The NetSuite Accountant

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When managing accounts payable (AP), team members are often asked about the status of an invoice, payment date, the coding for a specific invoice, and other questions about AP activity. Utilizing a NetSuite saved search is a perfect use case for helping answer these vendor questions quickly. Saved Searches are one of my favorite features of NetSuite. Today, I am going to walk through a transaction saved search for getting answers to questions about vendor activity.

With the start of tax season comes the task of preparing and filing 1099s. In NetSuite, the combination of the vendor record and the GL account is how 1099 activity is tracked. Within the vendor record, users add the tax ID and enter if the vendor is 1099 eligible or not. Users enter the 1099 category on the GL account record.