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December 20, 2023
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How do i add a parent account?

  • December 20, 2023
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i need to add vehicles as a parent account. Vehicles is there as a detail type. when i add a sub account for a specific vehicle and i tick is sub account, i don't find vehicles as a parent account

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JenoP
December 20, 2023

Setting up helpful account structures is important for organizing your finances, ronz-worldonline. I appreciate you reaching out for guidance on establishing a parent account for a vehicle in QuickBooks Online (QBO). 

 

You're also correct in your observation that you can only see Vehicle as A Detail type and not in the Account type section.

 

When establishing a parent account to track vehicles within QBO, you'll want to choose “Property, Plant, and Equipment” for the account type and then select “Vehicles” in the detail type. 

 

After that, you can type in the name of the account you want to create in the Name field, such as "vehicle".

 

Let me share these articles for additional details when setting up accounts in QBO: 

 

 

In addition to the setup guidance provided, I wanted to offer some supplemental QuickBooks Online resources that can help manage vehicle assets or other sub-accounts:

 

 

Please feel free to explore those materials for more details on best practices using QBO tools for tracking assets like company vehicles,ronz-worldonline. You can also get back here with any other questions that come up along the way when working in the program. We're always here to help.