Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for
Solved! Go to Solution.
You're already on the right track, @foulds-internode.
You'll have to create a bank deposit right after creating your vendor credit. This way, the credit will automatically be linked to the deposit. Then, you're able to show the amount when reconciling your account by the end of the month. Here's how:
I've attached a screenshot below that shows the last two steps.
Kindly refer to the screenshot below for the outcome.
You can enter your credit depending on how you record your purchases in QBO. To learn more about this, you can check out this article: Enter a credit from a vendor.
By the end of the month, you can go ahead and reconcile your account. This is to keep track of your business real-life transactions and detect any possible errors accordingly. For the step-by-step guide, kindly refer to this article: Reconcile an account in QuickBooks Online. It also includes instructions about editing completed reconciliations.
Additionally, I'd recommend pulling up a vendor report. This is to effectively monitor your purchases and all your expense transactions. Just go to the What you owe and Expenses and vendors sections in the Reports menu.
Please let me know if you have other concerns. I'm just around to help. Take care always.
I'll help you record a supplier's overpayment in QuickBooks Online, foulds-internode.
If there's no outstanding bill, you can create an Expense or Check transaction for the supplier. This process will result a supplier credit in your books. You may consider applying it to your next supplier bill.
To create an Expense or Check:
You can also pull up the Vendor Balance Detail report. This will show the Open Balance and Balance of your vendors.
Please let me know if you need more help. I'll be right here to assist.
Thank you for your help.
What happens if I owe a supplier $260 but I pay $300 can i show this as a credit? When I put in the $300 is automatically changes it to $260.
Thank you for your reply,
How do I show the credit, if I owe the supplier $260 and I pay them $300. When I have tried this, the amount defaults to $260 when I save it??
Thanks for getting back this thread, @foulds-internode.
Let me help you show if the overpayment that you've made creates a credit for this transaction. All you need to do is to follow these steps:
If the negative balance shows in this column, then this will automatically apply to your next bill payment. You can check out the screenshot below as your reference.
If the vendor credit didn't reflect in OPEN BALANCE, then you can create a vendor credit to record the overpayment. Let me show you how:
Additionally, you can run the Transaction List by Vendor report in QuickBooks. This will show you the list of expense transactions grouped by vendor. Just go to Reports and look for the Transaction List by Vendor report.
I'm always here to help if you have any other concerns or questions. Just tag my name in the comment section and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Have a great weekend.
Thank you, I have created the vendor credit but it is not showing in my reconciliation. How do I make it show when I reconcile at the end of the month?
I really appreciate your help.
You're already on the right track, @foulds-internode.
You'll have to create a bank deposit right after creating your vendor credit. This way, the credit will automatically be linked to the deposit. Then, you're able to show the amount when reconciling your account by the end of the month. Here's how:
I've attached a screenshot below that shows the last two steps.
Kindly refer to the screenshot below for the outcome.
You can enter your credit depending on how you record your purchases in QBO. To learn more about this, you can check out this article: Enter a credit from a vendor.
By the end of the month, you can go ahead and reconcile your account. This is to keep track of your business real-life transactions and detect any possible errors accordingly. For the step-by-step guide, kindly refer to this article: Reconcile an account in QuickBooks Online. It also includes instructions about editing completed reconciliations.
Additionally, I'd recommend pulling up a vendor report. This is to effectively monitor your purchases and all your expense transactions. Just go to the What you owe and Expenses and vendors sections in the Reports menu.
Please let me know if you have other concerns. I'm just around to help. Take care always.
Thank you so much for your help, I have finally got it all sorted.
Thanks again
Hi, foulds-internode.
I'm glad to hear this worked for you. Know that you can always visit our Help Articles page for QuickBooks Online in case you need some reference for your future tasks.
The Community is always in your corner if you ever need assistance again in the future. Have a good one!
You have clicked a link to a site outside of the QuickBooks or ProFile Communities. By clicking "Continue", you will leave the community and be taken to that site instead.
For more information visit our Security Center or to report suspicious websites you can contact us here