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Halie Ruth
Level 1

Entering a rent concession

Hello, We gave a rent concession to a tenant due to a major plumbing issue in November. The tenant chose to stay in the home during the few days it took to get things back up and running vs taking our offer for a hotel. We gave a one-time rent concession for a portion of December's rent. I'm trying to figure out how to document this within QuickBooks. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I haven't been able to locate any suggestions on Google or in this form. Thanks

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FaithA
QuickBooks Team

Entering a rent concession

It's great to see you here in the Community, Halie. 

 

I understand the importance of creating accurate records necessary for your business. I would be happy to assist you through the proper steps.

 

First, you will want to create a non-inventory or a service item:

  1. From the Sales tab, select Products & services.
  2. Click the New button.
  3. Select Non-inventory and name it "Rent concession" or whatever is appropriate.
  4.  Select Save and Close.

 

Once done, you can record an invoice for your tenant's rent including the rent concession:

  1. Select your tenant's name.
  2. Under Products and Services, select the standard item and enter the monthly rental fee.
  3. On the second line, select the item (rent concession) that you just created. 
  4. Make sure to add a negative sign in front of the amount for the "rent concession" item under the Amount column to indicate that it should be deducted.
  5. Select Save.

 

To have QuickBooks automatically process your customer payments in the future and categorize them into the correct accounts, you can visit this article for reference: Record invoice payments in QuickBooks Online.

 

We are always eager to help you in the best way. I'll be in the comment section if you have any more concerns. Have a great one, Halie.

Rainflurry
Level 15

Entering a rent concession

@Halie Ruth 

 

You can create a credit memo for the amount of the concession and apply that to the invoice along with the tenant payment to equal the full amount of rent due or, as mentioned, add the concession to the invoice as a negative amount to reduce the amount due.  Either way will work.

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