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October 6, 2026
Question

my staff member takke advance for project activity implementation 133000 when he retun to office he report tottal expensse 135900 so how i record

  • October 6, 2026
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my advance 133000 my tottal expensess 135900 how i reconcile with rei

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October 6, 2026

Hi ibrahim Galgalo, welcome to the QuickBooks Community!

Great news! This is totally manageable in QBO. Let me walk you through it.

 

Step 1 — Create an "Employee Advances" account (one-time setup)

Go to Settings ⚙ → Chart of Accounts → New

  • Account Type: Other Current Assets
  • Detail Type: Employee Cash Advances
  • Name it: Employee Advances
  • Save and Close

 

Step 2 — Record the advance you originally paid

Go to + New → Expense

  • Payee: your staff member's name
  • Payment Account: your bank account
  • Category: Employee Advances
  • Amount: 133,000
  • Save and Close

 

Step 3 — Record the full actual expenses

Go to + New → Expense

  • Payee: your staff member's name
  • Category: the appropriate expense accounts (travel, project costs, etc.)
  • Amount: 135,900
  • Save and Close

 

Step 4 — Create a Journal Entry to reconcile

Go to + New → Journal Entry

  Account Debit Credit
Line 1 Your expense account(s) 135,900  
Line 2 Employee Advances   133,000
Line 3 Accounts Payable (or Bank)   2,900

 

Step 5 — Pay the remaining 2,900 to your employee

Go to + New → Expense or Cheque

  • Payee: your staff member
  • Category: Accounts Payable
  • Amount: 2,900
  • Save and Close

 

This clears the advance, records all the real expenses, and settles what's still owed to your employee. Clean books all around!

 

I do recommend checking with your accountant before posting journal entries, just to make sure the expense categories match your chart of accounts correctly.

 

Let us know if you have any follow-up questions! See you around.