Landed costs, trucks and paying from several accounts

A dress bought for KES 1,000 that cost KES 60 to bring from Mombasa really cost KES 1,060. On New purchase, enter Transport and Customs, clearing & other landed costs. Both are spread over the lines by value and added to the items' cost, so your profit is real.

A clearing bill that arrives later? Open the received purchase and click + Add landed cost: what it is, the amount, and paid from an account or owed to a supplier. The part for goods still on the shelf raises their cost; the part for goods already sold goes to cost of sales.

+ Pay part from another account on New purchase, Record payment and Pay supplier pays some from cash and the rest from the bank or M-Pesa. Each payment can carry a reference, such as a cheque number or M-Pesa code, which prints on the supplier's statement.

• After saving, Kaydro says where the stock went: "stock increased at Main Branch".
• With Fleet, purchases and expenses have a Truck field, and the cost appears in that truck's file.
• A purchase return comes off the bill itself, so We owe matches the supplier's account.