No Business Expense Categories?
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I've been using Quicken Premier for three years now and I just started my own consulting and independent agent company. I bought the H&B program and loaded up my business checking and credit card accounts. My problem is that when I try to enter categories for those transactions, there are no options to choose from. There are suggestions for personal expenses, but no loaded options for Business Expenses. Do I have to create these myself? If so, any guidance on how to set these up?
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QWin has a builtin list of Business categories that you can use.
From the menu bar Too;s > Category List
Lower left select Options > Manage Categories
Under Available Categories select Business
You can now add the desired income/expense categories.
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I don't have Home & Business but I would think it has some preset Business categories. Do you have to select business or all in the left side so you can pick one?
One thing I do know.....To be included in business reports (and I don't know where else) you have to assign the category to a schedule C tax line item number. To check the tax line assignment open the Category list by either clicking on the Category Icon or go to Tools-Category List or Ctrl+Shift+C. Then select the category and right click on it to Edit it. Click on the Tax Reporting Tab and check the box for Tax related and pick a Schedule C: tax line item.
I'm staying on Quicken 2013 Premier for Windows.
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QWin has a builtin list of Business categories that you can use.
From the menu bar Too;s > Category List
Lower left select Options > Manage Categories
Under Available Categories select Business
You can now add the desired income/expense categories.
QWin & QMac (Deluxe) Subscription
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For my consulting business, I reworked the business expense category group, as shown below. The business expense category is named <company name> Schedule C with subcategories for each schedule c expense line. I track 2 companies, hense the company name in the category.
If you include a company category with tax expense lines as a subcategories, don't forget to assign the company category to a tax line to include it in the Business Expense category group. See first image.
+1 on @volvogirl instruction to tie cats and subcats to a tax line - vital.
For comparison, I believe the default business categories are shown below. If you want to rework these into something similar to my first image. you can make use of the edit>details tab to tweak on the name and category structure.
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Thanks everyone, problem solved!0
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