I do not want to use QuickBooks bill pay service because I use my bank for that. I simply want to record the payment. How can I do that?

I'm pleased to assist you with recording a bill payment in QuickBooks Online, @PoolQ2.

Assuming you have already recorded the bills in your company, you can proceed to mark them as paid. Let me show you how.

1. Go to the Expenses menu, then pick Bills.
2. Choose the Unpaid tab.
3. Select the Action dropdown to the bill in question, then click Mark as paid.
   
4. On the bill payment page, review if the details are correct, such as the Payee, Payment date, and Bank/Credit account fields.
5. Choose the bills the payment went to in the Outstanding Transactions section.
6. If you have any credit for this vendor, you can select it from the Credits section.
7. Once done, tap Save and close.

Furthermore, visit this article for additional guidance on handling your business expenses: Enter and manage bills and bill payments in QuickBooks Online. Simply navigate to the Record payments towards bills section for relevant steps in paying your bills in QBO.

Additionally, you'll want to check out this article for the detailed steps in case you need to review all your vendor transactions in QBO: How to view and edit vendor transactions in QuickBooks Online.

If there's anything else about recording vendor transactions that I can help you with, please let me know by leaving a comment. Have a great day ahead!

I have the same issue but am not using online. I am using Enterprise Solutions. So what do I need to do?

Hi there, Mike.

Let me guide you through the steps on how to record your bill payment in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) Enterprise Solution.

Here's how:

1. Open your QBDT account.
2. Navigate to the Vendors menu and click Pay Bills.
   
3. Choose the correct accounts payable account from the dropdown.
4. Select the checkboxes of the bills you want to pay from the table.
   
5. Set any discount or credit that you want to apply to the bills. 
   Discount - Set this if your vendor gives you a discount for this transaction. 
   Credit - Set this if you received a credit from your vendor, and you used it to reduce your total bill amount.
6. Select the payment method and click Pay Selected Bills.
7. Click Done or select Pay More Bills if you have additional bills to pay.
    

For more detailed information regarding the steps mentioned above, please refer to the following article: Pay bills or payables in QBDT.

After that, you can check the payment to ensure it is recorded in the Vendor Center and view the vendor's account.

Please let me know in the comments below if you have follow-up questions. We'll be glad to help you.