Note: Initial set up for ACH is a billable service. Contact our Customer Care Team for more information.
Set up vendors
- Navigate to File > Vendor > Master.
- Click the Custom Fields tab, and add the following details:
- Routing Number
- Account Number
- Account Type
- Entry Class
- Click the Contacts tab and create a contact named ACH.
- For Title, type ACH.
Note: This contact allows the ACH payee to receive emailed ACH payment vouchers.
Schedule Checks for ACH payments
- Navigate to Accounting > Accounts Payable > Check Print.
- Select the check boxes of the invoices to be paid.
Note: Select only invoices with vendors set up for ACH payments.
- Click Save.
Run the ACH file export
Follow these steps to create an ACH formatted file.
Note: The created file can be accessed from the Check Print File.
- Navigate to Utilities > Customer Extensions > ACH Check File Export.
- On the ACH Check File Export screen, choose an Effective Entry Date, and then set the Daily Sequence #.
- Click OK.
- When prompted, choose a file name and location for the ACH file, and click Save.
Note: Inform does not encrypt this file. Use Folder Properties > Advanced to use the Windows encryption option.
Run Vendor acknowledgments
Follow these steps to send the voucher notification to payees.- Navigate to Utilities > Customer Extensions > ACH Send Voucher.
- Click OK.
Note: Vouchers will be sent after the ACH file is transmitted to your default bank.
- On the status with the number of vouchers sent, click OK.
Sample of voucher sent to payees:
Print checks to clear the batch
- Navigate to Accounting > Accounts Payable > Check Print.
- Click Print.
Tip: You can print on regular paper instead of using blank checks because this action prints copies only. No paper checks are sent.