# Introduction - Recurring Bills

A recurring bill generates a payable on a schedule for regular supplier charges you have not yet paid: rent, retainers, service contracts.

**Video coming soon:** Setting a supplier's standing charge to raise its own bill each cycle.

It differs from a recurring expense in one way that matters, which is that the money has not left yet.

![The Recurring Bills screen listing five profiles with columns for Profile Name, Vendor, Amount, Frequency, Status, Next Bill Date and Generated. The first row, Wearmouth standing order against Wearmouth Castings Ltd, runs Every Month for 320.00, is Active, next falls due on 21/09/2026 and has generated nothing yet.](https://www.sorviai.com/help/recurring-bills/recurring-bill-list.png)

*Generated is the count of real bills the profile has already raised.*

## Recurring bill or recurring expense

**Recurring Bill** (You will pay it later)

- Yes: Creates a payable you then settle
- Yes: Appears in payables ageing
- Yes: Right for invoiced arrangements like rent
- No: Needs a payment recorded afterwards

**Recurring Expense** (Already paid)

- Yes: One step, no payment to record
- Yes: Right for card and direct debit spend
- No: Never appears as money owed
- No: Wrong if you actually owe it

## The profile posts nothing

As with every recurring profile in SorviAI Finance, the template is not a document. Only the bills it generates appear in payables, in your costs and in any report. Editing the profile changes future cycles and nothing that has already been generated.