I am working on a start up company. The owners have paid for various expenses (travel, office supplies, fees etc) while the company has been applying for financing and what not. What is the best way to record these expenses?
1. I set the dates in Sage based on the date the company was incorporated, thus I cannot back date the transactions to include the ones that were processed prior to this date. I was going to simply note the original transaction date in the notes... is this reasonable?
2. I believe I should record these types of expenses through the G/J, however what about the GST that was paid? I was going to dr the appropriate expense and cr the shareholders contribution account since the company bank account is just getting processed now and has no $$ in it.
Thank you in advance!