Create Disbursements
General Availability in Select Markets (United States)
Procore Pay 
is available in the United States. It is designed for General Contractors and Owner-Builders who act as their own General Contractors on a job. Procore Pay extends the Invoice Management functionality in the Procore web application to handle the payment process between general and specialty contractors.Objective
To create a new disbursement in the Company level Payments tool to pay subcontractor invoices as a Payments Admin or Disburser.
Background
With Procore Pay, only a Payments Admin or Disburser can create disbursements using the 'Subcontractor Invoice' tab in the Company-level Payments tool. A disbursement can handle up to 100 subcontractor invoice payments and saved as a 'Draft' for flexibility. Users can add or remove invoices in 'Draft' status before authorization. Users can also issue partial payments for subcontractor invoices. See About Partial Payments with Procore Pay.
With the Company level Workflows tool, payors can track invoice payment requirements and start a custom payments workflow for review and approval. Without the Workflows tool, Payments Admins or Disbursers verify and authorize payments directly. A Procore Pay disbursement initiates the drawdown request from the funding account and transfers funds to the deposit account to process and execute payment orders.
To receive payments, payees must have a free or paid Procore account and a user with administrator permissions must securely add a verified bank account. For more information, see Get Started: Payee Guides.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permissions
- Additional Information:
- A single disbursement can handle up to 100 subcontractor invoice payments.
- Invoice payments must be a positive amount. Procore Pay does not support negative invoice payments.
- Disbursement contributors can only save their disbursements as drafts.
- Payments Admins and Disbursers can change the Payment Amount to issue partial payments. See About Partial Payments with Procore Pay. Updated Payment Amounts must be less than or equal to the Amount Due on an invoice.
- Payment Admins and Disbursers cannot authorize a disbursement if they are the last approver on any invoice within the disbursement.
Prerequisites
- Payors must complete all steps in Enable Procore Pay as a Payor.
- Payees must complete all steps in Set Up Procore Pay as a Payee.
- Create at least one (1) commitment on a Pay-enabled Procore project. See Create a Commitment.
- Create at least one (1) subcontractor invoice for a commitment and place the invoice into the 'Approved' status. See Create a Subcontractor Invoice.
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Steps
Review Invoices
- Navigate to the Company level Payments tool.
- Click the Subcontractor Invoices tab.
Tip
Are invoices ready to pay? Use these tips:
- Under Payment Requirements, a unit fraction in the Requirements column shows if an invoice meets payment requirements and an icon appears in the Manual Holds column if a hold has been applied. Only authorized users can manage and view payment requirements and holds. See Manage Payment Requirements as a Payor and Manage Payment Holds as a Payor.
- Use the Search, Filter, and Group By options to narrow the list. See Manage Rows & Columns on the Subcontractor Invoices Tab and Search for and Apply Filters on the Subcontractor Invoices Tab.
- Select one (1) or more 'Unpaid' invoice(s) by marking the checkbox(es) and click Add to Disbursement.
Note
- If there are existing disbursements in the 'Draft' status:
- To create a new disbursement, click Create New.
- To add the selected disbursements to an existing 'Draft', select it from the menu. See Add Subcontractor Invoices to a 'Draft' Disbursement.
This opens the New Disbursement panel on the right side of the page.Notes
- When using a custom payments workflow, the New Disbursement page contains two sub-pages: #1 Review Invoices and #2 Select Funding Account.
- When not using a custom workflow, the New Disbursement page also contains a #3 Authorize sub-page.
- If there are existing disbursements in the 'Draft' status:
- In the #1 Review Invoices page, do the following:
- If there are invoices in the disbursement that are ineligible for payment: Show/Hide
- When the Review Invoices page displays an error message indicating that there are ineligible invoices for payment, click 'Show Details' to expand the error message and review the details. Click Hide Details to hide the error message. You can address the eligibility issue or click the
icon to remove the disbursement to address it later. See Remove Subcontractor Invoices from Disbursements as a Payor.
- When the Review Invoices page displays an error message indicating that there are ineligible invoices for payment, click 'Show Details' to expand the error message and review the details. Click Hide Details to hide the error message. You can address the eligibility issue or click the
- If you want to issue a partial payment for an invoice: Show/Hide
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In the Review Invoices card, confirm the list of invoices to be added to the disbursement.
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Expand the Amounts column group to review the Net Amount, Paid Amount, Joint Check Amount, Early Pay Fee, Amount Due, and Payment Amount for each invoice.
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(Optional) To issue a partial payment, click the Payment Amount link.
This opens the Update Payment Amount window.
Tip
Want to learn more about partial payments? See About Partial Payments with Procore Pay -
Do the following:
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Enter an updated amount in the Payment Amount box. Entries must be less than or equal to the Amount Due of the invoice.
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Enter relevant information about the updated payment in the Notes box.
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Click Update.
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Procore updates the payment amount for the invoice.
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Click Continue to proceed with the next step.
Select Business Entity & Funding Account
Your next step depends on whether your company configured a custom payments workflow. See Best Practices for Creating a Payments Workflow. For companies operating with multiple business entities, a Business Entity drop-down list appears.
If you only see the #2 Select Funding Account page, your company has implemented a custom payments workflow to streamline the approval process. Click here for next steps.
- In the #2 Select Funding Account page:
- Business Entity. If applicable, select the appropriate business entity from the drop-down list. This list only appears for companies operating with more than one (1) business entity. See Add Business Entities as a Payor.
- Funding Account. Select your company's funding account from the drop-down list. If only one funding account is set up for the selected business entity, it’ll be preselected.
- Disbursement Name. Enter a unique name to help others identify the disbursement. There is a maximum character limit of 50.
- Choose one (1) option:
- To go back to the previous step, click Back.
- To save the disbursement as a 'Draft', click Save as Draft. Procore adds a 'Draft' status to the disbursement for easy identification. To add more invoices to the disbursement, see Add Subcontractor Invoices to a 'Draft' Disbursement.
- If you are ready to pay the invoices in the disbursement, click Start Workflow.
Note
After clicking Start Workflow, the system checks to determine if the selected invoices are eligible for payment. If invoices are ineligible for payment, an error message appears. Click Show Details to expand the message and review the details. Click Hide Details to hide the error message.
- Continue with the steps in Workflows Enabled: Start the Payments Workflow & Authorize the Disbursement.
If you see a #3 Authorize page, your company hasn't implemented a custom payments workflow to streamline approval. Click here for next steps.
- In the #2 Select Funding Account page:
- Business Entity. If applicable, select the appropriate business entity from the drop-down list. This list only appears for companies operating with more than one (1) business entity. See Add Business Entities as a Payor.
- Funding Account. Select your company's funding account from the drop-down list. If only one funding account is set up for the selected business entity, it’ll be preselected.
- Disbursement Name. Enter a unique name to help others identify the disbursement. There is a maximum character limit of 50.
- Choose one (1) of these options:
- To save the disbursement as a 'Draft', click Save as Draft. Procore adds a 'Draft' status to the disbursement for easy identification. To add more invoices to the disbursement, see Add Subcontractor Invoices to a 'Draft' Disbursement.
- To pay the invoices in the disbursement, click Continue and proceed to Authorize Disbursements.
Note
After clicking Continue, the system loads the disbursement and then checks to determine if the selected invoices are eligible for payment. An error message appears for each ineligible invoice. Click Show Details to expand the error message and review the details. Click Hide Details to hide the error message.