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Accounting Entries for Purchase Invoices

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Written by Lassi kähkönen
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How to Allocate Purchase Invoices to Accounting Accounts in Eemel

Eemel can also be used as a bookkeeping base for handling purchase invoice accounting entries.

⚠️ Note: This feature should be used only by users with sufficient accounting knowledge.


🔧 Activating Accounting for Purchase Invoices

  1. Open Settings (gear icon in the top menu)

  2. Select Purchase Ledger Settings

  3. Enable the setting: “Are purchase invoices posted in Eemel?”


📥 Allocating Purchase Invoices to Accounting Accounts

  1. Go to Purchases → Purchase Invoices

  2. Open the Unposted tab

  3. Click POST


🧾 Posting to a Single Account

  • Select the correct expense account

  • Choose the appropriate VAT rate

  • Enter the gross amount

  • Click SAVE


🧾 Posting to Multiple Accounts

  • Select the first expense account

  • Choose the correct VAT rate

  • Enter the gross amount

  • Click the plus (+) icon in the Actions row

  • Add the required additional accounts

  • Click SAVE


🛠️ Modifying or Deleting an Existing Posting

  1. Go to Purchases → Purchase Invoices

  2. Open the All Purchase Invoices tab

  3. Find the invoice you want to edit

  4. Click the pencil icon

  5. Go to the Posting tab

  6. Delete incorrect entries using the trash bin icon, or edit as needed


📊 Purchase Invoice Accounting Reports

You can access detailed reports via:

  • Reports → Purchase Ledger Reports → Purchase Invoice Posting Summary (by account), or

  • Reports → Purchase Ledger Reports → Posting Transfer File (by account)

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