thanks!
I suggest you get with a tax accountant there in Canada
If this were a US corporation, the answer would be no, I think the same answer would apply though. Again get with a tax accountant locally
Good advice. Thanks for replying.
Good advice.
Thanks!
Hi Jamiew:
I'd say that the way you are recording the out-of-pocket costs is the way that QBO seems to recommend elsewhere (in the Help).
However, as you are a Canadian Corp and not a sole trader, I'd suggest:
This will keep such items out of Equity, instead setting them up as a liability, and will record expense and HST in the appropriate time period.
Hope this helps.
Norman
Hi Norman,
I've tried your suggestion (to record the amount owing the person in an Accounts Payable account of the person's name), but I'm confused by QuickBooks Online when it then demands that we "Must choose a supplier when paying to an Accounts Payable account."
Who would be the supplier, in your example?
David:
The supplier would be the name to which you are crediting the out-of-pocket expenses eg David Sabine (it that's the name for whom you set up the payable account, as per step 1 of the previous response)
Good luck.
Thank you Norman_C,
I think I've resolved my need, slightly differently.
Basically, I've done as suggested in this thread but have used an account of type 'Credit Card' rather than of type 'Accounts Payable'. This method is working very well.
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