--- title: An Overview of SAP Transaction Code F-53 description: F-53 is one of two SAP transaction codes you can use to issue outgoing payments. 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The first and most commonly used way is to use automatic payments via Transaction F110.   The other way to issue payments is referred to as manual payments. Two transaction codes are used for manual payments: Transaction F-53 and Transaction F-58.   The main difference between the two is that Transaction F-58 prints payment output forms (i.e., checks), and Transaction F-53 doesn’t. Both create a payment document, which clears open AP invoices and updates the G/L. Let’s dig deeper and focus on Transaction F-53.   ## Creating a Manual Outgoing Payment To create an outgoing payment manually in AP, follow application menu path, **Accounting** > **Financial Accounting** > **Accounts Payable** > **Document Entry** > **Outgoing Payment** > **F-53 – Post**, as shown in the figure below.   ![SAP Easy Access F-53](https://blog.sap-press.com/hubfs/05_011.jpg)   Double-click **F-53 – Post**, and the **Post Outgoing Payments: Header Data** screen opens, as shown in the following figure. The fields that appear on the header with prepopulated values may vary depending on your system configuration and editing options. In this example, values defaulted into the **Posting Date**, **Period**, document **Type**, **Currency/Rate**, and [**Company Code**](https://blog.sap-press.com/what-are-company-codes-in-sap) fields, whereas we entered values into the **Document Date** and **Reference** fields.   ![Post Outgoing Payments](https://blog.sap-press.com/hubfs/05_012.jpg)   In the **Bank data** area, we entered a bank G/L account number into the **Account** field; the **Amount** field was populated with the AP invoice amount. In the **Open item selection** area, we entered the vendor number in the **Account** field, and in **Additional selections**, we selected the **Amount** radio button.   With all field values entered, click the **Process open items** button at the top-left corner of the screen.   The **Post Outgoing Payments Enter selection criteria** screen now opens (see the next figure). In this example, we entered the AP invoice amount in the **From** and **To** fields. When ready, click the **Process open items** button.   ![Post Outgoing Payments](https://blog.sap-press.com/hubfs/05_013.jpg)   The **Post Outgoing Payments Process open items** screen opens, as shown in the final figure. With the AP invoice selected, click the **Save** icon.   ![Post Outgoing Payments](https://blog.sap-press.com/hubfs/05_014.jpg)   The system creates a clearing document, and the status of the invoice changes from **Open** to **Cleared**.   ## Conclusion Transaction F-53 is one of a few options you have for issuing outgoing payments in SAP FI. On a higher level, it is also one of hundreds of t-codes (like [FB50](https://blog.sap-press.com/understanding-transaction-fb50-in-sap-fi)) that you can utilize in SAP FI to make your life easier. 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