> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Set Up a Bill That Repeats Every Month

> Have rent, software and other regular costs added to your bills automatically on a schedule, and pause or delete the schedule

Rent, software subscriptions and retainers cost the same every month. Set them up once as a **recurring bill** and Hiveku adds the bill to your **Bills** on schedule, ready for you to pay.

This guide sets up a made-up monthly rent bill for Northwind, pauses it, then deletes it, so no bill was made.

## Add a recurring bill

Click **Commerce** in the left rail, then **Recurring** under **Payables**. Click **New recurring** and fill in:

* **Name:** what the bill is, for example "Roastery office rent".
* **Vendor:** who you pay. Pick one from your vendors, or leave it empty.
* **Amount (USD):** what each bill comes to.
* **Description:** a line for the bill.
* **Category:** where the cost belongs in your books, such as **Rent**, **Software** or **Utilities**.
* **Every:** how often, for example **1** and **month(s)**. Days, weeks and years work too.

Click **Create**.

![Recurring bills, New recurring: Name Roastery office rent (demo), Vendor Optional, Amount 2400, Description Monthly rent for the roastery office, Category Rent, Every 1 month(s), and the Create button outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/1zEhJ9SU-wR57y2K/images/how-tos/commerce/rb-01-form-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1zEhJ9SU-wR57y2K\&q=85\&s=823d9550670f5137d21a6925a71d79ce)

The schedule appears in the list with its amount, how often it repeats and the date of the next bill.

![Roastery office rent (demo), \$2,400.00 every month, next Oct 22, 2026, Active, with edit and delete icons, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/pqp98R-wlBN4t5yX/images/how-tos/commerce/rb-02-created-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=pqp98R-wlBN4t5yX\&q=85\&s=d8b4c3bcd1111e628aefd3f4ad0c4c38)

> [!WARNING]
>
> The first bill is dated the day you create the schedule and arrives in **Bills** overnight, then one every period after. To start next month instead, create it on the day the first bill is due.

Each bill is dated the day it covers and falls due by the vendor's payment terms, or your account's default terms. You'll find it under **Bills**.

## Pause or delete it

Click **Active** on the row to pause it: it turns to **Paused** and makes no more bills. Click **Paused** to start it again; it picks up at its next date and doesn't bill dates it missed.

![Roastery office rent (demo), \$2,400.00 every month, with Paused outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/pqp98R-wlBN4t5yX/images/how-tos/commerce/rb-03-paused-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=pqp98R-wlBN4t5yX\&q=85\&s=e7332806555bbf2da9215ea13d6fa18e)

To remove it for good, click the trash icon on its row, then **Delete**. Bills it already made stay in **Bills**.

Northwind paused its made-up rent right after creating it and then deleted it.

## Good to know

* **Change the amount or repeat** with the pencil on the row. Changing how often it repeats sets a new next date, without billing again right away.
* **Archiving a vendor pauses** their recurring bills at their next date, so you stop paying someone you no longer use.
* **Record paying a bill:** see [Enter a Bill and Record That You Paid It](/how-tos/commerce/enter-and-pay-a-bill).


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