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Suppliers

Suppliers are the businesses and people you buy from: your accounts-payable contacts. They are the money-out equivalent of your customers.

You keep a supplier on file so you can raise bills and recurring bills against them.

Adding a supplier

  1. Go to Suppliers in the sidebar.
  2. Click Add Supplier.
  3. Fill in the details:
Field Description
Name The supplier's name. Required.
Email Their email address. Optional.
Phone A contact number. Optional.
Address Their address. Optional.
ABN Their Australian Business Number. Optional.
Notes Any internal notes. Optional.
  1. Click Add.

Tip

When you enter a valid ABN, FairBooks looks it up against the Australian Business Register and shows the registered business name, which you can use to fill the name field.

Using suppliers

You need a supplier on file before you can create a bill or a recurring bill for them. You can add one ahead of time from this page, or create one without leaving the bill form using Create new supplier.

Deleting a supplier

Deleting a supplier moves them to the Rubbish Bin, where you can restore them within 30 days. See Data and record keeping.

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