Vendor Types Tab of Company AP Settings

Use the Vendor Types tab to assign default liability codes to vendor types.

Contents

First set up liability codes on the Liability Codes tab.
Field Description
Type Select the vendor type to which you want to assign the liability code.
Liability Code

Select the liability code to use when posting transactions to this vendor type. If you use separate liability codes, it is useful to attach a liability code to the appropriate vendor type. Then, the transaction entry supplies the liability code automatically for each vendor.

For example, assume you have the following liability codes defined: Consult, Trade, Employee, and Other. You may want to set up the following vendor types:
  • C: Consultant
  • T: Trade
  • E: Employee
  • O: Other