Client Expenses - how to account for

[Des Dougan]

Marc,

On 30 Jul 2009, at 15:57, Marc Croteau wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I run a small business and some months ago decided to use Gnucash  
> for my
> books.
>
> I've had a small problem and it may be conceptual more than anything
> else.  It has to do with client expenses.
>
> I bill clients for my time (I'm a consultant) and occasionally for
> expenses (such as travel, photocopying etc).  I don't seem to have a
> good way to record the expenses such that I can produce a single  
> invoice
> that records both my time and my expense against a client.  This would
> allow me to receive payments against an invoice and have both my time
> and the expenses paid for.
>
> Can you suggest a way of recording expenses against both a category of
> expense AND a client?
>
> Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you in advance
> Marc Croteau
>


You can create a client expense type or types in the Expenses Account  
and add a line to the invoice for each type of expense you bill for.  
Unless I'm missing something, it's fundamentally the same as me  
billing for a hardware sale as well as the set-up consulting cost.

Regards,

Des
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