Who paid the bill

Whoever paid the venue is the bill's payer. Their share is what they had; everything they paid beyond it is owed back to them by the others. The organiser is down for whatever nobody else paid, so a bill one person paid needs nothing said, and someone who paid a deposit is one line beside them.

How to say who paid

1. Open the bill's Bill settings, the button at the top of the bill, and press Who paid. You can also press the Who paid row on the People step.
2. The organiser is at the top, down for What's left of the bill. Nobody who paid nothing is listed.
3. If someone else paid part of it, press Add payment, choose who paid, type the amount, and add a note if it helps, such as Deposit or Paid on the day. Press Add. The organiser's amount drops by as much at once.
4. To change or remove a payment, press its row. Remove takes it off, and the organiser is down for that amount again.
5. Press Done.

The line at the foot says how much is paid in all. With the organiser taking what is left, it always comes to the total, and goes on doing so if an item or an extra changes it.

Who can say what

• The organiser can add a payment for anyone on the bill. A payment cannot be more than is left of the bill once the others are counted: the sheet says how much is left.
• Anyone else with an account can add what they paid themselves, which comes off what the others are down for. Only the organiser can say someone else paid. If it leaves the bill short, it can still be saved, and the organiser says who paid the rest.
• A guest sees who paid, and signs in to say what they paid towards the bill.

If the organiser puts you down as having paid, the screen asks whether that is right, with a That's wrong button that takes you off. Once the bill is Ready for payment, ask the organiser to correct it instead.

Who paid can still be changed once the bill is Ready for payment. The screen says that who owes whom will update, because people may already have paid what they were asked for.

Worked example: two cards at Luigi's

The bill at Luigi's Trattoria comes to 77.66. Maya runs the bill and paid the whole of it, so the screen shows only Maya, and she presses Done. Her own share is 18.70, so she gets back 58.96: Tom owes her 28.49, Priya 19.25 and Alex 11.22.

Now say Tom paid 27.66 of it on his card. Maya presses Add payment, chooses Tom, types 27.66 and presses Add. Maya's own row drops to 50.00, with Tom's 27.66 beneath it, and nobody else is listed. The line reads "Paid in all 77.66 of 77.66", and the screen says: "Tom will owe Maya 0.83 once it's ready." Tom's share is 28.49 and he paid 27.66, so 0.83 is all he still owes. Priya and Alex still owe Maya 19.25 and 11.22.

Had Maya typed 80.00 for Tom, the sheet would say "That's more than is left of the bill (77.66 left)." and wait for a smaller amount.

If something stops you

• Add is greyed out. Nobody is chosen yet, no amount is typed, or the amount is more than is left of the bill. The sheet says which.
• Add payment is greyed out. Everyone on the bill is listed already, or the bill is paid directly, where one person covers what is not paid directly.
• You cannot choose someone else. Only the organiser can say someone else paid.
• The bill is in a closed tab. Who paid stays as it is until the tab is reopened.