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Thanks for checking in with us, LILE.

When running the Profit and Loss report, you'll only see the Bills for March (either paid or unpaid) if we use the Accrual Report Basis option. This means all the March transactions that have March period for both Date and Bill Due will show in the report. However, if we run the Cash Report Basis in the report, it will include February transactions that have March Bull Due period in the report.

to learn more about the difference between Cash and Accrual basis and how to set them as preferences in QuickBooks Desktop for Windows, see the Differentiate Cash and Accrual basis article. Just in case you'll need to customize your Profit and Loss report, follow the steps and details in the Customize company and financial reports article. 

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Thanks for your reply.  I just want to be sure.  You stated: 

"This means all the March transactions that have March period for both Date and Bill Due will show in the report."

As a test, I entered and paid a fake bill as follows: 

Date: 3/31/21

Payment Terms: Net 30

Bill Due: 4/30/21

Pay Date: 4/10/21

For the P&L date period of 3/1/21 - 3/31/21, the bill shows up on Accrual basis but not on Cash basis.

This fake bill had a March Date but an April Due and Pay Date. I'm just not understanding which fields drive the report. Does the Date field determine if it appears on the P&L for the respective period?  The Date on this bill was in March, the Pay Date was in April.  

Thanks for coming back to us, @LILE.

The transactions will show on the accrual report when the bill is entered. This means the date period will show as of March.

I've also included this link about the difference between cash and accrual: Differentiate Cash and Accrual basis.

Also, I encourage checking our Help articles page to learn some tips and tricks in managing your QBDT account. From there, you can read great articles that can guide you through the steps by steps process.

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