# Supplier payments

> Pay a supplier bill in full or in part, pay several bills with one transfer, apply unapplied credit, and download payment receipts.

Canonical: https://docs.getonebooks.com/purchases/supplier-payments/
Language: en
Documentation index: https://docs.getonebooks.com/llms.txt

A supplier payment records money paid out and settles one or more purchases. Record it from the purchase when it pays that bill, or from **Purchasing → Payments** when one transfer covers several bills.

![The Supplier Payments list with totals by method](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/purchases-supplier-payments-list.webp)

## Pay a bill

1. Open the purchase (**Received** or **Partially Paid**) and select **Record Disbursement**.
2. Enter the **amount** (the balance is proposed; a smaller amount is a part payment), the **date**, the **method** (**Cash**, **Bank Transfer**, **Card**, **Other**) and a **reference**.
3. Choose the cash or bank **account** the money left.
4. Select **Save**.

![The Record Disbursement dialog on a purchase](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/purchases-record-payment.webp)

The purchase becomes **Partially Paid** or **Paid**. Paying more than the balance is rejected.

> **Accounting effect**
> Debit **2000 Accounts Payable** · Credit **1200 Cash** / **1210 Bank** (or the account chosen).

## Pay several bills at once

Open **Purchasing → Payments**, select **Record Payment**, pick the supplier, enter the total, and allocate it across open bills. Any remainder stays as unapplied credit on the supplier.

![The standalone supplier payment dialog with bill allocation](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/purchases-payment-allocate.webp)

## Receipts and deletion

Each payment has a **receipt PDF** (**Download Receipt** in its actions). Deleting a payment (permission **supplierPayments.delete**) reverses its entry and reopens the bills it settled.

## Related

  - [Payables and aging](https://docs.getonebooks.com/purchases/payables/)
  - [Bank reconciliation](https://docs.getonebooks.com/banking/reconciliation/)