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Hellytelly
Level 1

Cash floats and per diems

Hi there 

I’m a sole trader who is VAT registered. 

Occasionally I am given floats to cover certain expenses when I am working for a company - like taxis, or providing coffees for other people in meetings. I have to reconcile those floats with the company providing them with receipts. I don’t get any paperwork from the company when I’m issued the cash, it just gets paid into my account. How do I deal with these expenses on quickbooks? It’s not income but I do I have to record those cash advances or the corresponding receipts in quickbooks? If so, how? 

Also, when I am contracting away from home for a company, they give me per diems to put towards my food and drink while I’m away. I have to invoice for these per diems - they tell me how much to invoice depending on days away. This is not income per se, so how should I record it in quickbooks? And do I have to put through the receipts from those trips away (paid for by the expenses) into quickbooks? How and where do I do that please?   

thank you! 

Helen 

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Ashleigh1
QuickBooks Team

Cash floats and per diems

Hello Hellytelly, thanks for posting on the Community page, so for the cash floats you received, you would have to record it as income to a specific cash-on-hand account in QuickBooks. You can create a cash-on-hand account in the chart of accounts and use that account to record expenses as for the coffee and such. For the Money received/cash float you can record it as a transfer to the cash-on-hand account. We are not trained accountants here and you may wish to consult with an accountant more about this. 

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