Sage 50 Setup Guide - Vendors

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Setting up your company's vendors involves three tasks: setting vendor defaults, setting up data records for the vendors your company uses, and entering beginning balances from outstanding vendor invoices. So before you begin the process, you should assemble

You should also be ready with a variety of additional vendor information:

Important! As part of setting up a vendor record in Sage 50, you enter both an abbreviated code called an ID and a longer description that will help you identify the vendor. For example, you could set up a vendor ID "SMITHA" and a description such as "Smith Art Supply Company." IDs can be a useful shorthand if you establish a meaningful and efficient coding system. Tell me more about using a coding system to set up record IDs.

We recommend you review the topics listed below. They will familiarize you with some of the choices you need to make before setting up vendors.

Vendor Defaults

Vendor Records

Vendor Beginning Balances

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