Do you have a customer that is also a vendor?

So you have a customer that is also your vendor. QuickBooks lets you enter just one name and will not allow you to enter the customer and vendor under the same name. How do you get by this restriction?

If you do business with a customer who is also a vendor (or a vendor who is also a customer), add the person's name to both your customer and vendor lists, but vary the name slightly or tag the name with an identifying letter or number. For example, if you have a vendor named ABC Company, you might list her as ABC Company_C (for customer) in your customer list and ABC Company_V (for vendor) in your vendor list.

To make sure that the same real name will print on any invoices or checks for this person, enter the person's real name in the "Bill to" field for customers and in the "Print on Check as" field for vendors. (These fields are at the bottom of the Address Info tab in the New Customer and New Vendor windows.)

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