As a general contractor, there are times that my customer pays the vendor directly. What do I enter in payment account when a customer pays a vendor directly?

It’s nice to see you here, cassey.

Thanks for dropping by the Community. You've come to the right place, guiding with selecting the correct payment account is my priority.

If you’re using the Online Bill Pay feature/direct deposit to pay your vendor, the option to post their payment to the customer is currently unavailable. You’ll need to use the Billable Expense feature to record and easily track your company's billable expenses.

When selecting the payment account, you’ll need to use the employer’s bank account to record the transaction. To give more insights about the Billable Expenses, check out these articles:

• How to enter billable expenses
• Enter billable expenses by job

Feel free to drop a comment below if you have questions about posting transactions in QBO. I'll be right here to lend a helping hand. Have good one.

Hello,

Can you give an example please?  

Is this a billable expense you have incurred and instead of paying you, your customer pays the Vendor you incurred the expense from?

Thank you @Anonymous

I know how billable expenses work.  I was actually asking @cassey to give an example of their specific situation and give clarification so I could provide a solution.