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Bills to pay

Vendor bills and owner payments, how late they are, and payment runs.

What this page is for

Everything you owe: vendors' bills and payments due to property owners. The table at the top shows what is still owed by how late it is.

Who can use it

See bills to pay (by default Admin, Finance and Viewer). Enter and change bills and Record payments and payment runs (Admin, Finance).

How to pay several bills at once

  1. Tick the bills, choose the day to pay and select Make a payment run of the ticked bills.
  2. If your approval rules need it, the run waits for approval.
  3. Open the run and select Pay every bill in full.

Fields and columns

Column Meaning
Bill Its number (BILL-...), kind and what it is for.
Due Red when it is past.
Still owed The amount less what has been paid.
Status Waiting for approval, To pay, Partly paid, Paid, Rejected or Cancelled.

Statuses and automation

Settings that change this page

Module settings: Ageing columns (days late). Approval rules for Bills to pay and Payment runs.

FAQs

Why is a bill waiting for approval? An approval rule covers bills of that amount.

Troubleshooting

Problem What to do
A bill cannot be ticked Only bills ready to pay can go in a run.
The run is refused Choose bills in the same currency.

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