I wish I knew what happened, as you say the reference field has gone, it disappeared from version 4.84, a backward step I think, I posted this problem on the forum on 28 Feb as follows - [ (Quote) I have just upgraded Express Accounts to version 4.84 from version 4.82 and find the transaction Reference field in the "enter new accounts payable" (formally "Enter a bill to be paid later") is no longer there, it used to give a PRC[AUTO] which although incremented the number, could be overwritten with the suppliers invoice number which also appeared on the suppliers statement and in the journal, Any ideas as to how I now enter my suppliers invoice numbers?.] ( Unquote) I am now (like you) on version 4.86 and this very useful feature is still missing. NCH advised "Enter it in 'Memo' field. It appears both in Journal and Supplier's Statement." This works, but does not appear under the "bill" column on the suppliers statement (only a meaningless (to the supplier ) PRC number). Entering a suppliers invoice number is important for record keeping please can we have this back NCH.