Where it usually breaks
Band expenses pile up and nobody trusts the totals
Without a shared ledger, tour costs and payments get blurry fast, and money conversations become harder than they should be.
What Bandger changes
One shared finance tracker with clear split rules
Bandger records every movement, applies split rules, and shows exactly who paid, who owes, and what has already been settled.
What you can do
Band money tracking that stays transparent
- Invoices and credit notes. Create invoices for gigs and other activities, then generate a credit note from an invoice when adjustments are needed.
- Line-level VAT. Work line by line with account-level VAT rates and a default rate to speed up invoice creation.
- Invoice to finance bridge. When an invoice is marked paid, optionally create the matching finance entry in the same flow.
- Collect fee with invoice. From event fee collection, choose finance entry only or finance entry plus invoice in one modal flow.
In practice
Shared numbers your band can settle from
Record real entries, split them properly, and keep everyone looking at the same balances.
- Log gig income, shared expenses, reimbursements, invoices, and credit notes in one ledger.
- Build invoices line by line with VAT rates configured at account level.
- Check balances before settling so nobody has to recalculate everything again.
What becomes easier
Invoicing
invoices + credit notes
VAT per line
account-configured rates
Paid status
optional finance entry creation
Especially useful when several people advance money for the band.
Typical workflow
Track and settle band money in 3 steps
- 1Create the invoice. Add customer, dates, line items, VAT, and status directly inside the Finances tab.
- 2Mark as paid. When switching to paid, choose whether to create the matching finance entry automatically.
- 3Settle balances. Keep reimbursements and balances aligned in the same module, without double entry.
Concrete situations
Common band finance scenarios
- See who owes what right after a run of shows.
- Track a gig from expected fee to paid invoice with PDF export.
- Issue a credit note when an invoice needs correction without breaking history.
Useful guides and comparisons
These pages extend the feature with practical methods, concrete workflows, or comparisons bands actually use.
Guide
How to assign roles and access in a band
Define who can view, edit, or validate key info so the band avoids avoidable mistakes.
Read guideGuide
Manage band expenses without spreadsheets
Track who paid what, what it was for, and what still needs settling without spreadsheet overhead.
Read guideComparison
Bandger vs Notion
See where Notion stays flexible and where a band-specific workflow becomes easier to run.
See comparisonCreate the next gig invoice before it gets lost in drafts
Add line items, VAT, status, PDF, and accounting linkage in one shared flow.
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