How do I approve a bill

New bills land in Pending and stay there until you approve them. Approving posts the bill to Accounts Payable, so it's ready to be paid and matched.

How to do it.

1. Go to Ledger › Expenses.
2. Find the bill in the Pending section.
3. Click its green Approve pill.

The bill moves to the Approved section, and only then does its purple Match pill appear, so you can reconcile it against the bank transaction that paid it.

If you see an amber Review pill. That bill's extracted line items don't reconcile to its total. Click Review, confirm or correct the tax, then approve it from the panel. You can't blind-approve a flagged bill straight from the list.

Not sure whether something is a bill at all? See the difference between a receipt and a bill.