{
  "product": "Quikpair",
  "module": {
    "slug": "expenses",
    "title": "Expenses"
  },
  "task": {
    "slug": "create",
    "title": "Record an expense",
    "question": "How to record an expense in Quikpair"
  },
  "url": "https://www.quikpair.com/how-to-use/expenses/create/",
  "summary": "Capture what the business spent, and what it was for.",
  "steps": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "instruction": "Open Expenses and tap New Expense.",
      "controls": [
        "New Expense"
      ],
      "screenshot": {
        "desktop": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/expenses/create-flow-1-desktop.webp",
        "mobile": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/expenses/create-flow-1-mobile.webp"
      }
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "instruction": "Under Basic Information, pick a category and set the date. Leave the Expense Number empty and Quikpair generates one.",
      "controls": [
        "Category",
        "AMOUNT"
      ],
      "screenshot": {
        "desktop": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/expenses/create-flow-2-desktop.webp",
        "mobile": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/expenses/create-flow-2-mobile.webp"
      }
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "instruction": "Under Amount Details, enter the amount and the tax rate — Quick rates fill in the common ones."
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "instruction": "Add a description, and the Document ID/Number if the bill carries one."
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "instruction": "Upload Receipt photographs the bill, or Skip for now if you will add it later."
    },
    {
      "n": 6,
      "instruction": "Under Related Information, link it to a supplier or customer, and set the Related Document Type to tie it to a specific repair, sale or purchase."
    },
    {
      "n": 7,
      "instruction": "To repeat it, switch on This is a recurring expense and Select Frequency — Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or Yearly — with a start date and an End Date (Optional).",
      "controls": [
        "This is a recurring expense"
      ],
      "screenshot": {
        "desktop": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/expenses/create-flow-3-desktop.webp",
        "mobile": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/expenses/create-flow-3-mobile.webp"
      }
    },
    {
      "n": 8,
      "instruction": "Add Additional Notes and tap Create Expense."
    }
  ],
  "notes": [
    "A recurring expense needs its start date; without it the save is rejected.",
    "Linking the spend to a job is what makes a repair’s real profit visible rather than just its price."
  ]
}
