Estimate to Purchase Order Blues
Customers & Accounts Receivable, Questions from our readers, QuickBooks Setup & Cleanup, Vendors & Accounts Payable
In QuickBooks it's possible to create an Estimate and then from the Estimate create a Purchase Order, Sales Order, Invoice or even a letter - but there are some drawbacks to these features as noted in the question below, submitted by a reader. Hello, I have just upgraded from Pro 2009 to Premier Contractor 2012. I did this so I could turn Estimates into Purchase Orders. I spent an hour on the phone with Intuit yesterday to have them say, "oh, it can't do that". So I am scouring the internet for someone that can help me. When you choose to create a PO from select items, the selection screen has no line descriptions. We don't have item codes for everything we sell, that is never going to happen. …