11. Purchases

Purchases work like invoices in reverse — a record of money you owe (or have paid) to a supplier.

Creating a purchase

Open Accounting → Purchases and click Create. Fill in supplier, line items, total, and date. Status moves through draft → ordered → received → paid.

Why use purchases instead of transactions?

A purchase tracks the intent and the line-by-line breakdown. A transaction is the cash movement. Use purchases when you want a paper trail of exactly what was ordered; use transactions for ad-hoc one-line expenses.

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