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title: "Accounting - Creating a supplier category"
description: "This article explains how to create and configure supplier categories in Sapera"
url: https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/277-accounting-creating-a-supplier-category
collection: "Accounting (guides)"
updated: 2026-06-11
language: en
alternates: [da]
---

# Accounting - Creating a supplier category

This article explains how to create and configure supplier categories in Sapera

Start by opening “Financial” in the menu in the top left corner.

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Then click “Setup” and select “Supplier category”

You can also search for “Supplier category” by clicking the search field in the top left corner.

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NOTE: if you cannot find “Supplier category”, it is because you lack permissions for it. In that case you can contact support to gain access.

Click “+”

For a supplier category you can fill in the following:

-   System name (does not support “æøå“ and spaces)
    
-   Display name
    
-   Selection of Financial account
    
-   Extra VAT type
    
-   Payment terms
    
-   Currency
    
-   Without VAT
    

REMEMBER to finish by clicking “Save”

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**Want to know more?**

Read more in these related articles:

[

Supplier categories

Create and maintain supplier categories in Financial. A supplier category bundles default settings for accounting, payment term, VAT type and payment type that are automatically suggested when you work with the supplier's invoices in the expense journal.

](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/110.md)[

Supplier setup

This article explains how to access and change the supplier setup for a specific supplier

](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/113.md)[

Accounting - Creating a customer category

This article explains how to create and configure customer categories in Sapera

](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/278.md)