making journal entry
In making a journal entry for accounts payable I get an error message that I must include a vendor. How do I do that... where
In making a journal entry for accounts payable I get an error message that I must include a vendor. How do I do that... where



On the journal entry screen there'll be a column for name. Enter the vendor name in that column. QB has to know to which account the transaction needs to be applied.








When you are affecting A/R or A/P with a journal entry, you must assign a customer & a vendor respectively. This way the system knows where to put the outstanding balance.
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Your comment was to list the name in the name column. I do this and I get the same error message.


Are you sure you put a Vendor's name in? Customers will not work.








Why are you entering a Journal entry anyway? You shouldn't have to enter very many JEs in QuickBooks. If you're working with Accounts Payable, could you enter a bill or credit for the vendor?
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