Creating a vendor

Vendors are the companies or people you buy services and products from, like…your landlord, the office supply store, or a computer repair technician.…In QuickBooks, you create a vendor record to keep track of the information about…one of your real-life vendors.…QuickBooks uses that information to fill out bills, vendor credits, and other…vendor-related transactions.…Just like with customers, the Vendor Center is the best way to create a new vendor.…On the homepage, click the Vendors button.…

Then in the Vendor Center, click New Vendor and choose New Vendor on the dropdown menu.…In the New Vendor dialog box, the Vendor Name is a field to identify a vendor.…You can type a code or the full vendor name in the box.…You can use the same name in the Vendor Name and Company Name box if you want.…Leave the Opening Balance box empty.…The best way to get a vendor's balance into QuickBooks is to create bills for…the money that you owe.…

Then you can fill in the rest of the contact information on the Address Info tab, …