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Add joint payees to a bill

For bills that need to be paid to the vendor and a secondary payee, you need to define the joint payees in the bill. You can do this after you create the bill and either save it as a draft or post it.

When you pay the bill using the joint check payment method, you'll have the opportunity to specify the amount you want to pay to the vendor alone and the vendor and joint payee. You can add more than one joint payee to a single bill.

You cannot add joint payees on Purchasing documents, such as those documents that convert a Purchasing subcontract or purchase order into a Purchasing invoice.

Subscription	Accounts Payable
Regional availability	All regions
User type	Business
Permissions	Bills: List, View, Add, Edit
Configuration	Enable joint checks in Accounts Payable Configuration.

Create a bill for the primary vendor.
Learn how to create a bill.
Save the bill as a draft or post it.
If your company uses bill approvals, save the bill as a draft. Then, submit it after you add the joint payees. Otherwise, the bill will go through approval twice: first when you create it, and a second time when you add the joint payees.
On the Bills list, select Edit next to the bill.
Select the Joint payee tab.
If you do not see the Joint payee tab, this means that the Joint check payment method is not enabled for your company. Learn how to enable joint checks.
For Joint payee, enter the name of the secondary payee that you want to appear on the check, alongside the vendor.
Optionally, if the default Joint payee print as value does not match your needs, enter a new value.
Joint payee print as shows the payee that is printed on the check you pay the bill. The default print as format is <vendor> AND <joint payee>.
To issue additional checks to other joint payees when you pay the bill in the future, enter each Joint payee on a new line.
Later, when you pay the bill, you'll enter the amount to pay each joint payee, either at the bill level or the line level.
Select Submit, Post, or Draft.

Next step: When you're ready to pay the bill, select Joint check as the payment method. Because you set up joint payees for this bill, it is included in the list of bills payable using the Joint check payment method.