Account > Expense Items (Used in Opportunities, Expenses, and Invoices modules) Applying taxes | Modify | Delete An expense item is a tangible or measurable item whose cost must be recuperated from your company and/or from your clients. You can create a set of expense items for which you would charge on a routine basis. Some typical expenses, such as airfare, postage, mileage, etc., have been included in a pre-set, modifiable listing. To create a new Expense Item: 1. Click on the Account tab. 2. Click on the "Create..." drop-down menu and select "expense item." 3. Enter a name, expense type, a unit price, a currency (if you have enabled multi-currency functionality), a unit measure (if applicable), and, if you have selected to assign Cost centers to Tasks, select the appropriate Cost center from the dropdown menu. 4. Check the "Taxable expense item" box, if appropriate. 5. Uncheck the "Active expense item" box, if you do not want this item to be active. 6. Click on the "Save" button. * About Taxable Expense Items: If you want to include expense item tax on an invoice, you must check the "Taxable expense item" box in the expense item dialog, AND you must enter a tax rate that applies to all taxable expense items in the dialog found in Invoices > Invoice layout before creating an invoice. Taxes are calculated only in an invoice. For more about applying taxes, see Invoices > Tax Rates. To modify an existing Expense Item: 1. Click on the Account tab, and then on the "Expense item" link. 2. Click on an existing expense item in the list. 3. Make your changes. (Note: You can make changes to any of the pre-set expense items on the list, as well as to any expense items you create.) 4. Click on the "Save" button. To delete an existing Expense Item: 1. Click on the Account tab, and then on the "Expense item" link. 2. Click on an existing expense item in the list. 3. Click on the "Delete" button at the bottom of the form to permanently discard the expense item. Note: The "Delete" button will not appear if the expense item has charges assigned to it in an OpenAir.com service module. To delete such an expense item, you must first delete or reassign the charges.