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Expense Payments

Record a direct expense (shipping, rent, salaries, etc.) as a movement that deducts from a treasury account and posts to a specific expense account in the chart of accounts.

Go to Payments → Expense Payments and click Create:

Create expense payment

Fields

  • Cash Account: (required) the cash/bank account the amount is deducted from.
  • Expense Account: (required) chosen from Expense-type accounts in the chart of accounts (e.g. shipping expenses, salaries).
  • Amount: (required).
  • Date: (required) defaults to today.
  • Description: optional free text.
  • Payment Number: auto-generated, shown only after saving.

Notes

  • To add a new expense account not yet in the list, create it first from the Chart of Accounts with type Expense.
  • Every expense payment automatically creates a journal entry (see Journal Entries).
  • This page is for direct expenses only, not merchandise purchase invoices — for those, see Creating a Purchase Invoice.