# Does uploading a bill add it to the books?

Extraction prepares information for review; creating and approving the bill are separate.

Canonical: https://demo.qixcount.com/help/faq/bill-upload-not-posted

No. Uploading prepares an inbox document for Qix to read. Review the extracted vendor, dates, amounts and lines against the original, then save a bill draft and complete its approval. Uploading requires Create bills permission. The inbox accepts one PDF, JPG, JPEG or PNG at a time, up to 5 MB. Follow [Upload and review a bill](https://demo.qixcount.com/help/bills-and-vendors/upload-and-review-a-bill), then [turn the upload into a bill](https://demo.qixcount.com/help/bills-and-vendors/turn-an-upload-into-a-bill).