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printworksla
Level 1

Purchase Orders to Invoices

For years and years I have input purchase orders to sent to vendors and then input basically the same information to bill a customer after orders ship.

Is there a way to change a vendor purchase order to a customer invoice without having to input the same information twice?

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LouiseG
QuickBooks Team

Purchase Orders to Invoices

Yes, printworksla. You can change a vendor purchase order into a customer invoice without re-entering the same information twice in QuickBooks Online (QBO). Let me walk you through how it's done.

In QBO, you can streamline the process of converting Purchase Order (PO) into a customer invoice.

First off, let's create a PO and convert it to Bill, then make the bill billable to a customer, which creates a billable expense. Please see the outline steps below:

1. Go the + New button, then select Purchase Order.
2. Choose a Vendor and fill out the necessary details.
3. Under Customer/Project, select the Customer, then select Save.

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4. Once saved, click Copy to bill on the upper right-hand corner.

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5. In the Category details, click the box on the Billable column and Save to create a billable expense charge. You can click view to access the billable expense.

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Next, after the billable expense charge has been generated, we'll now turn it to an invoice. Follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to the + New button, then choose Invoice.
2. Select the customer that you've linked to the PO.
3. On the right-side corner of the Billable expense, click Add to automatically input the details. 

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4. Once done, click Save and close.

If you have further questions about managing vendor or customer transactions, feel free to return to this forum and post a comment at any time. We're always here to look out for your response.

printworksla
Level 1

Purchase Orders to Invoices

Thank you so much!

I will give this a try when I bill in the morning.  
Really appreciate the advice. 

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