# Add balance

> Top up your academy's balance.

Source: https://paatya.net/docs/billing/add-balance

Adding balance, also called recharging, tops up your academy's prepaid credit. Your academy's usage is then taken from that credit.

## Before you start

- Any admin in your academy can recharge.
- The smallest recharge is **₹1,000**.
- If you want your GSTIN or legal name on the invoice, fill in [Billing details](#add-your-billing-details-for-gst-invoices) **first**. Details are printed on invoices from your next recharge onwards.

## Add balance

1. In the left menu, click **Usage & Billing**, then the **Recharge** tab. You can also click **Recharge** on any balance banner, or **Recharge now** when Paatya asks you to add balance.
2. Under **Choose an amount**, pick one of the amounts shown. If your academy allows it, you can type your own amount under **Or enter an amount** instead. It must be at least ₹1,000.
3. Check the **Summary** on the right:
   - **Credit**: the amount added to your balance.
   - Where Paatya charges GST: GST, shown as IGST, or as CGST and SGST, depending on your state. Where it doesn't, there are no GST lines and you pay the credit amount.
   - **You pay**: the total you are charged.
   - On your first recharge: **First recharge bonus** and **Credit you get**, the credit including the bonus.
4. Click **Pay with Razorpay** under the summary. Razorpay's checkout opens over the page: pay by UPI, card or net banking.

![The Recharge tab with an amount chosen and the Summary showing GST and the bonus](https://paatya.net/docs/img/billing-add-balance-1.png)

![Video: recharging your academy and downloading the invoice](https://paatya.net/docs/video/billing-add-balance.mp4)

## What you'll see

- You come back to Paatya, and your new balance shows at the top of the screen and under **Usage & Billing → Overview**.
- The payment appears under **Payments & invoices** as **Paid**, with an invoice to download. It is a GST tax invoice where Paatya charges GST.
- If your academy was paused for lack of balance, everything starts working again straight away.

## Add your billing details for GST invoices

1. Go to **Settings → Billing info**, or **Usage & Billing → Billing details**. Both open the same form. If you gave these details when you signed up, they are already filled in.
2. Fill in:
   - **Legal name**: the name your invoices are made out to, such as your registered business or your own name.
   - **GSTIN (optional)**: registered businesses can claim input tax credit on recharges.
   - **State**: printed on invoices. Where GST is charged, it decides CGST and SGST, or IGST. If you enter a GSTIN, the state is taken from it.
   - **Postal address**.
3. Click **Save**.

Once the legal name, postal address and state are saved, the **Add your billing details** step on your dashboard ticks itself off. These details are printed on every invoice from your next recharge on. Invoices already issued don't change.

## If something goes wrong

- **The payment failed or you cancelled it.** Nothing was added and nothing was charged. If you close the Razorpay checkout before paying, nothing is charged either. It shows under **Payments & invoices** as **Failed** or **Cancelled**. Start again from the **Recharge** tab.
- **The payment shows as Processing.** Wait a few minutes and refresh the page. Don't pay twice.
- **"The minimum recharge is ₹1,000".** Choose a larger amount.
- **"Could not open the checkout".** Try again in a minute. If it keeps happening, email support@paatya.net with your academy's address.

## Related

- [How pay-as-you-go works](https://paatya.net/docs/billing/how-billing-works)
- [Statements and invoices](https://paatya.net/docs/billing/statements-and-invoices)
- [Limits and alerts](https://paatya.net/docs/billing/limits-and-alerts)