I am doing the accounts for a dental practice, they have several self-employed dentists working there.
My question is how to enter the payments that are made to them. Would they be classed as a direct expense and recorded in the 6000 nominal range given they are self-employed.
Yes on Sage I would post the payments to the 6002 account 'Sub-Contractors'. Their work is chargable to the customer and therefore classed as a direct expense rather than an admin/overhead charge.