Reimbursable expense

A cost you paid on a customer’s behalf that you will bill back to them.

In Solo Superstars

Record the expense normally, then add it as a line on the customer’s invoice. Default revenue account for the rebill is 4050 Billable Expense Income.

Example

$120 courier fee paid for a client: expense to 5050 Freight & Delivery, then $120 billed to the client as 4050 Billable Expense Income.

Codes shown are the defaults a new workspace starts with. Yours may be renamed or renumbered — check Accounting › Chart of accounts. See the full default chart.

Also called

  • billable expense
  • pass-through cost

Related

  • Quick expense — A purchase you already paid for, entered in one screen. Books the expense straight against your bank account and skips accounts payable.
  • Invoice — Your request for payment. Sending one books revenue and a receivable; the customer pays through the hosted link.

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