Enter a Payment Without Entering an Invoice

Before you can perform this task

If you want to make direct deposit payments, sign up with Sage Simply Accounting and set up your company and supplier for direct deposit payments.

To enter a payment without entering an invoice into your system:

  1. Open the Payments window. How?
      1. In the Home window, click the Pay Bills icon.
  2. Provide the payment details.

    3. In this area:

    Enter the following information:

    By

    Select a payment method from the list.

    From

    If you are paying by cash, cheque, or direct deposit, select the bank account from which the money will be taken.

    To the Order of

    Select the supplier who you are paying.

    Cheque

    No.

    If you are paying by cheque, type your cheque's number.

    Direct Deposit No.

    If you are paying by direct deposit, type a payment reference number for this direct deposit transaction. This number will also be used to identify this transaction when you upload the direct deposit file to your direct deposit service provider.

    Date

    Enter the date on which you make the payment. This date is printed on the cheque and is also recorded as the transaction date.

    Category column

    Select the account you want to associate with this payment.

    Description

    Enter details about the payment.

    Amount

    Enter the amount paid.

    Tax

    Enter the tax you were charged.

    Reference

    Type a description of the bill that you are paying (such as an invoice number).

    Comment

    Type any comment which you want to add to the payment.
  3. To print the cheque, click Print on the toolbar, or select Print from the File menu.
  4. Click Process.
  5. If you signed up with Sage Simply Accounting for direct deposit, submit the direct deposit file that contains this transaction.

What do you want to do?

Pay a bill from a supplier

Enter a payment made to a credit-card company

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