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• Vendor. Choose the vendor from the Vendor list or type in the vendor's name. If you have an open purchase
order for this vendor, QuickBooks asks you if you've received the items your ordered. If you have, click Yes. Then,
in the Open Purchase Orders window, click each purchase order that contains items you've received and are
being billed for, and then click OK.
• Amount Due or Credit amount. Enter the amount of the bill or credit.
• Date. QuickBooks automatically enters today's date, but you should change it to the date on the bill.
• Ref. No. Enter the bill, statement, or invoice number.
• Terms. (Bills only) QuickBooks uses the terms to determine the due date of your bill payment as well as the date
you'll need to pay by to receive a discount for early payment.
• Bill Due. (Bills only) Enter the date the bill is due.
• Memo. Enter a memo that will appear on reports that include the bill or credit.
• Show in iCal or Calendar. Adds a reminder to pay the bill in iCal or Calendar.
• Expense and Items. Choose either the Expenses of Items pane. Enter information about what you're being
billed for: expenses you track through expense accounts (see the next section) or items (skip the next section
and to the one on page 147) such an inventory part, non-inventory part, service, or other charge.
Other things to know about bills:
View payment history for the bill. Click history to see the payments for this bill.
Clear how you've split the bill by items and expenses. Click Clear Splits to clear the items on
the Expenses and Items panes on the bill.
Recalculate the amounts on your bill. If you make changes to the bill, you can recalculate the
amount due to reflect the change.
Add payment reminder to iCal or Calendar. Click the iCal button to remind yourself to pay this
bill.
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