The Payments tab on a purchase order (PO) shows every payment for the PO and how much you still owe your vendor and Settle.

Open the Payments tab

Go to Purchase Orders and open the PO.
Click the Payments tab. The number next to it counts the payments on the PO and on the bills linked to it.

What the Payments tab shows

From top to bottom:

Suggested payments: payments that are due under the PO's AP forecast. They show only when the PO has a forecast with payments still due. If the PO has no forecast yet, you see Set up AP forecasting to see payment suggestions for this PO. To set it up and act on suggestions, read Forecasting PO payments with payment terms.
Payments to and your vendor's name: the payments you made on the PO, then the payments on bills linked to the PO. Each payment shows its type, such as Direct payment, Financed payment or External Payment, its status and its dates. A payment that isn't linked to a bill yet shows Not linked to Bill. The PO amounts are at the bottom of this section.
Payments to other Vendors: payments on this PO to another vendor, such as a freight company. This section shows only when there are such payments.

Canceled payments don't show on the tab. If the PO has no payments yet, you see Payments will appear here.

Under the payments to your vendor, Settle shows five amounts for the PO:

Amount	What it means
PO amount	The PO total, including additional expenses.
Remaining balance	The part of the PO that no payment covers yet. A payment lowers it as soon as you schedule it or record it as paid outside Settle.
Vendor received	What your vendor has received. A Settle payment counts once it reaches the vendor. A payment you record as paid outside Settle counts right away.
Due to vendor	What you still owe the vendor. A scheduled payment still counts here until Settle takes the money from your bank account. For a financed payment, it counts until Settle starts paying the vendor.
Due to Settle	Money Settle hasn't collected from you yet: scheduled payments from your bank account, and what you still owe Settle for financed payments. Payments you record as paid outside Settle don't add to it.

Only payments to the PO's vendor change these amounts. Payments to other vendors don't.
If one payment is linked to several POs, Settle splits it across them by each PO's total.
Due to Settle is in the currency you pay from. For a PO in another currency, it can differ from the vendor amounts.

You pay a $3,000 deposit from your bank account. The PO amount stays $10,000.

When	Remaining balance	Vendor received	Due to vendor	Due to Settle
New PO	$10,000	$0	$10,000	$0
You schedule the deposit	$7,000	$0	$10,000	$3,000
Settle takes $3,000 from your bank account	$7,000	$0	$7,000	$0
Your vendor receives the deposit	$7,000	$3,000	$7,000	$0

Click ⋮ on a payment to see what you can do with it. For example:

Link to Bill: link a payment that has no bill yet to the vendor's bill.
Unlink from PO: remove the payment from this PO. You can't unlink a financed payment.
Reschedule or Cancel Payment: change a payment that hasn't been sent yet.
Delete Payment record: remove a payment that you recorded as paid outside Settle.

If an option is grayed out, point to it to see why. Your role may not allow the change.

To pay from a PO, link payments and record payments made outside Settle, read Payments on Purchase Orders. For the same tab on a bill, read Understanding the Payments tab on a bill.

Need help? Contact support@settle.co.