Mileage in Cashbooks

Question asked by Nicholas McEntyre 10 years ago

Hi, new user here. Could anyone explain to me how to record mileage in Cashbooks for a limited company.

  1. I have paid for my petrol directly from my business account - therefore this appears on Cashbooks as a transaction.
  2. I need to claim it at 45p/25p per mile.

Thanks, Nick M

8 Replies

Think I understand now, just read:

Approved expenses make automatic adjustments to bank accounts, so there’s no need to worry about processing those payments yourself.

So for the OP, he'll need to delete the bank transaction from his imported statement as it'll be created automatically through the mileage tool - if he explains it again it'll be duplicated.

Thanks for the quick replies - in a nutshell from your posts I'll have to use Clearbooks, delete the original imported bank transaction & recreate in the mileage tool.

Regards, Nick

Good spot Kevin! Indeed, Cashbook doesn't support expenses at all!!

In cashbook? I didn't think you could create invoices/bills in cashbook?

Hi Kevin

Once you fill in the details it creates an unapproved expense, which, once approved creates a paid bill like any other expense. It is the listed on the reports under that employee's expenses account.

Thanks

Chris

Hi Chris

Having not used the cashbook myself; what happens once the mileage claim's been approved? It would normally create a bill of course but with no purchase ledger that's not going to happen. Does it instead journal the amount to a balance sheet expense account?

Hi Nicholas,

If you go to purchases > expenses > create mileage you will be able to input your mileage claims. Here you will be able to put in all the details at the required rate. Clear Books keeps a record of the total claimed so knows when to switch between 45p and 25p per mile automatically (Though that it will not know if this threshold was reached outside of the system).

I hope this is what you are looking for.

Chris

I'm going into this a tad blind as I don't use Cashbook for any of my clients.

My gut says there won't be a specific mileage tool anywhere available to you as you're not running a purchase ledger. I'd have therefore thought you just need to analyse the transaction to travel/mileage and keep a manual record of the number of miles travelled.

I could be very wrong though...

Can you see a mileage tool anywhere?

Reply to this question

Attach images by dragging and dropping or upload
 

Your comments will be public and can be answered by anyone in the Clear Books community.

Find out what we do and who we are