How to create different supplier groups and link each one of them with different accounts payable type.

Hi there, @ataha.

At this time, QuickBooks only allows you to assign a default expense account to a specific supplier. You can consider assigning an Accounts Payable account when creating a transaction.

Here's how:

1. Click the + New button, then select Expense, Cheque, or Bill.
2. Select the payee from the drop-down.
3. In the Category column, select the Accounts Payable.
4. Fill out the necessary information.
5. Click Save and close.

Just in case you want to view supplier transactions, feel free to check out this article for more guidance: View supplier transactions.

Please let me know if you need clarification about this, or there's anything else I can do for you. I'll be standing by for your response. Have a great day and stay safe.

Thanks for the feedback, but if I selected Accounts Payable in category column then how to select the expense account, as far as I know, creating bill will automatically credit the accounts payable and user only need to select the expense account, but if accounts payable is selected, then both debit and credit will be for the same account, is there any other way to create two different group of supplier and link them with two different accounts payable type, please note that also i don't want to use Location for this purpose as i will need it for other purpose.

Thanks for getting back to us, @ataha.

In QuickBooks Online (QBO), you can only assign a default expense account to a specific supplier as mentioned by my colleague above. The ability to create two different groups of suppliers and link them with two different accounts payable (AP) type is currently unavailable.

I can see how this option would be helpful for you and your business. Rest assured that I'll pass along your suggestion to our Product Developers. They're always looking for ideas to consider on how to improve QBO.

In the meantime, I recommend visiting our Blog site. This is where we share recent happenings and future developments, such as updates to newly added features.

You can always visit the link shared by my colleague above for future reference.

Please click the Reply button below if you have any other issues or concerns. I'm always here to answer them. Have a good one!

Thanks for your answer, is this feature available in any other QB products other than QBO? actually this feature is extremely important to our business , currently we are in trial mode to explore QB and don't mind to go with any other QB products. 

I have created two accounts payable type accounts but made them as sub-account of the main accounts payable account, this partially mitigated the problem but still I need a way to make two different groups and link them to the main account payable type account noting that i don't want to use Location for grouping as i will use it for other purposes.

Thanks for keeping an eye on this thread, ataha.

I appreciate you for sharing that you were able to create two accounts payable and set them as sub-account to the main payable account. Also, I see your point on how useful to create different supplier groups and associate each one of them with different accounts payable.

However, we’re unable to do this thing since the location feature also is not that necessary to use this process. I would still recommend checking our Quickbooks blog website, as shared by my colleague above. From time to time, we'll be able to find out if this option is part of the release feature. 

Hopefully, it'll be included as one of the added features soon. Please let us know if you need anything else. Take care.