Record Payment for Accounts Payable Bills

Record Payment for an Accounts Payable Bill

To record payment for an accounts payable bill:

1. From the left navigation panel, click Accounting.
2. From the Accounting menu, click Accounts Payable.
3. On the Accounts Payable screen, single-click the bill to highlight it, and then from the toolbar, click Pay.
   On the Pay Bills screen, the Account field auto-populates with the account your firm chose when entering the bill.

   Note:If you are recording payment for multiple bills with a single payment, highlight all bills and then click Pay. The Account field auto-populates with —Split–.

   Once you pay a bill, you cannot change the account assigned to the expense. Confirm the expense is assigned to the proper account.
   

   Pay Bills Screen Fields

   Date	From the drop-down, click the payment date.
   Amount	Enter the payment amount.
   Type	From the drop-down, click the payment type.
   Ref #	Enter a reference number, if desired.
   Method	From the drop-down, click the payment method.
   Pay To	Enter the vendor’s name.
   Memo	From the drop-down, click the applicable memo or manually enter one.
   Memo2	From the drop-down, add a memo for internal reference only, if desired. Important: When you apply a payment to multiple AP bills, if Memo2 is blank, the system captures the Ref # of included bills and initializes the field as: Bills Paid: {ref#1}, {ref#2}…
   Applied Amount	Under the Remaining section in the column, edit the applied amounts, if needed.

4. In the upper right corner, click Pay.
   The system applies payment, updates the Status to Paid, and adds the transaction to your operating account.