Paying bills

Posted by Laura on November 5, 2008, 10:59 am

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>> QB will not allow you to write checks or Pay bills using a credit card

>> account. You are better off using a dummy bank account if you want to use

>> those features in QB.

> Then why would Haskel say it is ok to pay off a bill with a creidit card

> account? I will tell you why, because it is. There are countless times

> businesses pay off accounts payble with their credit cards.

> Laura, go ahead and use the enter a credit card bill function and enter

> Accounts Payable as the account and then the vendor or who ever the actual

> bill it was originaly entered for and tell me it does not work.

I agree that your method works fine but you must use the Enter Credit card
charges task in order to get it to work.

The OP was trying to use the Pay Bills screen. That requires a bank account.
So does Write checks. That was the basis of my remarks.

Posted by Haskel LaPort on November 5, 2008, 11:15 am

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>>> QB will not allow you to write checks or Pay bills using a credit card

>>> account. You are better off using a dummy bank account if you want to

>>> use those features in QB.

>> Then why would Haskel say it is ok to pay off a bill with a creidit card

>> account? I will tell you why, because it is. There are countless times

>> businesses pay off accounts payble with their credit cards.

>> Laura, go ahead and use the enter a credit card bill function and enter

>> Accounts Payable as the account and then the vendor or who ever the

>> actual bill it was originaly entered for and tell me it does not work.

> I agree that your method works fine but you must use the Enter Credit card

> charges task in order to get it to work.

> The OP was trying to use the Pay Bills screen. That requires a bank

> account. So does Write checks. That was the basis of my remarks.

Yes, I now see the basis of your remark. However my original suggestion to
the OP is valid. He just does not know how to execute the method correctly.

Posted by Golden California Girls on November 5, 2008, 12:47 pm

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Laura wrote:

>>> QB will not allow you to write checks or Pay bills using a credit

>>> card account. You are better off using a dummy bank account if you

>>> want to use those features in QB.

>> Then why would Haskel say it is ok to pay off a bill with a creidit

>> card account? I will tell you why, because it is. There are countless

>> times businesses pay off accounts payble with their credit cards.

>> Laura, go ahead and use the enter a credit card bill function and

>> enter Accounts Payable as the account and then the vendor or who ever

>> the actual bill it was originaly entered for and tell me it does not

>> work.

> I agree that your method works fine but you must use the Enter Credit

> card charges task in order to get it to work.

> The OP was trying to use the Pay Bills screen. That requires a bank

> account. So does Write checks. That was the basis of my remarks.

No it doesn't. There is a nice pop-up on the Pay Bills window that will let you
change from bank accounts to credit card accounts. Perhaps you need to see your
eye doctor about some computer reading glasses :)

Posted by Laura on November 5, 2008, 3:25 pm

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> Laura wrote:

>>>

>>>> QB will not allow you to write checks or Pay bills using a credit

>>>> card account. You are better off using a dummy bank account if you

>>>> want to use those features in QB.

>>>

>>> Then why would Haskel say it is ok to pay off a bill with a creidit

>>> card account? I will tell you why, because it is. There are countless

>>> times businesses pay off accounts payble with their credit cards.

>>>

>>> Laura, go ahead and use the enter a credit card bill function and

>>> enter Accounts Payable as the account and then the vendor or who ever

>>> the actual bill it was originaly entered for and tell me it does not

>>> work.

>> I agree that your method works fine but you must use the Enter Credit

>> card charges task in order to get it to work.

>> The OP was trying to use the Pay Bills screen. That requires a bank

>> account. So does Write checks. That was the basis of my remarks.

> No it doesn't. There is a nice pop-up on the Pay Bills window that will

> let you

> change from bank accounts to credit card accounts. Perhaps you need to

> see your

> eye doctor about some computer reading glasses :)

I forgot about that one. I've never had a client who wanted to record a
payment to a vendor using Pay Bills and paid with a credit card. Thanks for
reminder.

Posted by Peter Secor on November 5, 2008, 3:58 pm

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>> Laura, go ahead and use the enter a credit card bill function and enter

>> Accounts Payable as the account and then the vendor or who ever the actual

>> bill it was originaly entered for and tell me it does not work.

>I agree that your method works fine but you must use the Enter Credit card

>charges task in order to get it to work.

>The OP was trying to use the Pay Bills screen. That requires a bank account.

>So does Write checks. That was the basis of my remarks.

What are you two talking about? I pay lots of bills via credit card
on the Pay Bills screen with no problems whatsoever.