I have 1 invoice for multiple location. How can I allocate it to different location when I enter the invoice?

Hi there, Marygrace.

The assigned one location on the invoice applies to the entire transaction. For now, there's no option to divide the invoice to multiple locations. You might want to create different invoices for each location. 

You may also want to consider using class tracking. This feature lets you allocate a class on each line item on the invoice. Let me route you to this Help article for more details: How To Set Up And Use Class And Location Tracking.

I'll make sure to get back here if you have follow-up questions. Thanks for dropping by. 

Hi

Even we do need to post multiple locations in a single invoice. It would be great if this facility is enabled at the earliest

This question was asked 16 months ago. Seems like a long time for them to create the solution to this problem.  I'm beginning to think that the auto replies in the discussion aren't being followed up on.  Shouldn't take 16 months to develop a solution to a problem so many users have. Need a quicker response from the development team. 

QBO, this request is nearly 2 years in the works. Do you have an expected release date to enable Location tracking at the transaction line level on bills & invoices, just like we can already do with Class tracking?

I agree that QB needs to make this a priority. Using classes is great but QBO should be dynamic enough to allow division/location splits in the same way as classes allow. I have 10 clients all on QBO. Most would benefit from this feature. Please allow for a transaction (invoice, deposit, expense, any) to be split into multiple locations!

Any update on this? This thread started in November 2018? and it's now June 2021!  This is ridiculous.  I run a real estate business and I need to track expenses between locations.  I can't ask my service providers to split bills between locations and I'm using classes for other purposes.  It looks like this is a needed feature for many users.  Why is it taking so long?

Any updates to this feature request? Adding multiple locations to an expense is a major need in order for us to use QBO successfully.

Nearly 4 years on from the OP, and you still have done nothing to fix this issue. What is the point of a feature designed to help manage multiple locations, that doesn't let you split common costs such as insurances, QBO subscription, marketing etc etc across locations?

Please don't tell me to use classes - we use those for other purposes, and anyway locations is meant to be designed for this purpose.

Please don't tell me to enter two invoices per cost - that's what we're having to do and it's hugely time consuming, especially when using the bank feed as your starting point for bringing costs into QBO

And please don't tell me you'll take my feedback and pass it on - you've had at least four years of people telling you this is broken, yet have done nothing so far, so I won't believe you if you tell me that.

What are you actually doing to make locations a worthwhile feature?

I have this problem too, I have to post and enter each invoice for each location even though it is on the same invoice.  Another problem is when I pay the invoices with one check it throws it all into the last location.  Examlple $400 iinvoice entered it as 4 invoices at $100 each, location A,B,C & D.  The expense side shows correctly on P&L as $100 for each locations; but when I paid the invoices with 1 check it throws the $400 in location D coming out of bank, instead of $100 to each location.  Any idea how to fix this side?

Here's how I did this.

1. Create a "Prepaid Expense" account with sub-accounts if you'd like with the type "Current Assets."

2. Create a bill using the Prepaid account at the Categorie.  This will not show up in your P&L

3. Make a bill payment against that bill as you would normally do.

Now, those payments will not show up under your P&L.  You'll need to create a Journal entry to move money out of the expense account into the prepaid account.

4. Create a journal entry to credit the Prepaid.  Now, here's the trick.  You can split the DEBITS against different locations.

What do you think?  Good? Bad? Ugly? 😉  It works for me.