Best way to make products purchased available to put on customer invoices?

• A. Associate them with a vendor
• B. Mark them as inventory only
• C. Attach a customer note
• D. Make the products billable

Answer: (D)

When you want to bill a customer for costs you incurred to fulfill their job, you designate those purchased items as billable to that customer. In QuickBooks Online, marking an expense or item as billable and assigning it to a specific customer makes those costs appear on the customer’s invoice so you can charge them for materials, subcontractor fees, or other project-related purchases. This directly enables invoicing for the purchased items and helps you recover costs while keeping project profitability accurate.

Associating with a vendor only links the item to a supplier and doesn’t make it billable to a customer. Marking something as inventory only tracks stock and doesn’t automatically generate a customer charge. Attaching a customer note doesn’t affect billing at all.