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MBurtonDCS
Level 1

Contractor Invoicing and Payments

I am new to using quickbooks for my company. Long story short, I have about 40 independent contractors who are working for me at any time of the year. When they send an invoice through QuickBooks Self-Employed it only goes to my email and it doesn't show up in expenses, invoicing, or even along with the contractors. There seems to be no way to receive and log contractor invoices on QuickBooks Online without having to take from my email and create a task in order to set a payment date. Is there anything I'm not doing that can make this process easier?

Thanks.

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Fiat Lux - ASIA
Level 15

Contractor Invoicing and Payments

Open a Melio account for free and integrate it with your QBO to manage your bills and bill payments. You can upload bills from PDF or JPG files.

https://melio.grsm.io/quickbooks

 

ZackE
Moderator

Contractor Invoicing and Payments

Welcome to the Community, MBurtonDCS.

 

When a vendor sends you an invoice from QuickBooks Self-Employed, it's not going to automatically be entered into your books. You'll need to tell QuickBooks you've received an invoice/paid it by entering the appropriate records.

 

Here's how:

  1. In your left navigation bar, use the + New Button.
  2. Choose Bill.
  3. From your Vendor ▼ drop-down list, specify a vendor.
  4. Use the Terms ▼ drop-down to set your bill's terms.
  5. Enter the Bill date, Due date, and Bill no. as they appear on your bill.
  6. List the details in your Category details section. From the Category drop-down, pick which expense account you use to track expense transactions, then enter a description.
  7. Specify its Amount and tax.
  8. If you plan to bill a customer for your expense, tick the Billable checkbox and enter their name in your Customer field.
  9. Select Save and close.

 

Once you've recorded a bill, you can enter a payment towards it to show the payment you made.

 

I'll be here to help if there's any additional questions. Have an awesome day!

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