quick beginner question about vendors

Anyone?

Anyone what? Understand your question? I don't.

If I interpret correctly, set up two advertising expense sub-accounts and make the recordkeeping there, not at the vendor level...

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Sub accounts work if that info is really needed on the financial reports. Using class or the memo field would also allow you to quickly tally the payments by radio station.

Laura wrote: ...

Since it's advertising, one would presume it's valid business expense so ought to be in an expense account tied to appropriate return line. Don't think either alternative would do that, at least w/ any convenience.

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I agree that the expenses belong on the advertising account.

But unless there were reasons to show those expenses separately on the P&L I would use an alternative means to produce totals by radio station. This is for management reporting not financial or tax reporting purposes. I don't believe that this is an appropriate use of subaccounts.

Whatever...take your choice...

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You do not say if you use the pay bills feature or not. I do not and do this. Write one check to Big time radio for the total amount. The in the accounts section appropriate the amounts to each individual station. You must have them each set up as a vendor, I would assume as sub accounts of advertising. I do this when paying my Amex bill. My Google and Yahoo advertising, ISP charges, some Phone items, Office supplies etc.

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