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JoeNancy
Level 1

Pay Bill transaction not showing in P&L

Hello, 

I have entered a bill under a vendor. Afterwards, I paid part of the bill using the 'pay bill' feature. However, that payment is not showing in my monthly P&L. In the balance sheet, the accounts payable amount has been reduced by the amount paid. Please advise.

 

I am using Quickbooks Desktop Enterprise Version 21

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Rustler
Level 15

Pay Bill transaction not showing in P&L

Check the basis of the report to insure it is accrual based, that shows unpaid as well as paid bills.

Insure the bill uses an expense account, unless it was for inventory items.  Inventory items are not an expense they are an asset and post the cost to inventory asset.

Check the dates of the report to insure the bill pay date is included, especially if the report is cash basis

JoeNancy
Level 1

Pay Bill transaction not showing in P&L

Hello Rustler,

Thank you for your offer to help.

 

I have confirmed that the bill is recorded under the expense and the date is covered within the period of the P&L.

I am not sure what you mean by the report being 'accrual based'. I have attached a screenshot hoping it will give a clearer idea.

JoeNancy
Level 1

Pay Bill transaction not showing in P&L

I did some research between accrual and cash reports and in my case, the rent expense shows up when the report is cash-based. Thank you for bringing these two kind of reports to my attention.

I believe this is solved. Thank you again.

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