How to Enter Bills in QuickBooks<\/h3>\n
You may have noticed recently that business bill-paying is undergoing a transition. While some paper bills still come via the U.S. Mail, you may also be getting some of those bills via email. Sometimes, you might get a reminder email, but then must go to the vendor’s site to make a payment.<\/p>\n
How do you keep track of it all, so you don’t miss any due dates? You could<\/em> record them on a calendar, but you’d still have to go back to the actual bill to retrieve the amount. But where is it? Is it online, in your email inbox, in a file folder, or pinned to the corkboard on the wall?<\/p>\n QuickBooks can organize this unpleasant process, saving time and helping you avoid confusion. Here’s how it works.<\/p>\n QuickBooks divides your accounts payable tasks into two separate processes: entering bills and paying them. It requires some extra time upfront as you complete the first step, but streamlines the second so that the actual bill-paying only takes a few seconds.<\/p>\n To get started, click Enter Bills<\/strong> on QuickBooks’ home page to open a window like this:<\/p>\n The toolbar for the Enter Bills<\/strong> window is not pictured in the image above, but you don’t need it yet. Rather, you start by clicking the down arrow in the field next to VENDOR<\/strong> and selecting the biller’s name from your list (or clicking if you haven’t yet created a record for that entity). The ADDRESS<\/strong> should fill in automatically, as should the date.<\/p>\n If you set up default payment TERMS<\/strong> in that vendor’s record, your preference should show in that field and the BILL DUE<\/strong> date should be correct. Enter the AMOUNT DUE<\/strong> and complete any of the optional fields that the transaction requires (REF. NO.<\/strong>, DISCOUNT DATE<\/strong>, and MEMO<\/strong>).<\/p>\n Since this is a utility bill, the Gastos<\/strong> tab should be highlighted, and the amount you entered above should appear in it. Below that is the ACCOUNT<\/strong> field; open that list and choose the right one. Don’t worry about the CUSTOMER:JOB<\/strong> y BILLABLE<\/strong> fields. These will only be completed when you’re charging a customer for an expense or item.<\/p>\n Warning: <\/em><\/strong>If you’re not familiar with the concept of assigning accounts to transactions, please schedule some time one of the QuickBooks professionals at the office. This is a critical designation that affects so many other areas of QuickBooks.<\/p>\n Once you save your bill, you’ll be able to access it when it’s time to apply the payment. How will you remember when it’s due, though? QuickBooks can remind you \u00e2?? or even pay it automatically. So, before you leave the Enter Bills<\/strong> window, click Memorize<\/strong> in the toolbar pictured above.<\/p>\n The Memorize Transaction<\/strong> window will open with your vendor already entered in the Nombre<\/strong> field. You’ll have three options here:<\/p>\n When you’re done, click OK<\/strong> to close the box, and save the bill.<\/p>\n Next month, the second step will be discussed: the actual paying of bills. In the meantime, please call if you want to schedule a session to go over any aspect of your accounts payable \u00e2?? or anything else in QuickBooks.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-1706","tips-setup-custom","type-tips-setup-custom","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aabusinessfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tips-setup-custom\/1706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aabusinessfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tips-setup-custom"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aabusinessfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tips-setup-custom"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aabusinessfirm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A 2-Step Process<\/h3>\n
![](\"https:\/\/www.cpasitesolutions.com\/content\/newsletter\/images\/102018\/Fig1.jpeg\")
\n Figure 1: Before you can pay a bill in QuickBooks, you need to create a record for it.
\n<\/em><\/p>\nSaving Your Work<\/h3>\n
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\n Figure 2: The toolbar from the Enter Bills<\/strong> window.
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\n Figure 3: If you choose the third option here, be very careful when you define the automation. You should really do this only if you’re an advanced user.
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