How to enter a single ACH payment to multiple bills for different vendors

I appreciate you bringing this concern here in the Community, @JM1919. Let me help you pay multiple vendor bills in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT).

Currently, allowing multiple lines in Accounts Payable A/P in one transaction is unavailable in QBDT. Yet, you can use the Pay Bills option to pay multiple vendors.

QuickBooks Desktop offers the option to pay multiple bills to different vendors. Once bills are entered, you can navigate them by opening the Pay Bills window. Let me show you how:

1. Go to the Vendors menu, then select Pay Bills.
2. Select the correct accounts payable account from the dropdown.
3. Select the checkboxes of the bills you want to pay from the table( unmark or mark all the bills in the list you want to pay).
4. Enter the date you paid the bill.
5. Select the payment method (check, credit card, online bill payment, cash, PayPal, or EFT).
6. Select Pay Selected Bills.
7. Select Done, or select Pay More Bills if you have other bills you need to pay.

Note: QBDT will generate a bill payment check for each vendor you select.

In addition, you can also visit this link, which includes a video for further guidance on recording or entering bills in QuickBooks Desktop: How to enter and pay bills in QuickBooks Desktop.

I've attached these helpful resources to assist you in managing your vendors:

• Record a vendor refund in QBDT.
• Use Online Bill Pay in QBDT.

That should keep you going today. Please let me know if you have other questions about QuickBooks Desktop concerns. Have a good one.

This will create multiple debits in the bank account when only one debit should be entered.

This is not a correct solution

There isn't a way to do what you want to do with one Journal.

I'd suggest instead paying the bills the normal way, but using a wash bank account, or petty cash, or something like that for the bill payments. Then create a transfer from your bank account to the wash account for the total amount.