I have a consultant billing to me as a purchase for the 3 months and they should be consulting expense. How do I change it from purchase to consulting expense?

Let me help you record this transaction correctly in QuickBooks, @ginicorp.

You can simply open your purchase transaction and change its category to consulting expenses. Here's how:

1. Go to the Expense menu and look for the transaction. 
2. Click the transaction to open. 
3. Under the CATEGORY column, click the account and select the correct expense category.

If you haven't created a consulting expense yet, you can create one in your Chart of Accounts. Let's simply follow these steps:

1. Click the Accounting menu and select Chart of Accounts.
2. Click New, then select Expense in the Account Type.
3. Choose the Detail Type applicable for this account.
4. Enter the name of the expense account.
5. Click Save and Close.

Once done, you can now open the purchase transaction and follow the steps above on how to change it.

You can also open your expense reports to track what you've spent in QuickBooks.

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