Is there a way to post an accounts payable JE without a vendor name? I am trying to integrate QBO with ADP Payroll and the export need Tips Payable, but there is an error

You can't post an accounts payable (A/P) journal entry (JE) in QuickBooks Online (QBO) without a vendor name, Gottalovett-Tropicals.

QBO requires a vendor name to ensure all accounts payable entries associated with a person you owe money to are properly linked and easily tracked. Additionally, generating an accounts payable JE without a supplier name won't update the vendor's balance.

Since you've mentioned that ADP and Synergy Suite can't add a vendor name in the JE, I recommend adding it manually.

Here's how:

1. Hover your cursor over the + Create button.
2. Select Journal Entry.
   
   
    
3. Fill in the date and the Account.
4. Enter the debit and credit lines.
5. Click the dropdown arrow in the Name field and select +Add new.
   
   
    
6. Choose Vendor in the Contact type dropdown, then click on Save.
   
   
    
7. Go back to JE and select Save and close.

If you have further questions or clarifications, select the Reply button.

@gottalovett-tropicals 

Technically, payroll taxes payable and tips payable are not classified as Accounts Payable (A/P); they are classified as an 'other current liability'.  A/P is for goods and services purchased on credit.  Are you saying that ADP's default export for payroll tax withholding and tips payable posts to Accounts Payable (A/P)?  That would be very surprising.