We had earlier blogged about some simple protocols to manage expenses with your room mates. Now, you need a tool to keep record of such expenses and stay on top of them. This is where Beezang comes in. You can follow the simple steps to get started:

  1. Setting up your group in less than a minute: You can create a group for your room mates. Go to ‘Add Group’, select friends with whom you share an apartment. If you have not yet added your room mate as friend, you can add them in this page itself by clicking on ‘Add Friend’ in the drop down menu.Add Group
  2. Reporting Group Bills with ease: Now, once you have setup the group you can start adding bills associated with the group. Lets say you paid for the house rent. Go to summary tab, click on ‘Add Group Bill’ link displayed in the group table and enter the bill details. You can split bills unevenly by clicking on Split unevenly in the Share Details column.Summary TabAdd Group Bill
  3. Viewing Group Details: The group table in summary tab displays the current standings of the group members i.e. who is supposed to get money back and who are supposed to pay money. To view details of the group, click on the group tab in the Home Page. This tab shows your group standings, how much each person has paid for the bills till date and whats each person share of the total expenses incurred. The tab also displays all the bills reported associated with the group.Group Tab
  4. Settling up group: Probably once in a month or once in two weeks you guys will decide to settle up and pay each other. When you want to do that, click on the ‘Settle group’. A simple form is displayed which by default shows how you can settle up in minimum number of transactions.  Once you settle up, the settlement amount is reflected on the Friends table in the Summary tab and the group members are notified about the settlement.settle group

Hope you find this post useful on getting started. Ping us anytime you have any questions. Cheers

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