Change the bank on Accounts Payable invoice distributions
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Use the Select Invoices to Pay task to access and change the bank account. Choose an option below depending on what banks paid the distributions.

Distributions paid with the same bank account

You paid all distributions on your invoices with the same bank account.

  1. Go to Accounts Payable and AP Settings.
  2. Click Payment Settings.
  3. Under the Bank account use method, select System automatically assigns per distribution
  4. Go to Accounts Payable, Tasks, Select Invoices to Pay, On-screen List.
  5. Click Start.
  6. Browse to one of the invoices that has an incorrect bank account assigned.
  7. Select the invoice and then click Detail on.
  8. Scroll to the right and click in the Bank account box.

    NOTE:

    When at least one distribution has a different bank account, it shows the first distribution's bank. The word "multiple" appears instead of the bank description. Follow the steps in the option below to change the bank account.

  9. Click List, select the correct bank account, and then click OK.
  10. Click Move to List and then click Detail off.
  11. Repeat the steps for each invoice you need to change.
  12. Click OK, click Yes to accept changes, and then click Close.
  13. If you changed the setting in step 3, change it back.

Distributions paid with different bank accounts

You paid the distributions on your invoices with different bank accounts.

  1. Go to Accounts Payable and AP Settings.
  2. Click Payment Settings.
  3. Under the Bank account use method, select System automatically assigns per distribution
  4. Go to Accounts Payable, Tasks, Select Invoices to Pay, On-screen List.
  5. Click Start.
  6. Browse to one of the invoices that has an incorrect bank account assigned.
  7. Select the invoice and then click Distributions.
  8. Select a distribution and then click Detail on.
  9. Scroll to the right and click in the Bank account box.
  10. Click List, select the correct bank account, and then click OK.
  11. Click Move to List and then click Detail off.
  12. Repeat the steps for each distribution and invoice you need to change.
  13. Click OK, click Yes to accept changes, and then click Close.
  14. If you changed the setting in step 3, change it back.

More information

See more information about how Accounts Payable uses the bank accounts when printing checks.

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