# Adding an Additional Charge

Sometimes you may need to add a one-off charge to a participant — for example, for textbooks or sports equipment. In ActiveNow you can do this **individually** for a single participant or **in bulk** for several participants at once.

## Adding a charge to a single participant

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
**Go to the *****Participants***** tab.**
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Select the participant you want to charge.**
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**In the *****Settlements***** section, click *****Additional billing*****.**
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Fill in the details:**

* **Amount**
* **Comment** — e.g. "English textbook purchase"
* **Date** for which the charge should be applied
  {% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Click *****Confirm*****.**
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

The charge is added to the participant's balance and will be visible in their Client Panel.

![Screen recording showing the Additional billing dialog in a participant's Settlements section](/files/Sb5nji2L8NAZIFlWGBxn)

## Adding a charge to multiple participants at once

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
**Go to the *****Participants***** tab.**
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Select the participants you want to charge.**
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Click *****Mass actions*****, then select *****Additional billing*****.**
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Fill in the details:**

* **Amount**
* **Comment**
* **Date** of the charge
  {% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Click *****Confirm*****.**
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

ActiveNow will add the charge to each selected participant and update their balance automatically.

![Screen recording showing the Mass actions Additional billing dialog with multiple participants selected](/files/hJYQreQN4RQrb11IeEYW)


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