How to Record a Void in Quickbooks

Paying your bills through Quickbooks helps you keep all of your business expenses in one place. If you enter a bill payment incorrectly or discover that you need to void a payment for any other reason, Quickbooks provides an option for you to void the payment and clear it from your register. The transaction will still appear, but the dollar value attached to it will zero out. This allows you to keep the transaction listed for future reference.

Instructions

1. Open your Accounts Payable register. Click "List" and then select "Chart of Accounts." In the Chart of Accounts dialog box, double-click "Accounts Payable" to open the account register.

2. Locate the payment you wish to void in the account register. Click the transaction to highlight it.

3. Click the "Edit" menu and click "Void Bill Pmt" to void the payment in your account register. Click "Record" when asked to verify that you want to void the payment.

4. Close the Accounts Payable register when you have finished updating the record to avoid inadvertently altering the register.

References

• Support.Quickbooks.Intuit.com: Quickbooks Support
• Quickbooks 2009 Student Guide: Working with Bank Accounts