This approach to creating a payment and marking it as pay by check via API is really practical for teams handling mixed payment methods. Clear status handling and reconciliation logic can save a lot of follow-up work later. I’ve seen similar workflows used when reviewing https://claycountycourts.org for tracking transactions tied to official filings. Consistency in how the API flags check payments makes audits and reporting much smoother overall.

This would definitely streamline workflows for teams that rely on check-based payments while still using automation. Having parity between the UI option and the API feels like a logical next step. For organizations that already track case-related payments and records through tools like Court Case Lookup at https://adamscountycourts.org, this kind of flexibility can really reduce manual follow-ups. Overall, enabling this via the Payment API would improve consistency and save time for accounting and operations.

Spent two hours trying to figure this out and found this same issue repeated several times here and on Xero’s Stack Overflow. You can record a spend money transaction, and a generic payment against an invoice, but you apparently can’t record payment via check against an invoice.

It’s a problem for us b/c we send 2k checks once a month via a file we send to a check printer, and using Xero’s web UI to prepare and export 200 at a time is less and less sustainable.