# Purchase Orders

The workflows for *Purchase Orders* are quite similar to those for *Sales Orders* as many of the concepts are shared, so be sure to study the "Sales Order Workflow Mega Tutorial" **before**reading this one - in particular, you should understand *Item Types* well. Since a lot of shared ground is covered in that tutorial, this one is a little less "mega", so you should breeze through it!

### Receipts, Invoicing and Payments: All Together

Just as is the case for *Sales Orders*, the receipts, invoice and payments are all created and live **inside** the main *Purchase Order* record rather than being separate entities unto themselves.

### Order Status <a href="#order-status" id="order-status"></a>

Purchase Orders have their own status axes:

* received
* invoiced
* paid

Just like *Sales Orders*, these axes can vary independently and can be in one of three states: *not at all*, *partially* (except in the case of 'invoiced') or *fully*.

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