One-time vendors

Before you process invoices for a vendor, you must define that vendor. The one exception to this rule is a one-time vendor. A one-time vendor is a vendor with whom you have a temporary relationship. You can use a one-time vendor more than once, but one-time vendors are most often used for one or two transactions.

One-time vendors can be created while creating expense invoices.

Example

You hire a caterer for a special corporate celebration. You pay the catering company's invoice in Payables, but do not define the company as a regular vendor because you do not expect to receive another invoice from them. This list shows the advantages of creating a one-time vendor:

You do not invest time setting up a vendor that you will not use again.
You can identify and purge one-time vendor records.