When to use it

When a driver pays for an owner’s repair and you agree to deduct it from rent, or when you agree to waive part of rent that is already recorded.

Where to find it

Expense (Owner’s cost, paid by Driver) → Adjust against rent
Expense (paid by Driver) → Pay driver
Income entry → Reduce / waive rent

What you need

Adjustment: the driver-paid expense, the income entry (same vehicle, that driver or no driver), the amount and the adjustment date.
Reduction: “Reduce by” amount, “Date agreed” and a reason.

Steps

Add the expense with “Who bears this cost?” = Owner and paid by “Driver, from own money”.
Record the cash the driver actually hands over as money received.
Open the expense and tap “Adjust against rent”. Choose the income entry, the amount and the adjustment date (the day you and the driver agreed), then save. No cash moves.
If you pay the driver back in cash instead, tap “Pay driver”.
To waive rent agreed later: open the income entry, tap “Reduce / waive rent”, enter the amount, the date agreed and the reason.

Examples

Example Driver paid a repair, deducted from rent

Weekly rent earned: ৳ 7,000
Owner’s repair, paid by the driver: ৳ 1,000
Profit: ৳ 6,000
Cash the driver hands over (money received): ৳ 6,000
Adjusted against rent (not cash): ৳ 1,000
Money paid by owner: ৳ 0
Rent due, and owed to driver: ৳ 0

The adjusted amount never passed through your hands, so it is neither money received nor money paid. Do not record a fake receipt and payment instead.

Example Part of the rent waived later

Rent recorded: ৳ 1,000
Paid by the driver: ৳ 700
Due before the waiver: ৳ 300
Reduce / waive rent: ৳ 300
Due after the waiver: ৳ 0
Earned income from the date agreed: ৳ 700

The original rent and the reduction both stay visible. No cash is recorded, and reports before the date agreed do not change.

All amounts are examples.

Result

An adjustment lowers both the rent due and the amount “Owed to drivers” from its date, and is shown separately as “Adjusted against rent”. A reduction lowers earned income and the due from the date agreed.

Mistakes and exceptions

If the rent was agreed lower from the start, do not use a reduction — record the lower amount as income.
An adjustment cannot be more than the rent due or the amount still owed to the driver, and must be dated on or after both the expense date and the income start.
A reduction cannot be more than the remaining due — there are no refunds or negative dues.
While adjustments exist, the expense’s vehicle, payer or responsibility cannot be changed.

Correct or undo

Adjustments and reductions cannot be edited. Delete and enter them again.
“Delete adjustment”: the rent shows as due again and the amount is owed to the driver again.
“Delete reduction”: the full rent counts again from the reduction date.

Driver-paid repairs and rent waivers