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// Claim to paid, one trail

Expenses, from a messy paper chore
to a few taps.

A complete expense-claim workflow built into DuoApp. Your team builds a claim from a catalogue of ready-made expense types — mileage, fuel, subsistence, hotels, tools, site purchases and dozens more. Each type knows what to ask for and does the maths itself, so totals are right every time. Approve in a tap, and a styled invoice is generated automatically — receipts and all.

~50
Built-in expense types
Auto-calculation
No manual maths
Per line
Receipts captured
Auto-flow
Awaiting → Approved → Paid
Each expense type does the maths itself — miles × rate, bill × business-use %, VAT net/gross splits, overnight allowances — so claims are right first time, and photos of receipts attach to each line.
// Claim in seconds

Pick a type. It asks the right questions, does the maths.

01

Pick an expense type

Choose from the catalogue — mileage, fuel, subsistence, hotels, tools, site purchases and more. The type knows exactly what to ask for.

02

It does the maths

Miles × rate, bill × business-use %, VAT net/gross splits, overnight allowances — calculated automatically, so totals are right every time.

03

Attach the receipt

Snap a photo of the receipt and it attaches to that line. Every claim carries its own evidence.

04

Submit & notify

The claim mirrors onto your Invoices pages — badged Expense Claim — and your approvals inbox is notified instantly.

// Build · Approve · Pay

Raise it on the phone.
Approve it in one place.

Your team builds self-calculating claims with receipts attached. Admins review from a dedicated Approvals tab — or straight from the Invoices page — and approve or decline with a reason.

New expense claim

M. Okafor · Plot 14 site visit
Mileage — site visit86 mi × £0.45/mi Receipt attached £38.70
Hotel — 1 night£79.00 net + £15.80 VAT (20%) Receipt attached £94.80
Subsistence — evening meal£18.50 · within £25 allowance Receipt attached £18.50
Tools — fixings, Screwfix£42.30 gross · VAT £7.05 Receipt attached £42.30
Claim total · 4 lines £194.30

Approvals

Reviewed from Approvals or Invoices
Expense Claim #EXP-2271 M. Okafor · £194.30
Awaiting approval Approved Paid
Approving instantly generates a professionally styled expense invoice (PDF) with the four receipt images appended — ready to be paid. The claimant is emailed the invoice; declining emails them the reason.
// One trail, claim to paid

Every claim moves alongside your normal invoices.

From submission, each claim mirrors onto your Invoices pages — badged as an Expense Claim — and moves cleanly through Awaiting Approval → Approved → Paid, right next to your regular invoices. Nothing falls through the cracks, and everyone stays in the loop by email at every step.

Submitting notifies approvers

The claim lands in the approvals inbox the moment it's sent.

Approving emails the invoice

The claimant gets the styled PDF, receipts appended, automatically.

Declining emails the reason

No one has to chase anyone — the why travels with the decision.

// Make it yours

Your catalogue. Your rates. Your custom types — no code.

Turn the ~50 built-in expense types on or off, set your own rates, and create bespoke types without touching any code — just name them, pick a calculation, and add the fields you need. Role-based access means only admins approve.

Mileage Fuel Subsistence Hotel / overnight Tools & equipment Site purchases Parking & tolls Public transport PPE Training Create custom type
// Why teams love it

Less maths, less chasing, a clean paper trail.

  • Built-in catalogue of ~50 expense types, plus your own custom ones
  • Self-calculating lines — no manual maths, no errors
  • Receipts captured per line and embedded in the invoice PDF
  • Approve from the Approvals tab or the Invoices page
  • Automatic Awaiting → Approved → Paid invoice flow
  • Email notifications at every step
  • Configurable rates, fields and types per company
  • Role-based access — only admins approve

Turn expenses from a chore into a few taps.

See the claim-to-paid flow on your own expense types and rates — bring a recent batch of receipts and we'll set up your catalogue in the demo.