How to write off bad debt in QuickBooks?

Bad debt means that you have given some amount of money to your customer but you can’t collect it now. The amount already debt from your side, but know you aren’t going to get paid for the amount. If your business uses accrual method of accounting, than you can mention write off bad debt in QuickBooks as a deduction. You need to record them as a bed debt and write them off. This ensures your accounts receivable, so that the net income get update with the bad debt.

Method 1: To check accounts receivable.

You can use the Accounts Receivable Ageing Details report for the bad debt in your business.

Select the Reports menu.

Check out for the Accounts Receivable Ageing Detail report.

Select which outstanding accounts receivable should be written off.

Method 2: Create a bad debts expense account.

You can create a “bad debts” expense account by following the given steps below. If you have it, you can leave the step.

Go to the Settings option and select Chart of Accounts.

On the upper right, select New to create a new account.

Select the Account Type dropdown, choose Expenses option.

Select the Detail Type dropdown, and choose Bad debts option.

Select Save and Close.

Method 3: Create a bad debt item.

Create a non-inventory item as a file for the bad debt. This isn’t a real item, it’s just to balance the accounting.

Go to the settings option and select Products and Services.

On the upper right, select New, and then Non-inventory.

Enter “bad debts” in the Name field.

Select the Income account dropdown, and choose Bad debts.

Select Save and Close.

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