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# Everything about accounts payable / suppliers

**Accounts payable** are accounts within the general ledger that represent a company's obligation to pay off a short-term debt to its creditors or suppliers.

# Navigate Accounts Payable in Spendesk

## Access Accounts Payable

To access your accounts payable page:

1. Navigate to **Settings** > **Accounts Payable**.
2. Alternatively, click here.

## Features of the Accounts Payable Tab

The **Accounts Payable** tab in Spendesk allows you to:

* Manage accounts payable.
* Oversee supplier details and banking information.
* Define rules for expense accounts.
* Check the balance of your accounts payable.

# Set Up and Manage Accounts Payable

## Associate or Create Accounts Payable

Set up accounts payable during your monthly closing:

1. Go to **Bookkeep** > **Prepare**.
2. If no account payable is associated with a payable, Spendesk will prompt you to create or associate one.
3. Once defined, the rule "supplier = account payable" will apply to future transactions.

## Adjust Accounts Payable Setup

To review or modify your accounts payable setup:

Go to the new **Accounts Payable** page under **Settings**.

## Key Components of the Accounts Payable Page

1. **Accounts Payable Table**:

* View, manage, search, and create suppliers.
* Monitor accounts payable balances and supplier information.
2. **Supplier Panel**:

* Associate suppliers with accounts payable.
* Configure Autocat rules for expense accounts.
* Update supplier details and bank information.

# Special Cases for Accounts Payable

## Card Purchases

* Define a generic account payable for card purchases under **Settings** > **Accounting** > **Supplier Accounts**.
* By default, card suppliers are assigned to a generic miscellaneous account payable (e.g., Miscellaneous - 401000/DIVERS).
* If a specific account payable is defined (e.g., 401GOOGLE), it will override the default.

## Invoice Payments

For invoice payments, you can define accounts payable per supplier:

* During invoice review in **Invoices** > **Review**.
* In the **Bookkeep** > **Prepare** step when reviewing bookkeeping information.
* When creating or editing a supplier in **Settings** > **Accounts Payable**.

## Manage Multiple Suppliers

You can:

* Assign one account payable to a single supplier.
* Use one account payable for multiple suppliers.

## Automate Expense Account Rules (Autocat)

In the **Prepare** tab, you can set automatic expense account allocation rules for suppliers. These rules can be reviewed and adjusted in the supplier panel. This feature is available on the **Scale** plan.

_Managing accounts payable in Spendesk becomes seamless and efficient, enhancing your financial workflows._