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Expenses, Loans & Advances

Expense claims with receipts and categories, employee loans with repayment schedules and an HR company-loans view, and salary advances.
Product version
Web v2.4.1
Last updated
2026-10-11

Overview

What it solves

Claims arrive as photos in chat; loans and advances are tracked in a notebook and forgotten at payroll time.

Why it helps
  • Claims go Draft → Submitted → Manager approved → Finance approved → Reimbursed, with a reason on rejection; reimbursement is paid in the payroll run that finalizes.
  • Loans repay in instalments through payroll; HR sees everything owed, records repayments made outside payroll and writes a loan off when needed. Settled loans notify the employee.
  • A leaver’s open loans and advances are brought into the final payroll.
  • Each category can carry spending limits, and a new workspace starts with a ready list of categories.
Used by
EmployeeManagerHR Admin
Availability
Every plan
Cover screen emp-expense-new/expensesEmployee

Quick answers

What is Expenses, Loans & Advances in Eldalala?

Expenses, Loans & Advances is a module of Eldalala, the Arabic-first HR, payroll and attendance software. What it includes: Expense claims with receipts and categories, employee loans with repayment schedules and an HR company-loans view, and salary advances.

What problem does Expenses, Loans & Advances solve?

Claims arrive as photos in chat; loans and advances are tracked in a notebook and forgotten at payroll time.

Who uses Expenses, Loans & Advances?

Employee, Manager, HR Admin.

Which plan includes Expenses, Loans & Advances?

Every Eldalala plan includes it, the free plan too.

What can you do with Expenses, Loans & Advances?

New claim: title, category, amount (EGP, SAR, USD), date, receipt, description; A new workspace starts with a list of expense categories; Save as draft or submit immediately; Two-level approval: manager, then finance; Expense categories with limits per period; Loans: principal, instalments (≤600), interest, start date, reason; Loan statuses Pending → Active → Settled, or Written off; Loans and advances are capped against pay; and 4 more, listed on this page.

What you can do

  • New claim: title, category, amount (EGP, SAR, USD), date, receipt, description
  • A new workspace starts with a list of expense categories
  • Save as draft or submit immediately
  • Two-level approval: manager, then finance
  • Expense categories with limits per period
  • Loans: principal, instalments (≤600), interest, start date, reason
  • Loan statuses Pending → Active → Settled, or Written off
  • Loans and advances are capped against pay
  • Company loans page for HR: list, totals, repayment outside payroll, write-off
  • A leaver’s loans and advances are settled in the final payroll
  • Imported loans and advances are scheduled and recovered
  • Salary advances: Pending → Approved → Deducted

Screens

Expenses emp-expense-new/expensesEmployee
Expenses emp-expenses/expensesEmployee
Expenses hr-expenses/expensesHR Admin
Expense Categories nav--company--expense-categories/expense-categoriesHR Admin
Loans hr-loans/loansHR Admin
Loans emp-loans/loansEmployee
Salary Advances nav--company--salary-advances/salary-advancesHR Admin
Expenses nav--company--expenses/expensesHR Admin

Workflows

Expense claim

Expense claim: steps in text
  1. Draft
    • Submitted
  2. Submitted
    • Manager approved
    • reject Rejected
  3. Manager approved
    • Finance approved
    • reject Rejected
  4. Finance approved
    • Reimbursed
  5. Reimbursed
  6. Rejected
  • Claims can be saved as a draft or submitted immediately.
  • Once both approvals are done the claim is paid with the next payroll; it shows Reimbursed, and the employee is notified, when that month’s payroll is finalized.

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