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Supplier bills: enter, approve and record payments
Track what suppliers bill you, approve bills, record payments, and see how approved bills count in job cost.
Enter each bill a supplier sends you. Approved bills count toward the job’s cost. VisionScaper only records payments you already made. It never sends money.
Where to find it
Finance & Reports → Supplier bills. This is a plan feature (which plans is not verified here). The owner and managers can enter, approve and pay.
Steps: enter a bill
- Open Supplier bills and tap Enter a bill.
- Choose a Supplier, or + A new supplier.
- Type Bill number exactly as printed. The same supplier and number cannot be entered twice, unless the first was voided.
- Set Bill date and Due date. Blank due date comes from the vendor’s terms.
- Optional: choose a Purchase order and a Job.
- Add Lines: description with quantity and price each, or just an amount. Add Tax on the bill.
- Tap Save as draft, or Save and approve.
Approve and pay
- Open a draft and tap Approve.
- When approved, Record a payment: amount, how, date and a reference such as a check number.
- The bill goes Draft, Approved, Part paid, Paid. Void bill needs a reason, and a payment can be voided with a reason too.
The list
Tiles show Left to pay, Past due and the next days of Due in N days. Filters: To pay, Past due, Due soon, Drafts, Paid, All. Search by supplier, number or note.
How bills count in job cost
- A bill tied to a purchase order replaces the order’s “received” value. It is never added on top.
- A bill tied only to a job is a direct cost of that job.
- Only approved, part-paid and paid bills count, at approval time.
- Drafts and voided bills never count.
Tips
- An approved bill cannot be edited. Void it (while nothing is paid) and enter it again.
- The owner can turn on “different people enter and approve”. It only applies while another approver exists, so a small shop is never locked out.
If something goes wrong
- Approve is greyed out. A different person must approve this bill (your setting).
- Duplicate error. That supplier and number already exist.