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PO-03Settle the debt

Pay open bills

The lodge pays one or several bills, sometimes only partly.

Track

Money out

Phase

Settle the debt

Starts with

Open bills

Ends with

Bills paid or partial

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PO-03
  1. PO-01Pay an expense from a register
  2. PO-02Register a vendor bill
  3. PO-03Pay open bills
  4. PO-06Close the week with an export

The situation

Paying settles the debt from a register. The cost was already recorded on the bill.

What starts it

Accounting selects open bills and clicks Pay.

How it unfolds

AccountingOwnerSystem
  1. 1

    Accounting selects open bills and clicks Pay (n)

    Accounting

    Only OPEN or PARTIAL bills can be paid.

  2. 2

    Accounting adjusts the pay amount of each bill if paying in part

    Accounting

    Each amount can be up to the open amount.

  3. 3

    Accounting picks the register, method, date, and reference

    Accounting

    One register pays the whole selection.

  4. 4

    Accounting clicks Create payout

    Accounting

    This is the key moment of the journey: the debt is settled from a register. This is the key moment of the journey.

  5. 5

    Each bill becomes PARTIAL or PAID and the register goes down

    System

    The payment clears Accounts Payable; no new expense is added.

Who's involved

Accounting

Owns money movement, registers, and reconciliation.

Owner

Reads the commercial picture and escalates exceptions.

System

Automates emails, matching, reminders, and sync.

What each person sees

Accounting

Open amount and pay amount per bill, and the total.

Why: Pay exactly what was agreed.

Owner

What is still owed to vendors.

Why: Plan cash for the next payments.

The rule to remember

Paying a bill settles a debt; the expense was already recorded on the bill.