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MODULE 06 · EXPENSES & APPROVALS

Where the money actually goes.

Solvents, electricity, boiler repairs, rent, petty cash. Logged with a receipt photo, approved by a manager, and deducted from revenue in the same profit and loss report.

IN BOTH PLANSAPPROVAL WORKFLOWRECEIPT ATTACHMENTS
ON THIS PAGE
01
Category master

Rent, power, chemicals, transport — your own list, your own names.

02
Approval flow

Staff record it, a manager approves it. Nothing posts silently.

03
Branch scoped

Every expense belongs to a branch and a date, always.

04
Feeds the P&L

Approved spend lands in the profit report with no re-entry.

01 / THE FLOW

Four states, one approver, no cash leaving unrecorded.

Submitted, reviewed, cleared.

Most small laundries lose money not to theft but to untracked petty cash. This module makes every outflow a record with a name against it — the cashier who spent it and the manager who approved it.

01PendingA cashier logs the spend with amount, category, vendor, date and a photo of the bill. It waits for review.SUBMITTED BY STAFF
02ApprovedA manager accepts the expense. It becomes part of the branch cost base and hits the P&L immediately.MANAGER ACTION
03RejectedDeclined with a reason. The record stays visible rather than vanishing, so the pattern is auditable.MANAGER ACTION
04ClearedReimbursed or settled with the vendor. Closes the loop for month-end reconciliation.FINANCE ACTION
02 / CAPABILITIES

Categories are yours to define — chemicals, utilities, maintenance, rent, salary advances.

Expense categories master

Define your own accounting categories with codes, so the P&L groups costs the way your accountant wants.

Receipt proof attached

A photo of the vendor bill sits on the record. No shoebox of thermal slips at year end.

Branch-scoped costs

Every expense belongs to a branch, which is what makes per-location profitability real rather than estimated.

Date-range filtering

Pull last month's chemical spend across four branches in two clicks for a supplier negotiation.

Excel export for accounting

Hand your accountant a clean, categorised expense register instead of a bundle of paper.

Live P&L feed

Approved expenses are subtracted from gross revenue as they happen, not at month end.

03 / THE RECORD

Everything here is filterable and exportable.

What one expense captures.

FIELDTYPEUSED IN
TitleFree textRegister, audit trail
AmountCurrencyP&L, expense report
CategoryMaster referenceCategory breakdown, COGS
BranchMaster referenceBranch P&L, cost per outlet
VendorFree textVendor analysis, negotiation
Invoice dateDatePeriod reconciliation
Receipt proofFile attachmentAudit, tax filing
StatusPending / Approved / Rejected / ClearedApproval queue
Submitted & approved byAutomaticAccountability trail
04 / WHY IT MATTERS

The leak this closes.

  • No unauthorised spendingNothing is cleared without a manager acting on it, and the action is attributed.
  • Real profit, not guessed profitBecause costs land against a branch and a date, margin per outlet is a fact rather than a feeling.
  • Budget signals earlyIf solvent spend is running 30% above last quarter, the category breakdown says so in week two.
  • Painless month endThe register exports categorised and receipted, which is most of what your accountant asks for.
WHO USES IT DAILY
STORE CASHIERSSTORE MANAGERSFINANCE OFFICERSACCOUNTANTS

A two-step approval on petty cash is the single cheapest control a multi-branch laundry can add.

IN PRACTICE

A cashier pays ₹3,800 for an emergency boiler pipe repair, logs it under Equipment Maintenance with a photo of the bill, and the manager approves it from their phone before closing.

05 / CONNECTED TO

Costs meet revenue here.

SEE IT LIVE

Approve a test expense.

Log a spend as a cashier in the sandbox, then switch to the manager account and clear it.

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