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Hi,
We import data into QB, and duplicate vendors are often created because of an extra space or punctuation mark. We're now nearly out of room for vendors. If we edit vendors to merge them into one, will that affect previously reconciled accounts, and will it affect the audit trail - will prior year transactions appear to have been modified?
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Hi @JMW3877,
I've got your back on your query about merging vendors in your QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) company.
Whenever you merge vendors, their transactions are consolidated. The same thing will happen to the audit trail of the affected transactions. There aren't any changes to the reconciliation status, or modify prior year transactions.
Before you proceed, ensure these duplicate vendors aren't:
Follow these steps to merge vendors in QBDT 2018:
I'll leave this article here as well: Merge Accounts, Customers, and Vendors. Other than the steps to merge vendors, it also has the steps for customers and accounts.
Direct other questions you may have in the comments below. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Hi @JMW3877,
I've got your back on your query about merging vendors in your QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) company.
Whenever you merge vendors, their transactions are consolidated. The same thing will happen to the audit trail of the affected transactions. There aren't any changes to the reconciliation status, or modify prior year transactions.
Before you proceed, ensure these duplicate vendors aren't:
Follow these steps to merge vendors in QBDT 2018:
I'll leave this article here as well: Merge Accounts, Customers, and Vendors. Other than the steps to merge vendors, it also has the steps for customers and accounts.
Direct other questions you may have in the comments below. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
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