# Other Actions in Bills

Paying, correcting and finding the bills that are about to become a problem.

![The Bills list showing each bill's due date, how overdue it is, its total amount, its balance due and whether payment is Partial, Unpaid or Paid.](https://www.sorviai.com/help/inventory/bills/bills-list.png)

*Balance Due and Payment together: how much is left, and whether anything has gone at all.*

## On one bill

| Action | When it is available |
| --- | --- |
| Record a payment | Once it is out of draft |
| Apply a vendor credit | When one is outstanding for that vendor |
| Raise a vendor credit | When the bill was wrong |
| Edit | Only in draft |
| Attach a document | Always. The vendor's invoice belongs here |
| Delete | Only in draft |

> **Warning:**
>
> **Apply credits before paying, not after**
>
> A vendor credit applied to the bill reduces what you send. Paying in full and then holding a credit means you have lent the vendor money until the next order.

## On the list

| Filter | What it answers |
| --- | --- |
| Overdue | What is late, sorted by how late |
| Payment: Unpaid | Nothing has gone at all |
| Payment: Partial | Something went and did not cover it |
| By vendor | One supplier's account |
| Draft | Bills that are in no payables figure yet |

## Before you pay anything

- **Does it match the receive**: The check that costs a minute now and is close to unrecoverable once the payment has left.
- **Is there a credit outstanding**: Applying it first reduces what you send.
- **Are the terms being met**: Early is money you did not need to spend yet; late is a relationship cost.

> **Note:**
>
> **A bill moves no stock, in any state**
>
> Raising, paying, crediting or deleting one changes what you owe and nothing on a shelf. The receive settled the physical side already.