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June 25, 2025
Question

Cash Advances to employees and being reimburbursed with expense vouchers

  • June 25, 2025
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I would like to know the steps to record cash advances to employees.  I would also like to know the steps to either be repaid by the employee in cash or expense receipts.  

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Level 8
June 25, 2025

Hey there, @David Stelly

 

Welcome to the Community! Let me provide you with some details about giving cash advances to your employees and be repaid. 

 

The best option to give your employee an advance is to handwrite them a check, or you can use a money app like Venmo or Zelle. 

 

To repay an advance through payroll, you'll need to do these two steps:

 

  1. Set up an advance repayment payroll item.
  2. Create a paycheck with the repayment payroll item. 

 

For more details on how the do the actions listed above, review this guide: Set up and repay employee advances

 

In addition, this article may help in the future with reimbursing employees in QBO

 

Feel free to reach back out if you have any further questions. We're always here to help. Take care! 

June 26, 2025

Thank you.  Our organization issues cash advances to our field personnel to cover unexpected business-related expenses.  The employees submit expense reports to the organization when cash is spent.  The organization then reimburses the employee for the expended amount.  What is the best way to account for this in quickbooks online advanced.