# Bill.paid

URL: /business/events/Bill.paid · Id: `event:Bill.paid`

> Emitted each time a Bill is paid.

[Bill.pay](/business/nouns/bill/pay) emits `Bill.paid` when it completes on a [Bill](/business/nouns/bill).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Bill.pay](/business/nouns/bill/pay) |
| Noun | [Bill](/business/nouns/bill) |
| Moves | [Bill](/business/nouns/bill) `approved` to `paid` |
| Wakes | None. |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Bill.pay](/business/nouns/bill/pay) returns, and `previous` holds the state it left.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Bill.paid`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.transaction` | [Transaction](/business/nouns/transaction) | Yes | The payment Transaction. |
| `data.bill` | [Bill](/business/nouns/bill) | Yes | The Bill, now paid. |
| `data.bill.organization` | [Organization](/business/nouns/organization) | Yes | The Organization the Startup owes. |
| `data.bill.amount` | `money` | Yes | What the Bill asks for, in its currency. |
| `data.bill.dueOn` | `date` | Yes | The date payment is due; an approved Bill is paid on it. |
| `data.bill.account` | `string` | No | The chart-of-accounts code it is coded to, such as `expense.hosting`. |
| `data.bill.status` | `string` | Yes | Where the Bill stands; only an `approved` Bill is paid. |
| `data.bill.file` | [File](/business/nouns/file) | No | The File the Bill arrived as: an email attachment or an upload. |
| `data.previous.status` | `string` | Yes | The `status` before this Event: `approved`. |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/routewise.dev/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Bill.paid",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "transaction": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/routewise.dev/transactions/transaction_1",
      "$type": "Transaction",
      "kind": "charge",
      "amount": {
        "amount": 25,
        "currency": "USD"
      }
    },
    "bill": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/routewise.dev/bills/bill_1",
      "$type": "Bill",
      "organization": "organization_1",
      "amount": {
        "amount": 25,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "dueOn": "2026-10-22",
      "account": "expense.hosting",
      "status": "paid",
      "file": "file_1"
    },
    "previous": {
      "status": "approved"
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```