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Getting started · Expense review

SpendWise

Less busywork. More breathing room.

SpendWise helps a manager review staff expenses. Each claim sits next to its receipt and the policy checks, and every decision is saved with a reason.

  • 6 steps
  • About 10 minutes
  • Made-up sample data
The SpendWise workspace

How the work flows

Every task in SpendWise moves through the same stages.

  1. 1Capture
  2. 2Match
  3. 3Check policy
  4. 4Decide
  5. 5Export

Before you begin

Open SpendWise, press Open workspace, and keep this page open beside it.

  • A computer or phoneA phone lets you try the receipt camera.
  • The sample filesA card statement and two receipts.
  • About 10 minutesNo payment is ever made.

Step by step

Follow the steps in order. Each one sets up the next. Select a screenshot to see it full size.

  1. Step 1: See what needs review

    Overview shows totals for each currency and the claims waiting for a decision.

    SpendWise Overview screen for step 1: See what needs review
    The ring shows where to look or what to press.
  2. Step 2: Capture expenses

    Open Capture and type your name under Claiming as. Drop in 01_card-statement-october.csv, pick the lines and press Import. Then drop in both receipt PDFs and press Add all ready.

    SpendWise reads the shop, date, amount and category from each receipt.

    SpendWise Capture screen for step 2: Capture expenses
    The ring shows where to look or what to press.
  3. Step 3: Or snap a receipt

    On a phone, press Take a photo of a receipt to use the camera. The photo is read the same way as an uploaded file.

    SpendWise Capture screen for step 3: Or snap a receipt
    The ring shows where to look or what to press.
  4. Step 4: Check the register

    Expenses lists every claim with its status and receipt, in one place.

    SpendWise Expenses screen for step 4: Check the register
    The ring shows where to look or what to press.
  5. Step 5: Decide with context

    Open Approvals. The sample receipts match two card lines, so they are flagged Possible duplicate. That is on purpose. Read the warning, enter the reviewer’s name and a reason, then record the decision.

    Every decision keeps its reason, so it is easy to explain later.

    SpendWise Approvals screen for step 5: Decide with context
    The ring shows where to look or what to press.
  6. Step 6: Watch team budgets

    Team budgets shows spending against each team’s budget, so overspending is visible early.

    SpendWise Team budgets screen for step 6: Watch team budgets
    The ring shows where to look or what to press.

What to notice

Problems are flagged before you decide, and every decision keeps its reason.