What do you want to do?
Record an expense — wages, tea, transport, rent
A shop is not only what it sells. Expenses are named once — wages, tea, transport, rent — and then you record payments against them, so the reports can show money in against money out.
Where to click
- Open Data entry › Expenses.
- The first time, name the expense account (“Rent”, “Transport”, “Tea”). You only do this once per kind of expense.
- Record the payment against it: the date, the amount and the account it was paid from.

Supplier bills
A supplier’s bill is entered as a purchase, with the input tax you can claim; the purchase register sums it for the month. (The purchase register and input tax are part of Advanced Plus, the GST edition.)