Do you want to grow your business by injecting your own funds into it but want to avoid the hassle of mixing personal expenses with business expenses? Know how to record owner investment in QuickBooks.
Well, who would not? Every business owner, when they start their business, put in their own funds to give a head start to the up and running of the business. It helps in improving the new business’ cash flow situation and helps in funding equipment, machinery, research cost, staff hiring, etc. Now the question arises if there is actually a need to record the owner’s investment as a separate item in the books of accounts? And the answer is, it certainly is.
Recording the owner’s investment as a separate item in the books of accounts is a very important activity as it helps in keeping the books of accounts accurate and up to date. Owner investment can be in the form of simple cash injected into the business or the owner’s fund was used for buying assets or inventory. QuickBooks can help you in tracking the owner’s investment and recording the transaction with the help of series of simple steps. In the next section, we will see the detailed process for recording the owner’s investment.
Advantages of Record Owner Investment in QuickBooks
There are a few advantages that you get after recording owner investment in QuickBooks. These advantages are as follows:
- It helps to keep track of the investment using the Equity account.
- You can check the investment amount anytime whenever required as it is recorded into the QuickBooks account.
- You can also add other equity accounts as the sub-accounts under the main equity account.
- Get to know when the owner or partner added the equity to the business.
How to Record owner Investment in QuickBooks?
Follow the step wise step process to record owner’s investment in QuickBooks.
1. Set up an owner’s Equity account in QuickBooks
The process starts with setting up an owner’s equity account by following the series of the simple steps:
Step 1. First of all, go ahead and click on Settings (gear icon) and then click on Chart of accounts on QuickBooks page.
Step 2. After that, you need to click on New and then go to the Account type drop-down menu and select Owner’s equity.
Step 3. Now go to the Detail type drop-down menu and choose owner’s equity or partner’s equity as per your requirement and then click on save and close button.
By following the above steps your owner’s equity account will be set up, now let us move towards the next action.
2. Steps for Recording Owner’s Contribution in the QuickBooks
You can follow the below steps for recording the owner’s investment in the business in your books of accounts in the QuickBooks:
Step 1. At the initial step, you go on the QuickBooks page and click on accounting.
Step 2. Once you have clicked on ‘Accounting, click on Chart of Accounts and then click on New.
Step 3. Now in this step, you need to click on New and under the account type select Equity and choose Owner’s equity (as set up earlier) from the detail type drop-down menu.
Step 4. In this step, you will have to type the owner’s contribution or equity in the name or description.
Step 5. Once you are done with the above steps, go ahead and type the owner’s investment fund / amount in the balance field and hit on save and close button to finish the process.
There is another way as well, that is if your bank account is connected to QuickBooks, you do not need to actually record the owner’s investment, you can simply categorize the transactions associated with your deposits following the below simple steps:
Step 1. Start by clicking on ‘New’ button and then click on Bank deposit.
Step 2. Now from the Account type drop-down menu select the relevant bank account, the one which is connected and you are depositing the money in it.
Step 3. Now you need to enter the date of the deposited money and enter the name of the investor in the Received from box under ‘Add funds to this deposit’ section.
Step 4. In this step, you need to choose the appropriate equity account in the account field and specify the payment method.
Step 5. Now you need to enter the owner’s investment amount in the Amount field/box and click on save and close button.
Set Up an Owner or Partner in QuickBooks
You have to record the things like yourself, the owner, or the partner as the supplier into your QuickBooks account. This helps you to track the capital that is invested by you and your partner. To set up owner or partner the steps are:
- In QuickBooks, click on the Expenses.
- Click on the option Suppliers menu.
- Further, select the New supplier to add one.
- Provide all the information that is required and important.
- In the end, click on the Save button to save the information about the new supplier of the business.
Let us now move towards the frequently asked Questions section, where we have gathered the user’s queries answered by the experts.
Need Some one on one QuickBooks Assistance?
Do you know the steps that I can take to account for Investment income in QuickBooks?
At first, you need to create the vendor in QuickBooks. For this, you need to open the QuickBooks and go to the expenses tab and then click on the vendor, follow the onscreen process. The next step would be the creation of the owner’s equity account for tracking the owner’s investment (the process is detailed in the above sections). Lastly, you need to deposit the capital investment funds in this account.
Would you let me know the steps to Enter the dividend income in QuickBooks?
You need to initiate the first step, which is clicking on the Account column and then click on Retained earnings account from the Account type drop-down menu. Please remember you can do this when you are using retained earning account to track the dividend income. Now you will have to enter the dividend amount for the period in the debit column and write a memo if you wish to.
What are the basic steps to record a stock Transaction via Journal Entry in QuickBooks?
It is quite simple actually, you need first click on the Plus button (New) and click on the journal entry. Now go to the first line and select the expense account for the purchase and enter the amount in the debit column. Now in the second line of the journal entry choose partner’s or owner’s equity and enter the same purchase amount in the credit column and press the save and close button.
Can you let me know the steps to Record Cash Income in QuickBooks?
You need to Open QuickBooks first and go to the Banking menu. Now after clicking on the Banking menu, you need to go to the Make deposits and choose a bank account in the Deposit to drop-down and set the date as needed. Now choose a payee in the received from the column and then choose an account. After that, you can enter the cash income amount that you received from the customer in the amount column and follow onscreen instructions to complete the process.
What type of account is this owner’s investment in QuickBooks?
This is the capital account and this account is separate for each owner or partner who invests in the business. This account shows their ownership of the business. You can record and track the account easily into your QuickBooks account.
Is it important to Connect the Bank Account to Record Owner investment in QuickBooks?
No, it is not important. If there is no bank account connected then you have to make the account for them. If the bank account is connected then you don’t have to record the investment. In this case, you have to categorize the transactions only.
What do sub-accounts mean in the owner investment account in QuickBooks?
The sub-accounts means that there are different owner or partners in business who does the investment. So, you have to create an account for each of them. In other words, you can make multiple accounts for owner or partner investment into QuickBooks.
