# Offsetting amounts in Spend categories **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback & Ideas\ **Created:** [22 March 2019 12:00 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/offsetting-amounts-in-spend-categories/63223 "2019-03-22T12:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monzo88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@monzo88](https://community.monzo.com/u/monzo88)\ **Post date:** [22 March 2019 12:00 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/offsetting-amounts-in-spend-categories/63223/1 "2019-03-22T12:00:41Z")
Hello fellow Monzo Users - 1st post here šŸ™‚ Contrary to some other users in here, I love the Summary graph. I have set a simple budget amount that I try to stick to by the end of the month. The categories also help me realise how and where I spend my money more easily. Thereā€™s only one fault in my opinion: If say, I pay Ā£300 for an accommodation that will be shared between 5 of us. Not everyone uses Monzo so this will be shared by receiving ā€œincomeā€ from my friends in different transactions. I will classify both the Ā£300 and separate receipts from my friends to the **Holidays** category. However, the Summary will only consider the ā€˜Spendsā€™ in determining the amount spent in the ā€˜_Holiday_ā€™ category and in the total for the month - and it will ignore any receipts in the same category. This means that my total spend would be overstated by Ā£240 in this case. Would be nice to see Monzo looking into this in the future. ---
**Author:** ![rolanddeschain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rolanddeschain](https://community.monzo.com/u/rolanddeschain)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2019 11:07 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/offsetting-amounts-in-spend-categories/63223/2 "2019-03-24T11:07:25Z")
Once you have made the Ā£300 payment you should be able to click on it, then select ā€˜split this billā€™. Any payments that are then requested to other monzo users will then offset that transaction. While a link can be sent to non-monzo users also I donā€™t believe it offsets their payment in the same way when they pay you. Also, if they pay before you send a payment request there isnā€™t a way to associate the two. So it is definitely not perfect now, but you could tweak your process a little and it would help. You could also play with shared tabs, that might be good enough to for the non-monzo users to consider opening a monzo account for shared bills. You could share this post with them: > **[ā€‹ā€‹How to use Monzo with your housemates](https://monzo.com/blog/2019/03/15/use-monzo-with-housemates/)** > > We can't make your housemates do the dishes. But using Monzo can make moving in, paying rent and living together easier! ---
**Author:** ![greganddorne](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/greganddorne/32/33460_2.png) [@greganddorne](https://community.monzo.com/u/greganddorne)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2019 11:41 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/offsetting-amounts-in-spend-categories/63223/3 "2019-03-24T11:41:18Z")
> [@rolanddeschain](#): > > split is ā€œsplit the billā€ android only? i cannot see it on IOS ---
**Author:** ![Dunsford](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/dunsford/32/108858_2.png) [@Dunsford](https://community.monzo.com/u/Dunsford)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2019 12:01 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/offsetting-amounts-in-spend-categories/63223/4 "2019-03-24T12:01:03Z")
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**Author:** ![greganddorne](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/greganddorne/32/33460_2.png) [@greganddorne](https://community.monzo.com/u/greganddorne)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2019 12:14 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/offsetting-amounts-in-spend-categories/63223/5 "2019-03-24T12:14:24Z")
This dose not show on any of my transactions ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![awjdean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@awjdean](https://community.monzo.com/u/awjdean)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2019 16:01 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/offsetting-amounts-in-spend-categories/63223/6 "2019-03-24T16:01:24Z")
Do your transactions have a blue box which says ā€œTry Bill Splittingā€ or similar? ---
**Author:** ![greganddorne](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/greganddorne/32/33460_2.png) [@greganddorne](https://community.monzo.com/u/greganddorne)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2019 16:05 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/offsetting-amounts-in-spend-categories/63223/7 "2019-03-24T16:05:35Z")
yes, iv found that nowā€¦ new batteries needed for my glasses i thinks thanks for your help ---
**Author:** ![monzo88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@monzo88](https://community.monzo.com/u/monzo88)\ **Post date:** [27 March 2019 17:03 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/offsetting-amounts-in-spend-categories/63223/8 "2019-03-27T17:03:31Z")
Thank you for your suggestions. I use both the ā€˜split billā€™ option as well as Shared tabs - I find them very useful. In this case, I had to collect the money prior to the transaction going through so Split Bill couldnā€™t be used. Beside, as also the case here, this was a 50% prepayment for a hotel. So even if the split bill was used, the remaining 50% will still go through as my spend in full. It throws away completely my spending record for the month. Something for the development team to think about - maybe itā€™s a relatively small tweak!