Books / Purchases and bills

Review bills and record supplier payments with approval

Bookkeepers enter bills and prepare supplier payments, while a second person approves and releases the records.

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Example workflow

Purchases and bills

Example
Example clientExample steps
Enter the billIn progress
JL
Send for approvalNot started
SK
Prepare a supplier paymentNot started
AM
A second person releases the recordNot started
JL
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How this supports your work

Bookkeepers can keep supplier bills, approval decisions and payments together, so managers can check the evidence before approving.

How it works

  1. Enter the bill
  2. Send for approval
  3. Prepare a supplier payment
  4. A second person releases the record
01

Enter and approve bills

Enter a supplier bill and send it for approval. Supplier credit notes are set against the oldest outstanding bills.

Send for approval
02

Separate preparation and release

One person prepares a supplier payment and another releases it. Release records the payment. A remittance can be emailed.

Prepare a supplier payment
03

Use purchase orders

Issue and email purchase orders, then turn them into bills. Nothing posts to the ledger until the bill arrives.

A second person releases the record
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