<title>Create an invoice that includes reimbursable expenses</title>
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<klink type="prcdr">How do I create an invoice that includes reimbursable expenses?</klink>
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<tease>Why?</tease>
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<p>If you need to bill a customer for reimbursable expenses, you can include the expenses on the customer's invoice. To do this, you must have already entered a business expense transaction in an account, such as your checking account or credit card account, and have selected the <emph>Reimbursable</emph> check box for that transaction.</p>
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<li>On the <emph>Business</emph> menu, click <emph>New Invoice</emph>.</li>
<li>Enter the appropriate information in the top of the invoice.</li>
<li>Click <emph>Add Time/Expenses</emph>, and then click <emph>Add Reimbursable Expenses to this Invoice</emph>.</li>
<li>Select the check boxes next to the reimbursable expenses that you are adding.</li>
<li>Choose the income category to which you want payment of this reimbursable expense assigned.</li>
<li>Enter the appropriate markup rate and sales tax information, and then click <emph>OK</emph>.</li>
<li>Add any other items to the invoice by clicking <emph>Add Item</emph> and entering the appropriate information.</li>
<li>Click <emph>Save and Done</emph> to go to the invoice list, or click <emph>Save and New</emph> to create another invoice.</li>
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<tease>Why is the <emph>Reimbursable</emph> check box for some transactions disabled (gray)?</tease>
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<p>The <emph>Reimbursable</emph> check box is enabled only for business categories. In the category list, business categories have a green box beside the category name.</p>
