Add billable expenses to a customer invoice

Before you start

You need the supplier's bill, and you need to know which customer the cost is for. For example, a courier charge for sending goods to one customer.

Steps

1. Open Accounting > Vendors > Vendor Bills, click New and choose the Vendor. Type the supplier's invoice number in Vendor Reference.
2. On the Expenses tab, type what the cost is for, the amount and the tax.
3. In Customer, choose who this cost is for. Billable ticks itself - untick it if you decide to carry the cost yourself.
4. Click Confirm to post the bill. The cost now waits to be billed to the customer.
5. Open Accounting > Customers > Customer Invoices, click New and choose the same customer.
6. A yellow button says "pending billable expense". Click View.
7. Tick the expense you want to bill and click Add Selected. A green message says "1 billable expense added to invoice".
8. The expense is now a line on the invoice. Check it, then click Confirm.

What happens next

The customer owes you the extra amount like any other invoice. Read Record a customer payment when the money arrives.