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Guide 04

Submitting an Expense

Expenses replaces the shoebox-of-receipts routine — submit with a photo, track the status, and see it reflected in your payroll summary once approved.

1. Add an expense

From Expenses, tap the + button and fill in the type (flight, train, taxi, mileage, hotel, food or misc), which leg it belongs to (home or work), the amount and currency, and an optional note. Attach a photo of the receipt from your camera or gallery — it's compressed automatically before it's sent.

Mileage expenses calculate themselves: enter the distance and SeaLog applies the admin's set rate for you.

2. Submitting for approval

A new expense saves to your device immediately, then syncs to the admin the moment a connection is available — nothing is lost if you're offline when you submit it.

3. Tracking the status

Each expense shows a Pending, Approved or Rejected pill. When the admin makes a decision, you'll get a clear on-screen notice the next time you open Expenses — so a decision is never easy to miss, even if you weren't looking at the time.

4. If an expense is rejected

A rejected expense can be edited and resubmitted directly — correct whatever needed fixing and save it, and it goes straight back to the admin as pending again. An approved expense, on the other hand, is a locked record and can't be edited or deleted.

5. Submission deadlines

Your admin may set a monthly cut-off — after that date, a given month's expenses (new or resubmitted) can no longer be sent. If you're past the deadline, SeaLog tells you exactly when it closed.

Currency conversion is automatic: the admin sets a master currency and exchange rates once, and every expense total — yours and theirs — is shown converted to it, so there's no guessing what you'll actually be reimbursed.

Next: see Running the Compliance Matrix.