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In addition to the above, you can:

• Enter and view credits, as well as purchases.
• Mark purchases as "PAID".
• Set up recurring purchases.

• Purchases: A purchase increases your expenses and the amount you owe the supplier, but does not affect the balance of the account from which money will be taken until a payment is made. Since your expenses increase, this also affects items such as the Profit and Loss report. 
  
  Note: For purchases or other expenses that are paid immediately, it is normal to enter the payment details in the Accounts screen. 
  
  Tip: You can view all purchases that relate to a specific supplier using the Suppliers screen. You can view all purchases for all suppliers in the Purchases screen. 
  
  

• Payments (to suppliers): In the context of suppliers, a payment is an amount of money paid to the supplier. When you enter a payment, you specify the account (normally a bank, petty cash or credit card account) from which the payment will be taken. This allows you to check the payments against the statements your bank sends you (a feature of double-entry bookkeeping). 
  
  A payment decreases the amount you owe and decreases the balance of the account from which the money is taken, which in turn affect items such as the Balance Sheet, Trial Balance, Supplier Aged Debt and any adjustments for the cash-based VAT scheme. A payment does not further affect your expenses and therefore other related items such as the Profit and Loss report.

• Credits (from suppliers): A credit decreases the amount you owe the supplier and your expenses. It has the reverse effect to a purchase.

A greyed-out transaction indicates one or more of the following:

• The transaction appears on a statement. For these, you are not able to change information such as the transaction type or amount. If you need to correct an amount you previously entered, you can edit the transaction from the Statement screen.

• The transaction is dated before the date of the last Profit and Loss consolidation or VAT return.

Opening a transaction gives the reason why it is greyed out at the bottom of the transaction form.

For details of how to carry out tasks in the Purchases screen, please refer to:

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