How to Pay Supplier Bills

Paying a supplier with a check can be done in several ways. This topic shows the basic method of creating and printing a check for one supplier at a time.

To create a check for a supplier complete the following steps:

1. Select the following menu path: Accounts Payable > Checks > Add Checks
   
   
   
2. The Find Supplier window opens. Select the supplier or payee by using one of the search fields and click [OK]:
3. The Check Payment window opens showing a list of outstanding bills on the Wizard page, detailing the amount of the bill, how much has been paid against the bill, and a balance due:
   
   
4. Selecting the bills to be paid can be done with any of the following methods:
5. enter the amount to be paid against each bill in the Pay column
6. double-click in the Pay column on the row of the bill you wish to pay in full. The amount owing is automatically filled in.
7. click [Pay All] to pay all bills that are due only.
8. click [Pay Up To] to open a dialog box that allows you to enter an amount to pay. The oldest bills that are due are paid first with this method.

5. Click [Create Check]. The Bills Paid page appears:
   
   

6. Select the bank account you wish to pay the bill from or use the default bank account.
7. Select one of the following options:
8. Click [Batch Check] to batch the check for later printing.
9. Click [Post and Print] to print a check immediately (a dialog box appears requesting you to enter a check number).
10. Click the Check Information tab to record the check number of a manually written check. The Check Information page is shown below appears:

8. After recording the check number of the manually written check, click [Post and Print]. The Print Check dialog appears as shown below. Click [No] to save the information and return to the main menu.