# Expense approval: decisions, revisions and the route

> How an approver decides on an expense, returns it for revision or passes it to a colleague — and how to see the expense's path along the route.

Источник: https://jecheck.io/en/docs/expenses/approval

When an expense reaches your step, you get a push notification and an email "Expense needs your approval", and the expense appears in the **Waiting for me** tab of the **Finance → Expenses** list. The counter in the menu shows how many decisions are waiting for you.

![Expense approval: decisions, revisions and the route](/docs-media/en/expenses/card.jpg)

## How to make a decision

1. Open the expense from **Waiting for me** or from the notification.
2. Check the card: amount, category, counterparty, **Documents** (the invoice opens in a preview), the category budget, check warnings and the AI recommendation.
3. Click:
   - **Approve** — the expense moves to the next step, and after the last one — to payment;
   - **Return** for revision — with a mandatory comment; the author fixes it and resends it to the same step;
   - **Reject** — the expense is closed, and the author gets a notification with the reason.

In the list, expenses without warnings have a quick **Approve** button — no need to open the card.

## Passing the decision to a colleague

If you're on vacation or the question isn't for you, use **More → Pass on** in the card: choose a colleague, they get a notification and decide instead of you.

## The expense's path

The **Approval route** block in the card shows a diagram: which steps have been completed and by whom, where the expense is **now** and which branches were taken by conditions (for example, "Amount over 100,000 — yes"). Below is a feed of steps with decisions and comments, and further down — the **History** of all changes to the expense.

## "Any" and "all" steps

A step can require a decision from **any** of the approvers (the first to respond decides for everyone) or from **all** of them (the expense waits for each one). This is set in the route — see [Settings](/docs/expenses/settings).

## Deadlines and reminders

If a step has a deadline, the approver gets reminders, and if it's overdue, a notification goes higher up the chain, if the route is set up that way.

## Intervening in an approval

An employee with the **Expenses: settings** permission can skip a step, reassign the approver or cancel the expense — for example, if the approver has left the company.

## Frequently asked questions

### Where do I approve from my phone?

In the jeCheck mobile app, the approval request is shown among tasks, and the notification leads straight to it.

### Can I change the amount when approving?

No. Return the expense for revision with a comment — the author will fix the amount and resend it.

### Why was the expense approved automatically?

The route may contain an "approve automatically" condition — for example, for small amounts within the budget. You can see this on the path diagram.