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What's new in Free Accounting
Free Accounting Help
Introduction
Installation
Interface Overview
Lists
Companies List
Chart of Accounts
Master Transaction Ledger
Items List
Inventory Control Journal
Sales Tax Code List
Units of Measure List
Customer Classes List
Terms List
Tax Jurisdictions List
Ship Via List
Countries List
State/Provinces List
Customers List
Vendors List
Payees List
Employees List
Contacts List
Company
Companies List
Chart of Accounts
Master Transaction Ledger
Journal Entries List
Contacts List
Customers List
Vendors List
Payees List
Employees List
Items List
Inventory Control Journal
Purchase Order List
PO Receipt List
Return PO List
Return PO Receipt List
Sales Orders List
Invoice List
Return SO List
Credit Memo List
Post Entries
Record Opening Balance
Bank and Checks
Check Register
Bank Reconciliation
Deposit Funds
Print Checks
Receive Payments
Write Check
Vendors
Vendors List
Purchase Order List
PO Receipt List
Payments and Charges History
A/P Aging Summary
Pay Bills (All-in-One, Wizard)
Physical Adjustment
Create Purchase Order
Create PO Receipt
Create Return PO
Create Return PO Receipt
Create Bill
Customers
Customers List
Sales Orders List
Invoice List
Receive Payments
Payments and Charges History
A/R Aging Summary
Payments and Charges Reconciliation
Create Sales Order
Create Invoice
Create Return SO
Create Credit Memo
Reports
Vendors and Payables
Customers and Receivables
Sales
Banking
Payees
Company and Financial
Lists
Accountant and Taxes
Documents
Options
Free Accounting Tutorial
Introduction
Conception
Get Started
Lesson 1. Company Information
Lesson 2. Create a Vendor
Lesson 3. Create an Item
Lesson 4. Purchase an Item
Lesson 5. Create Purchase Order Receipt
Lesson 6. Make Payment to the Vendor
Lesson 7. Vendor Pay Bills
Lesson 8. Create a Customer
Lesson 9. Create a Sales Order
Lesson 10. Create an Invoice
Lesson 11. Receive Payment form the Customer
Lesson 12. Reconcile Payment with Charge
Lesson 13. Customer SO Return
Lesson 14. Vendor PO Return
Lesson 15. Create Return PO Receipt
Lesson 16. View Reports
Lesson 17. Bank Reconciliation
Lesson 18. Trial Balance

Free Accounting Software Help File Version 1.0.0.6

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Vendors List
The Vendors List keeps the information about the Vendors from whom the company purchases their items. Before items can be purchased and sold to the Customers afterwards, the Vendor for the items must be added to the list.

To view the Vendors List select Lists / Vendors List from the Main Menu or press Vendors on the Commands Panel and select Vendors List in the Navigation Pane.

Repeat the following steps to add a new Vendor:
  1. Select Lists / Vendors List from the Main Menu.

  2. Make right click in the Preview Pane and select Add.

  3. Enter the required information into the fields. After saving, this information can be edited by right clicking in the Preview Pane and selecting Edit or just by double clicking on the line.
  4. Press the Ok button.


Address Information:


Vendor - The name of the Vendor's company.
Code - This is a unique, ten-digit, alphanumeric number that identifies the Vendor.

First Name - The Vendor's first name.
Last Name - The Vendor's last name.
Phone - The 7 or 10 digit phone number of the Vendor.
Fax - The 7 or 10 digit fax number of the Vendor.
Address - This is the street or postal address of the Vendor. If the user will be picking up or shipping goods to the Vendor, use the street address here. There is an address area on the Payment/Order Terms tab to enter the mailing address.
City - The city the Vendor's company is located in.
State/Province - The State/Province the Vendor's office is in.
Zip code - The postal zone of the company's street address.
County - The county the Vendor's company is in.
Country - The country the Vendor is in.

Payment/Order Terms:


EIN - Employer Identification Number. It's a nine-digit number assigned to Employers by the federal government in the format 99-9999999.
Account - This is account that the transactions connected with the current Vendor affect.
Terms - This is how the company is expected to remit payments to this Vendor.
Ship Via - This is how the Vendor will ship their product.
Web Address - This is the Vendor's web address. Once it is entered, the user only has to click on the Go button and it will open the web site.
E-mail - The e-mail of the Vendor through which he can be easily got in contact with.
Send Payment To:
Address - This is the address printed on the check that is paid to the Vendor. If the billing address is different from the shipping address, enter the billing address here.
City - This is the town or city where payments will be sent.
State/Province - This is the State or Province where the payments will be sent.
Zip code - This is the postal code in US or Canadian format.
County - This is the county of the state the business is in.
Country - This is the country where the Vendor's company is in.

If the Vendor's billing address coincides with his shipping address you can press the Copy from Address Info button, and the information will be copied from the fields of the Address Info tab.

Custom Fields Tab
On this tab you can create the fields that you need for inserting any necessary information about the current item. See Custom Fields Tab.

Use Search function to look up the record of the Vendor you are interested in.
See also:
Company
Vendors
Lists

   
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