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Create a Bill

Raise it from the receive rather than the order, so you are billing what actually arrived.

A bill records what the vendor is charging. Raising it from the receive rather than the purchase order is the single habit that catches over-billing.

Raise one

  1. Open the purchase receive and create a bill from it

    The quantities come from what was received, not from what was ordered.

    The Bills list with columns for Bill Date, Bill Number, Order Number, Vendor, Due Date, Status, Total Amount, Balance Due and Payment, and the action for raising a new bill.
  2. Enter the vendor's own bill number

    The Bill Number column holds their reference, not yours. It is what they will quote when they chase payment.

  3. Check the rates against their invoice

    The quantity is now right by construction; the price is the part still worth reading.

  4. Confirm the due date

    It comes from the vendor's payment terms, and it is what drives the Overdue by N days label afterwards.

  5. Save

    Nothing on any shelf changes. The receive already did that.

When there is no receive

Some purchases have no goods behind them: a service, a subscription, a delivery charge invoiced separately. Raise the bill directly and pick the account.

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