Suppliers

Record suppliers you purchase merchandise from, to track purchase invoices, payments, and the outstanding balance owed to each one.

Go to Customers & Suppliers → Suppliers and click Create:

Create supplier

Fields

Name: (required).
Email: optional.
Phone: optional.
Tax Number: optional.
Notes: optional free text.
Active: (toggle) inactive suppliers can't be used on new purchase invoices.
Supplier Code: auto-generated (a sequence starting at 1000), not editable.

Unlike the customer form, the supplier form has no classification or credit limit — just basic contact details and status.

Notes

From the supplier's edit/view page, tabs are available showing that supplier's purchase invoices and returns.
To record payments against a supplier's balance, see Supplier Payments.