Hi there, nate8.
Thank you for visiting the QuickBooks Community. Let me discuss how the income category or QuickBooks Self Employed categorises transactions. Then, ensure you can properly label your entry as the desired one.
QuickBooks includes business income when it calculates your estimated taxes. It also shows up on your financial reports and you should only categorize money that comes from self-employed work as a business income. This contains receipts or sales and other types of business income including any bad debts you recovered (if they were written off on prior-year tax returns) and interest from business bank accounts.
Additionally, you'll have to categorise all money that's not part of your self-employed work as personal. This includes income from others who share your bank accounts. Personal entries and deposits, such as regular payroll payments from an employer (as long as it has taxes taken out), should be marked as Personal income.
Then, I suggest manually editing or recategorizing the entry to reflect the umbrella transaction as the program already classifies them for you. This way, you can choose the correct account. Before doing so, I also recommend consulting an accountant for additional guidance and they can provide you with more suggestions on how to properly handle the entry. This is to make sure that your account stays accurate.
Here's how:
- Go to the Transactions menu on the left panel.
- Find the transaction you want to label as business income.
- Choose the drop-down icon to expand the transaction.
- Edit the transaction name, add notes, or attach a receipt if needed.
- To change the category, select the link in the Type or Category column. Then, choose a new category.
- Click Save.
Lastly, you may refer to this article to see various details on how QBSE tracks easily your business income throughout the year so you're ready with your taxes: QuickBooks Self-Employed Overview.
Feel free to let me know if you have further questions about your entries. I'm always ready to help, nate8. Have a great day!
