@Paul_Courtier
Thanks very much for your reply.
You cant create a journal that doesn’t balance that’s your first issue.
What doesn’t balance about it? It has the same amount on the debit and credit sides. I assume you mean something more complicated than that?
I’m not sure you should have created a purchase. There wasn’t one was there? Who did you pay? No one
I was following the guidance in this link: https://community.quickfile.co.uk/t/limited-company-bookkeeping-the-basics/8809#2 and specifically this advice from @Glenn https://community.quickfile.co.uk/t/do-we-need-director-loan-accounts-for-director-expenses/5821/8?u=magicbean that suggested keeping all the mileage in an itemised purchase.
I don’t have any special reason, I just want it to be simple!
You paid the purchase using bank transfer. Did the money actually come out your account or not?
Yes - on 6th April 2019.
All you needed was the journal to apply the mileage claim to the dla.
OK, so I have done the following:
- Deleted the purchase
- Created a Journal to debit Travelling and credit DLA on 30 March 2019 and which auto-reverses on 6 April.
- Tagged the bank transfer by posting to DLA.
Now it seems to be OK, the DLA appears neutral, last year’s travel doesn’t show up in this year’s P&L and the bank item is tagged.
Is that the right combination?
Thanks.