Report which shows how much a paid a vendor on a job

Hi Laura1313,
Let me help you run a vendor report that will give you the information you are looking for.  You can consider pulling up and customizing the Transaction List by Vendor report.  Here’s how:

1. On the left panel, click Reports.
2. Type Transaction Detail by Account in the search box.
3. Choose the Report period, and click the Customize button located in the upper-right hand corner.
4. Click Rows/Columns to expand, and click the Change columns link.
5. Check the boxes for Date, Vendor, Transaction Type, Account, and Customer/Vendor Message
6. Click Filter to expand, and choose Expense from the Transaction Type drop-down menu.
7. Select the accounts you want to view (travel, insurance, etc.) from the Distribution Account drop-down list.
8. Choose the vendor you want to show in the report from the Vendor drop-down list.
9. Click Run Report.

This should give you the details you are looking for! Please let me know if you have any other questions. Take care! 

Thanks but this doesn't help at all. 

As I mentioned, I have QB CONTRACTOR edition.  I am trying to run a report on how much I paid a vendor on a specific JOB.  I can't imagine why I can't run a report which tells me how much I have already paid my VENDOR per JOB.  Job Costing is difficult if I can't easily tell how much I have already paid the vendor on specific JOBS.

Hi there, Laura1313. 

Thanks for dropping by the Community. After digging through the reports and trying to make this report work like you're mentioning, unfortunately, it's currently unavailable in our product to have a vendor report specific to customer jobs. However if you run a Job profitability report and click on the totals, you can see what bills are associated with the customer job specified. I'm including this helpful link on how to track job costs in QuickBooks Desktop. I can see how this report would be very beneficial, so I'm suggesting it to our product engineer team to see if it can be added in a future update. Keep an eye on our QuickBooks Blog. That's were all information regarding updates and changes are added. 

If you have any other questions, feel free to post here anytime. Thank you and have a lovely day. 

Where do you put in the job name if you only want one particular job?

Yes i agree how can you have a job costing accounting system without being able to pull a paid vendor report by job.

I have a contractor edition, I need, "payments by job/vendor" I need to know how much I paid a vendor for specific customer/job. Hope this is available soon

Same thing I am going through now this is stupid this is not an option!

Hi @wessol,

I appreciate you for reaching out to us here in the Community. I would feel the same if the report I need is unavailable in the program.

I know how beneficial being able to have this option in the Desktop version. Allow me to chime in and help you submit feedback to our product engineers.

They might consider bringing the feature over to this platform in the future. As we assess requests submitted by QuickBooks users, you can send your suggestions through these steps: 

1. Click the Help tab at the top menu bar.
2. Hover your cursor to Send Feedback Online, then select Product Suggestion. 
3. Choose a Type of Feedback and Product Area (optional) from the available drop-down menus.
4. Enter any suggestions/feedback in your Here is my suggestion: field.
5. Hit Send Feedback. 

Additionally, I've attached articles for more details about vendor reports, like getting a copy of the data to Excel or how to display detailed vendor expenses totaled by Customer: Job in QuickBooks:

• Customize vendor reports
• Export reports as Excel workbooks in QuickBooks Desktop

Please know I'm always available if you need anything else regarding running vendor reports in QuickBooks Desktop. I'm always here to help. Take care always.