# Find bills and understand their statuses

Review vendor bills, balances, attachments, payment history, and bill statuses.

Canonical: https://demo.qixcount.com/help/bills-and-vendors/bills-overview

Who can do this: Owners, or people with *View bills*

Where: Purchases, then Bills

Bills record amounts owed to vendors. Open **Purchases**, then **Bills** to see the list. Owners and people with *View bills* can use it. Creating, approving, editing, voiding, and deleting use separate permissions.

## Find a bill

1. Choose **Status**, **Vendor**, **From**, and **To** filters as needed.
2. Select **Filter**.
3. Select the bill number.

![Bills list with status, vendor, and date filters](https://demo.qixcount.com/images/help/bills-list.webp)

A project filter also appears when project tracking is enabled. The summary cards show business-wide totals, independent of the list filters.

## Understand bill statuses

| Status | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| Draft | Saved for review. You can edit or delete it; it is not posted yet. |
| Pending | Approved and posted, with a balance still due. |
| Partial | A payment covers part of the total. |
| Paid | The balance has been fully allocated to payments. |
| Overdue | An open balance is past its due date. The page can also flag an overdue due date while the saved status remains Pending or Partial. |
| Void | The bill has been voided. It is excluded from open payables. |

Approval waiting is tracked separately from the bill status. A bill waiting for workflow approval remains a draft.

## Review the detail page

The bill shows its lines, **Balance Summary**, **Timeline**, saved **Attachments**, and **Payment History** when present. Select an attachment filename to download it. Select a payment number to open the payment, subject to payment viewing permission.

Next, [enter a bill](https://demo.qixcount.com/help/bills-and-vendors/enter-a-bill), [approve a draft](https://demo.qixcount.com/help/bills-and-vendors/approve-a-bill), or [record a bill payment](https://demo.qixcount.com/help/bills-and-vendors/record-a-bill-payment).