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December 13, 2023
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Matching a partial payment to supplier with bank fees

  • December 13, 2023
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Hi,

I'm having a hard time matching a partial payment made to a supplier with a bank fee so that it doesn't affect my supplier balance.

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December 13, 2023

Hi nataliev,

Thank you for reaching out today about your bank transactions! QuickBooks Online is a great tool to help keep track of bills and payments so you know the amount owed to your suppliers.

I'd be happy to help you with matching your partial payment with bank fee. In order to match a supplier payment in QuickBooks Online, follow these steps:
 

  1. +New
  2. From the Payment account dropdown, select the account you paid the bill from. For instance, if you paid from your chequing account, select chequing.
  3. If you select a chequing or savings account, you can enter the Starting cheque no. This is optional.
  4. Enter the Payment date.
  5. Select the checkboxes for the bills you made a payment towards.
  6. In the Payment column, enter the amount you paid towards each bill. Tip: If you have credit with the supplier, you can apply it in the Credit Applied column.
  7. Select Save, or Save and close.

 

To add those bank fees, you need to:


Create an expense account

  1. Go to Transactions and select Chart of accounts.
  2. Select New.
  3. In the Account pop-up, select Expenses from Account Type dropdown.
  4. Select Bank charges from Detail Type dropdown.
  5. Enter Name as Bank fees.
  6. Select Save and Close.

 

The account is created. The next step is to resolve the difference when matching transactions.
 

  1. Go to Transactions, then select Bank transactions.
  2. Select the bank account with the transaction.
  3. Locate and select the relevant transaction on the For review tab.
  4. Select Find match.
  5. In the Match transactions window, checkmark the box for the appropriate Invoice.
  6. Select Resolve to open Add resolving transactions.
  7. From the Category dropdown, select the Bank fees expense account you created.
  8. Enter the Amount of the bank fee.
  9. Select the applicable Sales Tax.
  10. Select Save.

 

Your transaction is now matched off against the invoice, and the bank fees are accounted for.

If you get stuck on any of these steps, or want additional information, please see the articles linked below:
Enter bills and record bill payments in QuickBooks Online
How to account for bank fees when matching transactions in the bank feed

If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach back out.