You can add Contractors as Suppliers and add a write in. You can then send them a PO and receive the invoice or receive Supplier Invoices against them and have them push through to Bills in Xero.
1. To do this, go to Inventory → Suppliers and click on New.
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6. From the Purchase Order screen, you have the option to Email it to the contractor.
7. Receive the Supplier Invoice against the Contractor and you can have them pushed across to your Accounting Package.
Note: In some cases you will also add subcontractors as mobile users so you can schedule and have job details flow back into Ascora rather than being keyed in externally.