To spend money using the Bank Register

The Bank Register window should be displayed. (To find the Bank Register window)

The Bank Register offers a streamlined method for recording payments using any account with checking or credit card privileges. This window should not be used to pay for purchases recorded in the Purchases Command Center, however; use the Pay Bills window or the Purchases Register to make those payments.

If you need greater control over how the transaction is entered, click the Split button to display the Receive Money window, where a more detailed entry can be made. If this payment is to be made in a foreign currency, you must use the Spend Money window for this transaction.

1. Select the bank account that will be used to make the payment.
2. In the Type field, select Spend Money if the bank account you selected is an asset account (checking account) or Enter Charge if the account is a liability account (credit card account).
3. Review the check number and transaction date and change them if necessary.

Note: A check number can be voided by leaving the Amount fields blank

If you leave the Amount fields blank and then click the Record button, the warning message, "Click OK if you wish to void Check #--. "will appear. To void the check number, click OK.

For more information, see Voiding check numbers.

4. Using the Card field, select the payee's card, or enter the payee's name in the Name field if you don't have a card for the person.
5. Enter the amount paid.
6. Enter the account that will be reduced -- "paid off," in effect -- by this transaction. (If you require more than one allocation account, click the Split button and continue entering this transaction in the Spend Money window.)
7. Enter a short, descriptive comment in the Memo field if you like. This information will appear on a number of reports.
8. Click Record.