# Pay your suppliers and see what you owe

> Record a payment on a purchase, in full or in part, and see what you owe each supplier.

*Section: Purchases and expenses · Updated: 2026-10-19*

A purchase starts unpaid. By the end you will have recorded a payment to a supplier, in full or in part, and know where to see what you still owe.

## Pay for a purchase

1. **Open [Purchases › All Purchases](/app/purchases/list)** and find the purchase.
2. **Open the row's menu and click Create Payment.** It appears on purchases marked **received**.
3. **Check the Date.** It starts on today; around midnight it can show yesterday's, so correct it if it does.
4. **Pick the Payment choice**, such as **Cash** or **bank transfer**.
5. **Enter the Paying Amount:** what is due, or less to pay part now. **Received Amount** is what you handed over, and **Change** what came back.
6. **Choose an Account** if you track accounts: the payment comes off its balance. **Note** is optional.
7. **Click Submit.**

![Create Payment for a purchase: Date, Reference, Payment choice, Received Amount and Paying Amount, Change, Account and Note, with Submit.](https://armpos.online/storage/help/0e667f9ddf-pay-your-suppliers-1-payment.webp)
*Enter less than what is due to pay part of it now.*

The purchase's **Paid** and **Due** change, and its **Payment Status** becomes **Partial** or **Paid**.

![All Purchases with PR\_0010 from Lakeside Dairy Ltd: total $ 225.36, paid $ 100.00, due $ 125.36, Partial.](https://armpos.online/storage/help/33fc358b87-pay-your-suppliers-2-list.webp)
*After a part payment: the rest stays Due.*

**Show Payments** in the same menu lists every payment on a purchase, with edit and delete.

## What you owe each supplier

- **[People › Suppliers](/app/People/Suppliers)** shows what you owe each one in **Total Purchase Due**, and what they owe you back in **Total Purchase Return Due**. A supplier's menu has **pay all purchase due at a time**, one payment for everything you owe them.
- **[Reports › Payments › Purchases](/app/reports/payments_purchase)** lists every payment you made, by date, supplier and method.
- **[Reports › Suppliers Report](/app/reports/providers_report)** totals what you bought from each supplier, what you paid and what is due.

## What's next

Sent something back? [Return goods to a supplier](/app/help/purchase-returns).