Pay bills

After you've entered your bills into QuickBooks, the fun part comes.

To pay a single bill, you can click Make payment from the Vendors or Expense Transactions pages.

Better yet, you can use the Pay Bills page to make bill payments just before their due dates. That way, you keep control of your funds for as long as possible. You'll also save time by making your bill payments in a batch.

To pay bills:

1. Click Create (+) > Pay Bills.
2. Choose the Payment account. If you want to pay from different accounts (such as a credit card instead of a checking account), use the Pay Bills page separately for each account.
3. Set the Payment date you want on your payments.
4. To narrow the list of bills to pay, click the Filter button. Then:
   • To filter by due date, select the Date button.
   • To pay just one vendor, select the Payee button.
   • If you use locations, select the Location button.
   • You can even filter by bills that are past their due date by selecting Overdue status only.
   • Click Apply.
5. In the left column, select the box for each bill you want to pay.
6. You can edit the PAYMENT amount or the CREDIT APPLIED amount for any bill you select.
7. Click Save, or if you're printing checks, click Save and print. How do I print checks?

QuickBooks creates a bill payment for each vendor (not each bill).

See also

Set up a recurring bill