Bills, payments and checks questions, answered
Bills in fiscal50 record what you owe a vendor until you pay it. You create bills or schedule recurring ones, pay them in full or in part, record other payments that have no bill, and sort spending into expense categories. Bills and receipts can be uploaded or e-mailed in and matched to your transactions. When you pay by check, fiscal50 writes the check and prints it on your check stock. These questions cover each of those screens.
Bills and expenses · Bill and receipt uploads · Check printing
- Make Bill Payments
- Make Other Payments
- View All Payments (vendor)
- Expense Categories
- Expenses Dashboard
- All Expenses (Expense Payments)
- Create Bills
- View All Bills
- View Scheduled Bills
- Check Printing Setup
- Write Check
- View All Checks / Print Checks
- Bill & Receipt Uploads
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Make Bill Payments
What is a vendor payment?
A record of money paid to a vendor. A bill payment reduces what you owe; an other payment records spending with no bill.
Can one payment cover several bills?
Yes. Tick every bill from that vendor you are paying.
What happens if I pay a vendor too much?
The extra appears in Credits/Over Payment and stays as a credit with the vendor for later bills.
What details do I need for each payment method?
Cash needs a reference number; Check needs the bank and check number; ACH and Credit/Debit Card need the bank and a reference number.
Make Other Payments
Is the vendor required for an other payment?
No. The vendor is optional.
View All Payments (vendor)
Which fields can I change on a bill payment?
The transaction date, memo, and payment method with its fields.
What is the Modify Expense Transaction window?
The edit window for payments made without a bill, such as bank transactions. You can change the vendor, reference, memo, transaction type and expense categories.
What does Approval Pending mean?
The payment is waiting for another user to approve it. It becomes Active once approved.
How do I find a payment quickly?
Type the vendor name, amount or memo in Search. Turn on the toggle next to it for exact matches.
Expense Categories
What is an expense category?
A label that classifies your spending, such as Advertising or Rent. Each category has sub-categories mapped to expense accounts.
What is the difference between a category and a sub-category?
A category is a broad group, such as Advertisement & Marketing. A sub-category is the specific type of spending within it, such as Social media.
What does COA mapping mean?
Linking a sub-category to an account in your chart of accounts (COA), so amounts post to that account automatically.
What does the Added By icon mean?
It shows whether the category is one of fiscal50's built-in categories (system icon) or was added by a user (user icon).
Expenses Dashboard
What is the Expenses Dashboard?
A one-page summary of your payables: how much you owe vendors, which bills are due or overdue, how fast you pay, and which vendors you spend the most with.
What is Total Vendors Payables?
The total amount you currently owe all your vendors.
What is the difference between Payment Due and Overdue Payment?
Payment Due is all unpaid bills. Overdue Payment is the part of those bills that is past its due date.
Why are Payment Due and Overdue Payment the same?
All of your unpaid bills are past their due date. Pay or schedule them as soon as possible.
All Expenses (Expense Payments)
What is the Payments screen under Expenses?
A list of all your expense transactions — vendor bills and direct payments — with their vendor, amount, memo, status and bank account.
Which period does the screen show by default?
The current fiscal year.
What does "--" mean in the Transaction Type column?
The payment was made without a bill, such as a card purchase, ACH debit or check.
What does the Net Amount Paid column show?
The amount of each expense transaction.
What is a vendor bill?
A record of what you owe a vendor for products or services. It adds to your accounts payable until you pay it.
Why is the Expenses section greyed out?
Complete the fields at the top of the bill and click Next to unlock it.
What is the difference between Expenses and Inventory bills?
Expenses bills record costs and fixed assets. Inventory bills record stock you track in inventory and update on-hand quantities.
When should I use a capital asset line instead of a regular expense?
When you buy a long-term asset such as a vehicle, equipment or a building. It is recorded as a fixed asset.
View All Bills
Why can't I edit or delete a paid bill?
Only pending bills can be edited or deleted. Paid bills are locked to protect your records.
What happens when I delete a bill?
It is removed from your payables and moves to the Deleted status filter.
View Scheduled Bills
What is an accrued bill?
A bill for an expense you have used but not yet been billed for, recorded in the period you used it.
What is a deferred bill?
A bill for a service paid in advance and used over several months. fiscal50 spreads the cost across the months you choose.
What does Realization Date mean?
When each month's share of a deferred bill is recorded: at the start, middle or end of the month.
Can I change the months of a deferred bill later?
Yes. Use Edit Realization Time Period. Only months not yet recognized can be changed.
Check Printing Setup
What units are field positions in?
Inches.
What happens if I change the template?
The field positions reset to that template's defaults.
What does "Check cleared?" mean?
Whether the check has cleared your bank. Leave it at No until it clears, then switch it to Yes.
What date prints on the check?
The payment's issue date.
How is the amount in words written?
In US format, for example "One thousand two hundred thirty-four and 56/100".
View All Checks / Print Checks
Why can't I select checks for batch printing?
Choose a bank in the bank filter first. Checks can only be batched from one bank account.
Can I print on blank check paper?
No. fiscal50 prints onto pre-printed check stock only.
Bill & Receipt Uploads
What is Bill & Receipt Uploads?
A place to upload or email your bills and receipts. fiscal50 reads them and attaches them to the matching payment, bill or bank feed transaction.
What is the difference between a bill and a receipt?
A bill is a vendor's request for payment and is attached to a bill record. A receipt is proof of payment and is attached to a payment record.
Which file formats can I upload?
PDF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, HEIC and HEIF.
What is the maximum file size?
5 MB per file when uploading, and 5 MB per email when emailing.
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