Tuesday, 9 April 2013


How to maintain vendor’s record in Peachtree accounting software?
Open your company in Peachtree accounting software:
Go to the maintain menu and click on vendor bar:
It will show you a window like this:

The purpose of maintaining vendor account is to store data about to which company is purchasing commodities. It helps you to extract data easily through computerized system. It has four phases i.e. General, Purchase default, custom fields and history.
It the general tab it includes contact number, account ID, Address, vendor type, telephone number, email address, etc. First of all you have to setup your contact, account id and all blanks which are important then save the record. After that, go to next tab:
Here we have the purchase default data. You can enter each vendor into different category. First, fill the purchase representative which means on company’s behalf who is purchasing. After that, give you vendor a purchase account number. Here is Tax ID which you can also allot to the vendor. Then, you can decide the shipping method and discount terms. Go to the next tab:
Now you come to the customer field. Select any one or more customer field and move to the next tab:
In the last step enter the history records of vendors. In this tab you can see the payments and receipts of vendors. It includes date and amount and date and payment. This was all the steps necessary to enter the record of vendor. Thank you!

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

How to maintain customers prospects in Peachtree accounting software?


How to maintain customers prospects in Peachtree accounting software?
Open your company and go to the maintain menu and click on customers prospects. It will open up a window as shown below:
Brief information has to be given about the customers. First of all we have GENERAL tab. In this tab, give the customer ID and name. After that give contact name of whose behalf you are selling or purchasing goods or services. Address and contact number should also be mentioned. In this tab there is a ‘customer type’ space, it helps you to search your customers.
Go to next tab, SALES DEFAULTS and window is like this:
Now give the sales representative name, general ledger sales account, pricing level, etc information and then go to PAYMENTS DEFAULT.
Now provide the payments methods how you wish your customer would pay you. It can be on cash basis or accrual basis. After that go to the next tab, CUSTOMER FIELD to prepare 5 types of option and select any one of our choice.
Finally you have history of your loyal customer and his previous records.
Up till now you have properly learned to prepare the customers prospect. This is all about maintaining the customer’s prospect in Peachtree accounting. Thank you!