- Login to your QuickBooks file.
- In the upper right-hand corner, click the gear symbol and select “Recurring Transactions”
- Click the green “New” button in the upper tight-hand corner.
- You should see a pop-up asking you select what type of transaction you would like to setup. Choose “Bill” and then click the green “OK” button.
- For the template name, enter the vendor name and the office the bill will be for. If you have more than one office being allocated a portion of the bill, name the template with the vendor and then office name or location. For Example: “Aflac (North Office)”
- Select “Unscheduled”
- Search for the vendor name. If they do not exist, click the green “+ Add” option.
- Select the office this bill is for.
- Under the “Category Details” section, enter the GLs this bill will typically be coded to.
- Click the green “Save Template” button.
- If the bill has amounts that belong to another office in the QB file (Ex: Office#1 and Office#2 split an insurance bill), you can duplicate the template you just made by following these additional steps.
- Find the bill template you would like to duplicate for the other office.
- On the right-hand side, to the right of the blue “Use” link, select the black down arrow.
- Choose the “Duplicate” option.
- Update the office name under Vendor Name [Ex: Aflac (South Office)] and “Division.” Then click the green “Save Template” button.