Is there a way of adding quantities to an expense on the essentials plan. I simply want to be able to record a full breakdown of my expenses.

Hello and Welcome to the Community, userhello1 :waving_hand:

To do this, please first enable the 'Item details' table by going to the Cogwheel > Account & Settings > Expenses > Bills and expenses > Tick 'Show Items table on expense and purchase forms'.

After this, you'll be able to enter the stock items and quantity for purchases. :hugging_face:

Thank you for your reply - that option is not available to me.

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I am also having to enter quantity of expense items into my QuickBooks Online Essentials. It should be a very simple table to include on the expense screen. It is ridiculous that we have to upgrade our plan to record item counts. For example, if our company buys 5 of the same item, I have to enter said item on 5 separate lines with the exact same information. This is so redundant and annoying. This issue needs to be fixed without having to pay more money to upgrade my account.

Hi, I am having the same issue. I have a QBO Plus subscription. I have followed these steps and ticked the box - Show Items table on expense and purchase forms, however this hasn't changed any settings and I still can't see a quantity field on my new bills. 

Can you help?

Hi there, @SamC14. Good to see you on the thread.

Once you turn on the Show Items table on expense and purchase forms option, the system will add a Product/Service table on expense and purchase forms so you can itemise products and services. Since you're still unable to see a quantity field on your new bills after turning it on, let's try performing some troubleshooting steps to get this fix.

There are times that the browser stores frequently-accessed data, thus causing QuickBooks Online (QBO) to act weirdly. Let's try logging in to your QBO account using a private browser.

Here's how:

• Press Ctrl + Shift + N on your keyboard for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. 
• Press Command + Shift + N for Safari.

Once logged in, go back and try to create a bill and see if it's now showing. If this works, you need to clear the browser's cache so the system can start fresh. However, if you get the same result while using a private browser, I recommend switching to a different one. 

Additionally, here is an article with a video tutorial tha you can refer to when creating a bill and recording bill payments: Enter bills and record bill payments in QuickBooks Online. 

If you have any further questions about QuickBooks, the Community will always be there to help. Take care always.