My employee has made a payment to a vendor on my behalf. How do I record this in Zoho Books?

You have to create a bill for the expense incurred by your employee and record a payment for it.

To create a bill:

• Go to Purchases on the left sidebar and select Bills.
• Click + New in the top right corner of the page.
• Fill in the required details.
• Click Save as Open.

Now, to record payment for the bill:

• Go to Purchases on the left sidebar and select Bills.
• Select the bill for which you want to record a payment.
• Click Record Payment.
• Enter the amount paid by your employee in Payment Made.Select Employee Reimbursement in the Paid Through field.
• Fill in the other neessary details.
• Click Save.

You need to create an expense to reimburse your employee. Here’s how:

• Go to Purchases on the left sidebar and click Expenses.
• Click + New in the top right corner of the page.
• Select Employee Reimbursement as the Expense Account.
• Enter the Amount.
• Select the required Paid Through account.
• Fill in the other details and click Save.