How to record automatic withdrawals

[FBCVandalia]

We have several vendor that we set up through online banking for an automatic withdrawal each month. I have not been able to find how to record these in accounts payable. I tried doing it through manual checks but have to give it a check number which we don't have.

Any assistance with this would be helpful.

Pamela Shaw, Treasurer

[JohnDMeyers]

I use Repeating Items released as Manual Checks.

I use EFT0001 etc. as check numbers, so they all sort together in the reconciliation window.

[beas]

To expand on John's answer, you can call the check number anything you want. The field is rather limited, but I use, for instance, FED 8/2012 for our federal tax deposit for August of 2012. Any numbering or naming convention you want to use and is meaningful to you will work. I like to make it something that tells me what it paid.

[FBCVandalia]

Thanks John & Bill for your responses.
Bill - with your method where do these transactions appear on the bank reconcilation? Are they all together like John's method?

[beas]

They will all show up at the bottom of the check list since they begin with alpha.