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Approve timesheets and expense claims

Check the hours, expenses and mileage your staff send in, and approve them for the next pay run.

  1. Sent in
  2. Check
  3. Approve
  4. Next pay

Staff with their own access send timesheets and expense claims from their phone. You approve them, and they're paid in the next pay run.

Coming soon

Payroll opens once Billbook can report pays to the ATO through Single Touch Payroll (STP) Coming soon.

How do I approve a timesheet?

  1. Open PayrollLeave, timesheets & claims and choose Timesheets.
  2. Check the hours for the Period.
  3. Choose Approve, or Decline with a Note for them.

A declined timesheet goes back to them to fix and send again.

How do I approve an expense claim?

  1. Choose the Expense claims tab. Open the Receipt to check it.
  2. Choose Approve.
  3. Pick the expense account under Code it to, then Approve.

It's paid back in their next pay as a reimbursement.

What about mileage claims?

When you approve one, choose what to Pay it at: The ATO rate or Your rate. It's paid as a car allowance and reported to the ATO. Set your own rate under Mileage claims in PayrollPayroll settings.

I approved something after starting a pay run. Now what?

Open the draft pay run and choose Pull them in. Otherwise it waits for the next one.

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