# Create a new vendor invoice or vendor credit

A **vendor invoice** is a bill from a vendor that you would like to manually record within Autobooks.

A **vendor credit** is a credit against a bill from a vendor. For example, a vendor may have offered you a discount on your original invoice and you want to note that accordingly.

To create a new vendor invoice or vendor credit, navigate to the **Pay Bills** or **Vendor** section of Autobooks (the name of the section will depend on Bill Pay availability allowed by your financial institution). Click the **Vendor Invoice** tab, then click the **New vendor invoice** button.

From this page, you will need to enter the following information:

- **Vendor** - name of the business that you received this invoice (or credit) from
- **Invoice date or Credit date**
- **Due date**
- **Reference number** - the reference or account number from your vendor account
- **Select Type** - to indicate whether this is a **vendor invoice** or **vendor credit**
- **Accounting category** to code this invoice (or credit) against
- **Amount** - dollar amount of the invoice or credit
- **Message (optional)**

Click **Add** to save this vendor invoice or vendor credit.