Learn how to:

• Record a check
• Apply a check to a bill or bills

Record a check

To record your first check to a Flare bank account, do the following:

1. Click Bank in Flare's left menu (1 below) then click the account dropdown menu (2) and click a bank account name (3).
   
   
   
   
2. Click the dropdown arrow at the right of the Create Deposit button and click Create Check (4 below).
   
   
   
   
3. Enter a reference number (5 below). Notice that Account and Transaction Date are populated for you, but can be changed.  Select an appropriate chart of accounts category (6), choose a payee or create a vendor on the fly (7), enter the check amount (8) and an optional internal note (9).
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Save the button (10 above).

Apply a check to a bill or bills

If the check you create is a payment on a bill or bills, you can apply it directly to the vendor's accounts payable by doing the following:

1. Click Bank in Flare's left menu (1 below) then click the account dropdown menu (2) and click a bank account name (3).
   
   
   
   
2. Click the dropdown arrow at the right of the Create Deposit button and click Create Check (4 below).
   
   
   
   
3. Enter a reference number (5 below). Note that the Account and Transaction Date fields are populated but can be changed if needed. Select Accounts Payable (6) and select a bill from the Select Bill window (7).
   Enter the payment amount (8).
   
   
   
   
4. If the check applies to more than one bill, add another item by clicking Add Item(9 below). Select another bill as we did above, enter the check amount and select applicable taxes.
   
   
   
   
5. Enter an optional internal note (10 above).
   
   
6. Click the Save button (11).