My workaround for this problem is to go to the banking transaction and click Find Match, then near the bottom, I toggle on "Resolve". I will give you up to 5 lines where you can add the Payee and the amounts for each. If you have more than 5 payees, this solution will not be sufficient (at least as of Jan 2023).  

My reason for needing this is when we get batch online payments from multiple payees, but it includes a return check that is higher than the amount of the deposits. So then it becomes an expense and I'm unable to enter it the way I normally do because expenses won't take multiple payees. If I try to enter it as an expense and include the deposits as negative numbers, it won't accept that, but when I enter the deposits and the expenses separately, the "find a match" won't pull up the deposits. The solution above will take negative or positive numbers, which helps me get it all done in one simple step instead of multiple. The journal method was more complicated.

I did this 3 days ago and now it's not working anymore

I appreciate you for joining the thread, @bhouse1.

Before we get into this, can you tell me more about your query? May I know what's not working? Are you trying to split downloaded bank transactions into multiple payees in QuickBooks Online (QBO)? This way, I'll be able to provide you with an accurate and suitable resolution to your concern, and I want to ensure this gets resolved as soon as possible.

Please don't hesitate to get back to me so we can start sorting this out so you can accomplish your tasks inside QuickBooks.

Thanks, Im sending payments through 3rd party, xoom and paypal, xoom, say I send a  payment of $100, xoom will charge me $3 and my bank account will show one transaction for $103, I need to be able to separate the $100 payment to my vendor and the $3 fee for xoom.

Thanks

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This is extremely frustrating that QBO does not allow multiple payees from a batch ACH payment.  I went through my bank a couple of months ago and asked them to NOT batch the payments at the end of the day.  It took some phone calls and paperwork, but now each ACH payment is processed separately and does not come through as a batch payment.  Try to go through your bank since QB won't do their part.  

I am trying to split an ACH payment with multiple payees. Any help on this?

Thank you for joining this thread, @rvalantasis. 

I'll share some insights about your concern with splitting ACH payments with multiple employees. 

Currently, there isn't a way to achieve your goal in QuickBooks Online. I understand how beneficial it is for you and your business. Thus, I recommend sending this suggestion to our Product Developers so they can consider adding it for future product enhancements. 

I'll show you how: 

1. Click the Gear icon and choose Feedback.
2. Enter your feedback Suggestion.
3. Press Next.
   
   

Also, you may visit our Feedback forum page to view a list of other QuickBooks users who have already recommended this feature, along with the most current QuickBooks upgrades. 

If you need more help with QBO features or want to share your best practices using the product, please let me know, and I'll lend a hand. Have a good one. 

I created a repeating journal entry to accomplish this. it isn't quite as elegant but it works. I have a debit going to each payroll line item and then a credit to a tax liability account and a credit to the checking account. I just use it for the static payroll entries. however, you could have it just sitting there, select the USE option from the dropdown on the right on the entry in the recurring transaction screen which copies the transaction for a one-time use. Then you could modify the amounts if you needed it. It would become a template for those transactions.

You guys need to add this feature. It necessary and really annoying when you have to work on a bunch of transactions. 

Why are we able to split everything but the payee/vendor??? Please help, we need this done asap

My workaround (also annoying) is to create a Bill for each ACH Payee.  Then, when the ACH payment in QBO shows up, I chose Find Match and it often picks exactly the right "Bills".  Much easier than Journal Entries AND as far as I can tell is ok for 1099's as the Payee is properly identified.  

But yes, QBO, you do need the option to Split a Transaction to Multiple Payees, not just multiple categories.

Add me to the list trying to get this done. I use bill.com and QBO. I'll pay 5 vendors in bill.com on the same day. It shows up as *one* transaction when syncing to the bank. I have to split it as the 5 vendors. It's driving me nuts. I've tried a couple of the methods here, and I inevitably make a mistake somewhere, which just deepens the problem.

I honestly can't believe this thread is 2 years old and this hasn't been fixed! I found, as a user above did, that the only workaround is to separate each and every ACH into it's own batch. This is frustrating to the person who has to approve them for me, he now gets 10 batches to approve instead of 2! But it will save me oodles of time next tax season. I spent a very long time finding my "lost" batches. Please fix this Intuit!

I agree.  Unfortunately for me, being a great procrastinator and my bank did an upgrade last August and I didn't realize it was all going on one ACH out.  This is a nightmare. 

I tried this but then the expense doesn't show up in the Vendor's transaction list so I assume it won't show up for their 1099s.