print as payee for checks to customer

Hi there, spazzzaroo.

Unlike the vendor setup screen, setting a customer profile does not have a similar field for Print Name On Checks As. You'll need to edit the name of the customer to the desired info before printing the refund check. Once done, you can go back to the customer profile and change the name back to the original one. 

Here's how to temporarily change the name of the customer:

1. Double-click the name of the customer. 
2. Go to the Customer Name field and edit the information.
3. Click OK.

Once done, print the refund check and make sure to edit the name again. 

Let me also share these articles with you about giving refunds in QuickBooks Desktop:

• Give Your Customer A Credit Or Refund In QuickBooks Desktop for Windows
• Void Or Refund Customer Payments In QuickBooks Desktop
• Record A Vendor Refund In QuickBooks Desktop

Let me know if you need anything else. 

@JenoP  RE: "Unlike the vendor setup screen, setting a customer profile does not have a similar field for Print Name On Checks As. You'll need to edit the name of the customer to the desired info before printing the refund check."

Really??

@spazzzaroo 

Yes, you can control the name that prints as the payee on a check.  It's simpler than how vendors work, but less flexible.  Instead of having and additional field, QuickBooks prints the first line of the customer address as check's Payee.  This way you can, for example, track your customers by company name, and also print checks to the owners of the companies:

This is almost how Customers print on your invoices, except they don't actually print the customer name at all, but instead only print address blocks since invoices don't have a payee separate from the address like a bank check does.