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January 30, 2021
Question

Journal Entries: Adding a Payee Name AND Project...

  • January 30, 2021
  • 10 replies
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Using Quickbooks Online Plus:

 

I am creating a Journal Entry, and need to attribute an expense to a project. This expense is a payment to a contractor.

 

I need to keep track of this expense per the individual so I can 1099 them, at the same time of costing it toward the project. If I use the Name for the project, I cannot code the expense to the payee.

 

Also, I cannot use Class, as i am already using that to differentiate "1099 Labor" or "Materials Only"

 

How can I turn on a "payee" field in Journal Entry? Or is there another way to do this?

 

 

HELP!

10 replies

RenjolynC
Level 9
January 30, 2021

Thanks for visiting us here, APHInvestments.

 

You can select a payee from the Name column when creating  the journal entry. Please see this sample screenshot for a visual reference:

 

 

Once done recording the journal entry, you can map your 1099 by following Step 3 in this article: Create and file 1099s using QuickBooks Online.

 

To view other articles and guides in QuickBooks, you can visit our general help topics page.  

 

If you need anything else, please feel free to reach out to me. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Take care!

January 30, 2021

Yes, that is correct, but if I use that drop down for the Payee, then how do I assign it to a Customer (Project)?

 

This is my dilemma...

November 27, 2021

Thanks for providing complete details on how to want to track your expenses, APHInvestments.

 

In QuickBooks Online, it's called "billable expense" when you want to incur a service to a customer. Check out this link for more details and how to use this workflow: Enter billable expenses.

 

I suggest consulting with your accountant first to check if creating a journal entry is the right process for you. If you don’t one, here's how to find an Accountant near you.

 

I've added these articles for future guide:

Stay in touch with me if there's anything else you need with tracking your transactions in QuickBooks. I'm always around to help you.


Is there a way to make those entries in the journal entry - into a billable expense for the customer?

 

I have my payroll syncing into the journal of QBO.  However, we are paying salaries for some of our customer staff which we later want to go back and re-bill.  For a regular expense, this is easy because we can do it in the payable note.  However, the payroll comes in as a journal entry and that is not feasible - even if we place the customer's name into the "Name" field of the journal entry.

 

Is there a workflow here that I am missing ?