Do employees need to be setup as vendors in QuickBooks?

voda

Exporting an employee report to QuickBooks is giving us an error. We were told by support that even employees need to be set up as vendors. That doesn't sound right. Did anyone experience the same issue?

Sheena Trepanier

Hi @voda, if you're exporting as a vendor record then employees need to be added as vendors. You'll want to create a vendor record for each employee submitting reports and they will be set as the vendor at export.

Cheers!

voda

Thank you Sheena. I prefer not to export as a Vendor. Can I export as Employee so that QuickBooks doesn't create a Vendor for an Employee? It seems strange that we must export Employees as Vendors. Is this a limitation of the system?

Sheena Trepanier

Hi @voda, the other export options for QuickBooks Online would be a Check or Journal Entry. You can find out export options help guide here, if you'd like to learn more about those types of exports.

Cheers!