# Understanding your bill
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| For questions about your AWS bills or to appeal your charges, contact Support to address your inquiries immediately. To get help, see [Getting help with your bills and payments](billing-get-answers.md). To understand your bills page contents, see [Using the Bills page to understand your monthly charges and invoice](#invoice). | 

**Note**  
If your AWS organization uses billing transfer, contact the bill transfer account owner first because they control your cost data and receive your AWS invoices. To find the bill transfer account information, go to the **billing transfer** page, **Outbound billing** tab.

You receive AWS invoices monthly for usage charges and recurring fees. For one-time fees, such as fees for purchasing an All Upfront Reserved Instance, you're charged immediately.

At any time, you can view estimated charges for the current month and final charges for previous months. This topic describes how to view your monthly bill and past bills, how to receive and read billing reports, and how to download invoices. To make a payment, see [Making payments](manage-making-a-payment.md).

**Topics**
+ [Viewing your monthly charges](#accessing-your-monthly-charges)
+ [Using the Bills page to understand your monthly charges and invoice](#invoice)
+ [Downloading a PDF of your invoice](#downloading-pdf-invoices)
+ [Downloading a monthly report](#download-monthy-report)
+ [Viewing and correcting your AWS invoices](#view-invoices)
+ [Understanding unexpected charges](checklistforunwantedcharges.md)

## Viewing your monthly charges
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Follow this procedure to view your monthly charges from the Billing and Cost Management console.

**To view your monthly charges**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Bills**.

1. Choose a **Billing period** (for example, August 2023).

1. View your AWS bill summary.

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**To view your monthly charges**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose [Bills](https://console.aws.amazon.com/billing/home#/bill).

1. For **Billing period**, choose a month.

   The **Summary** section displays a summary and details of your charges for that month.
**Note**  
The summary isn't an invoice until the month's activity closes and AWS calculates the final charges.

   If you use the consolidated billing feature in AWS Organizations, the **Bills** page lists totals for all accounts on the **Charges by account** tab. Choose the account ID to see the activity for each account in the organization. For more information about consolidated billing, see [Consolidating billing for AWS Organizations](consolidated-billing.md).

## Using the Bills page to understand your monthly charges and invoice
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At the end of a monthly billing period, or when you incur a one-time fee, AWS issues an invoice as a PDF file. If you're paying by credit card, AWS also charges the credit card that you have on file at this time.

To download invoices and view your monthly charge details, you can use the **Bills** page in the AWS Billing and Cost Management console.

If you use billing transfer and sign in to the **Bills** page with a bill source account or its linked accounts, the bill transfer account controls the cost data. The **Bills** page doesn't show invoices for the bill source account or its linked accounts because these are sent to the bill transfer account. The bill transfer account sees separate invoices for each bill source account on the **Bills** page.

**Note**  
IAM users need explicit permission to access some of the pages in the Billing and Cost Management console. For more information, see [Overview of managing access permissions](control-access-billing.md).

**Bills page**  
You can use the **Bills** page to see your monthly chargeable costs, along with details of your AWS services and purchases made through AWS Marketplace. Invoices are generated when a monthly billing period closes (the billing status appears as **Issued**), or when subscriptions or one-time purchases are made. For monthly billing periods that haven't closed (the billing status appears as **Pending**), this page shows the most recent estimated charges based on your AWS services metered to date.  
If you're signed in as the management account of your AWS Organizations, you can see the consolidated charges for your member accounts. You can use the **Charges by account** to also view account-level details.  
When you sign in as a management account that uses AWS Billing Conductor, you can view pro forma costs for your billing groups by activating billing view mode and selecting a billing group view. If you use billing transfer and you sign in as a bill transfer account, you can view pro forma costs for AWS Organizations that transfer their billing to your account by enabling billing view mode and selecting a billing transfer showback or chargeback view. When you sign in as a bill source account, the bill transfer account controls the cost data shown on the **Bills** page.  
For more information about pro forma data, see [What is pro forma billing data?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/billingconductor/latest/userguide/understanding-proforma.html) in the *AWS Billing Conductor User Guide*.  
To customize the visible sections, choose the gear icon at the top of the page. These preferences are saved for ongoing visits to the **Bills** page.

**AWS bill summary**  
The **AWS bill summary** section shows an overview of your monthly charges. The information shows your invoice totals for the closed billing periods (the billing status appears as **Issued**).  
Billing periods that haven't closed have the **Pending** billing status. The totals show the most recent estimated charges based on your AWS services metered to date. Totals are shown in US dollars (USD). If your invoices are issued in another currency, the total in the other currency is also shown.

**Payment information**  
The **Payment information** section lists invoices for the selected billing period that AWS received payments for. You can find the service provider, charge types, document types, invoice IDs, payment status, the date AWS received the payments, and the total amount in USD. If your invoices are issued in another currency, the total in the other currency is also shown. For more information, see [Managing your AWS payments](manage-payments.md).

**Highest cost by service provider**  
The **Highest cost by service provider** section identifies your account's service and AWS Region with the highest cost for the billing period, and shows the month-over-month trends for each. For pending billing periods, the month-over-month trend compares the month-to-date spend in the current billing period with the equivalent portion of the previous billing period.

**Charges by service**  
The **Charges by service** tab shows your spend in each AWS service. You can sort by service name or amount in USD, and filter by service name and Region. Choose the `+` icon next to each service to see the charges for that service by **Region**. Choose a **Region** to see charge details.

**Charges by account**  
If you use AWS Organizations and signed in to your management account, the **Charges by account** tab shows the spend of each of your member accounts. You can sort by account ID, account name, or amount in USD, and filter by account ID or account name. Choose the `+` icon next to each account to see charges for that account by service provider. Choose the `+` icon next to each line item to see charges by service and Region. Choose a **Region** to see charge details.

**Invoices**  
The **Invoices** tab lists the invoices for each service provider that you transacted with during the selected billing period. This includes details such as charge type, invoice date, and total in USD. If your invoices are issued in another currency, the total in the other currency is also shown. To view and download a PDF format for individual invoices, choose the **Invoice ID**.  
When you sign in as a bill transfer account, you can view invoices for AWS Organizations that transfer their bills to you. You receive one invoice for each organization. When you sign in as a bill source account, the bill transfer account controls the cost data shown on the **Bills** page. You don't receive AWS invoices while billing transfer is active.

**Savings**  
The **Savings** tab summarizes your savings during the billing period as the outcome of Savings Plans, credits, or other discount programs. These savings are also reflected in the **Charges by service**, **Charges by account**, and **Invoices** tabs. Choose each savings type to see the details by service.

**Taxes by service**  
The **Taxes by service** tab shows the pre-tax, tax, and post-tax charges for each service that was charged taxes. You can sort by service name, post-tax charge, pre-tax charge, or tax in USD, and filter by service name.

**Tax Invoices and Supplemental Documents**  
The **Tax Invoices and Supplemental Documents** section lists tax invoices and other supplemental documents for the selected billing period. Not all service providers issue tax invoices. The **Invoice ID** column shows the associated commercial invoice associated with that tax invoice. To view and download a PDF format for individual invoices, choose the **Document ID**.

## Downloading a PDF of your invoice
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Follow this procedure to download a PDF of your monthly invoice.

**To download a copy of your charges as a PDF document**

1. Open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. On the **Bills** page, select a month for the **Billing period**.

1. Under the **AWS bill summary** section, confirm that the **Bill status** appears as **Issued**.

1. Choose the **Invoices** tab.

1. Choose the **Invoice ID** of the document that you want to download.

1. (For service providers other than AWS EMEA SARL) To download a copy of a particular tax invoice, in the **Tax Invoices and Supplemental Documents** section, choose the **Document ID**.

1. (For AWS EMEA SARL) To download a copy of a particular tax invoice, in the **AWS EMEA SARL charges** section, choose the **Document ID**.

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**To download a copy of your charges as a PDF document**

1. Open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. On the **Bills** page, select a month from the **Date** list that all activity is closed for.

1. Under **Total**, choose **Amazon Web Services, Inc. - Service Charges**.

1. Choose **Invoice <invoiceID>**.

1. (For entities other than AWS EMEA SARL) To download a copy of a particular tax invoice, choose the **Invoice <invoiceID>** in the **Tax Invoices** section.

1. (For AWS EMEA SARL) To download a copy of a particular tax invoice, choose the **Invoice <invoiceID>** in the **Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL – Service Charges** section.

When you sign in as a bill transfer account:
+ You can download invoices for AWS Organizations that transfer their bills to you. You receive one invoice for each organization.
+ To download billing transfer invoices, disable billing view mode, go to the **Bills** page, and select the **Invoices** tab.
+ Each invoice ID includes the bill source account ID that generated the charges.

When you sign in as a bill source account:
+ Your invoices are sent to the bill transfer account, which is responsible for paying them.
+ You don't receive AWS invoices while billing transfer is active.
+ You continue to receive invoices for periods before billing transfer was active.
+ You are responsible for paying charges that occurred before billing transfer was active, even if you receive the invoice after billing transfer is active.
+ The bill transfer account isn't responsible for charges from before billing transfer was active or after it's withdrawn.

Billing transfer invoices include two additional metadata fields:
+ Bill source account ID
+ Billing transfer name

These fields help you associate invoices with the AWS Organizations that generated the charges.

## Downloading a monthly report
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You can download CSV files for any future billing *after* you turn on monthly reports. This feature delivers your reports to an Amazon S3 bucket.

**Note**  
Starting November 1, 2025, the **Download all to CSV** button will no longer be available on the **Bills** page. If you previously configured delivery of the eCSV report, you can get this report from the Amazon S3 bucket that you specified during configuration. To configure additional reports, visit the [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/home#/bcm-data-exports](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/home#/bcm-data-exports) console page.

**To download CSV files for a monthly report**

1. Open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. On the navigation pane, choose **Billing preferences**.

1. Under **Detailed billing reports (legacy)**, choose **Edit**, and then select **Legacy report delivery to S3**.

1. Choose **Configure an S3 bucket to activate** to specify where your reports are delivered.

1. In the **Configure S3 Bucket** dialog box, choose one of the following options:
   + To use an existing S3 bucket, choose **Use an existing S3 bucket**, and then select the S3 bucket.
   + To create a new S3 bucket, choose **Create a new S3 bucket**, and then for **S3 bucket name**, enter the name, and then choose the **Region**.

1. Choose **Next**.

1. Verify the default IAM policy and then select **I have confirmed that this policy is correct**.

1. Choose **Save**.

1. On the **Bills** page, choose **Download all to CSV**.

## Viewing and correcting your AWS invoices
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You can view your AWS invoices in the Billing and Cost Management console. You can also correct invoice information such as business name, business address, and purchase order on your AWS invoice.

**To view your AWS invoices**

1. Open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. On the navigation pane, choose **Bills**.

1. On the **Bills** page for **Billing period**, choose the period to view your AWS bill summary.

1. Choose the **Invoices** tab.

   From here, you can view a list of AWS invoices for the chosen billing period.

1. (Optional) To download the invoice and review details, choose the vertical ellipsis icon (![\[3 vertical ellipsis on the Billing and Cost Management console.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/images/vertical-ellipsis.png)) next to the invoice and choose **Download invoice**.

**To correct your AWS invoices**

1. Open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. On the navigation pane, choose **Bills**.

1. On the **Bills** page for **Billing period**, choose the period to view your AWS bill summary.

1. Choose the **Invoices** tab.

1. Choose the vertical ellipsis icon (![\[3 vertical ellipsis on the Billing and Cost Management console.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/images/vertical-ellipsis.png)) next to the invoice that you want to edit.

1. Do one of the following:
   + Choose **Update company and address for account**.

     1. Update the information for your company name or address.
   + Choose **Update purchase order**.

     1. Select an existing purchase order to associate with the invoice.

     1. (Optional) You can choose to create a new purchase order at this time to associate with the invoice.

1. Choose **Update and reprocess** to refresh the invoice.

1. To check the status of your invoice update, see the **Update status** column in the **Invoices** tab.

**Note**  
To change other invoice attributes, contact Support. For more information, see [Contacting Support](billing-get-answers.md#billing-support).