Looking to have members of a group help pay for something? Learn how to add or edit group expenses.
How do expenses work for Groups?
You and your group members can add expenses to the group, then Venmo will simplify the math when it comes to making payments to each other.
For instance, let’s say you, John, and Mary are going on a trip. You book a house for $1,500. Mary buys $150 worth of groceries, and John buys $45 worth of gas. You can each add these expenses to the group, and then Venmo can do the math to minimize payments between members. In this case, Mary would pay you $415, and John would pay you $520.
You can also customize expenses to change the amounts due from each member, or to leave members out of specific expenses, like if John skipped a group dinner, or if Mary got a larger room in the house and is paying a little more for it.
How do I add an expense to the group?
You can add an expense to a group in the Venmo app:
- Go to your Groups hub on the Me tab
- Tap the relevant group
- Tap Add an expense
- Enter the total amount of the expense at the top, then fill in the What’s this for field at the bottom
- You can adjust the dollar amount due from a specific member – just make sure the total adds up to the Total Amount you entered
- Tap Add expense
You can adjust the expense later, if needed, by tapping on the expense in the group’s feed.
How do I edit an expense?
If you need to make an adjustment to an expense that’s been added to your group, you can do that in the Venmo app:
- Go to your Groups hub on the Me tab
- Tap the relevant group
- Tap Group summary at the top of the activity feed
- Tap on the expense in the Expense feed
- Tap the pencil in the top right
You can adjust the amount due from specific members, add or remove members from an expense, or delete the expense if it’s no longer needed.