# Paying bills

> Pick the bills, choose the account and method, take any early-pay discount, and post the payments — printed checks queue up, external payments are marked as paid.

Section: Purchases and payables · Canonical: https://intubu.intuitivecapital-dai.com/docs/pay-bills

Purchases → Pay Bills.

**The list** is every open bill with vendor, bill date, due date, original and open amounts, and — where the vendor's terms offer one and it is still in date — the early-pay discount available. Tick the bills to pay; a payment amount can be less than the open amount for a partial payment.

**Payment date, Pay from, Method.** Choose the bank or card account and the method. *Check (print queue)* assigns check numbers from the starting number you give and queues the checks for printing; *Mark as paid externally* records a payment already made by another means (a bank transfer typed at the bank, a card paid through its own portal) and takes a reference.

**Posting.** Each payment is DR Accounts Payable · CR the paying account, one payment per vendor covering the bills ticked; a discount taken posts to the purchase-discounts account. A bill can be paid to the cent of what is open and no further; the balance and status (partial, paid) update at once.

**Approvals.** If bill approval is switched on, only approved bills appear here — see [Bill approval workflows](https://intubu.intuitivecapital-dai.com/docs/bill-approvals). Vendor credits reduce what is owed before you get here — see [Vendor credits](https://intubu.intuitivecapital-dai.com/docs/vendor-credits).