Import bill payments into QuickBooks

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Overview of importing bill payments

In QuickBooks Desktop a bill payment transaction is used to record a payment against a bill sent by a Vendor for the supply of services or items to the business. With Zed Axis software you can import bills payments into QuickBooks directly from text or Excel files in batch.

Important factors to consider when importing bill payments are:
  • Bill payments you must specify the bill that is being paid.
  • The payment can be less than, equal to or greater than the amount due, if an over payment a credit will be created by QuickBooks.  
  • To import a payment that pays multiple bills you need to have one row for each bill paid, and to group them together by using the same reference number.

Steps to import bill payments

Follow these steps:
  1. Select your text file or spreadsheet which contains the bill payments that you want to import.
  2. Set up a Mapping of the columns in your bill payment import file to the corresponding fields in QuickBooks, as shown below.
  3. Click Import and your bill payments will be directly added to your QuickBooks company file.

More help?

For more information about importing bill payments into QuickBooks, search the Knowledge Base, watch the movies in the Learning Centre, or raise a ticket with Zed Support.

Sample Bill Payment Check import file
Sample Bill Payment Credit Charge import file


Where the fields appear on a bill payment

The following fields are the principal fields when importing bill payments into QuickBooks.

Import bill payments into QuickBooks

 

Detailed descriptions of the fields you can map

QuickBooks fieldFormatDescription
Payee EntityStr 209MANDATORY - Payee who is on the customer, vendor, employee or other names list
AP AccountStr 159Accounts payable account, if not mapped Axis uses the default AP account
Txn DateDateDate the bill was paid
Bank AccountStr 159MANDATORY - Name of Account (Bank type for BillPaymentChecks or Credit type for CreditCardCharges) the funds are drawn from
Is To Be PrintedBoolWhether the Check is to be be printed (true or false) (nb: cannot be mapped if RefNumber is mapped)
Ref NumberStr 11Reference number for the Bill Payment (nb: cannot be mapped if IsToBePrinted is mapped)
Apply To Bill RefStrMANDATORY - Reference number of the bill being paid, should already be in QuickBooks (Export field name ATRTxnRef)
MemoStr 4095 Memo of for the payment
Exchange RateFloatExchange rate against the QuickBooks Home currency
Applied To Txn IDID TypeGUID of the bill if known (Export field name ATRTxnID)
Payment Amount AmountAmount being paid
Discount Amount AmountDiscount amount
Discount AccountStr 159Chart of Account for the discount to be allocated to
 

Troubleshooting tips 

 
  • Error: ApplyToBillRef does not exist in Bill - Check that the bill reference number exists in QuickBooks, if the ApplyToBillRef is blank then you will also get this error. Also check that the Payee name is correct and matches what is in QuickBooks
  • Error: Object "ccccc-nnnnnnnnn" does not exist -  If you have confirmed that the Bill with the reference number exists and Payee both are correct then check the Accounts Payable account that the bills is posted to as if this is not the default Accounts Payable account then you will need to map the AP Account field and make sure it matches what is on the bill that is being paid. Also check that the Bill is not already fully paid.
  • Error: The transaction object "........" may only be provided once in this request. This is restriction of QuickBooks - in each Bill Payment transaction the Bill can only be paid once.  In order to make two payments to the same bill ensure they are in separate Bill Payment transactions, ie they have a different Ref Number.
Article ID: 82, , Modified: 11/5/2024 at 11:57 PM

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