SettleWisePayoutsGuide advances
GA-03Fund the request

Fund an advance from a payout already recorded

Seba asks for USD 98 for radios. Finance already paid the shop and recorded that payout.

Track

Guide advances

Phase

Fund the request

Starts with

Payout made before the funding

Ends with

Advance linked to that payout

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GA-03
  1. GA-01Fund an advance with cash from a register
  2. GA-02Fund an advance from a supplier bill
  3. GA-03Fund an advance from a payout already recorded
  4. GA-06Recover an advance from guide earnings

The situation

The money already left a register. Funding must record the guide's debt without moving the register a second time.

What starts it

Finance clicks Fund on the request after the payout exists.

How it unfolds

AccountingGuideSystem
  1. 1

    Finance picks Already paid (payout on record)

    Accounting

    Use it when the purchase was paid and recorded in Payouts before the funding.

  2. 2

    Finance searches the payout by recipient, number, or register

    Accounting

    Only completed USD payouts for the same amount appear. Payouts that pay a bill, a guide settlement, or another advance don't.

  3. 3

    Finance checks the guide advances account shown from Settings

    Accounting

    If the payout was on an expense account, SettleWise warns that funding moves it to the guide advances account.

  4. 4

    Finance clicks Fund advance

    Accounting

    The impact says no new payment is created and the register doesn't change again. This is the key moment of the journey.

  5. 5

    The guide owes USD 98 and the payout is linked to the advance

    System

    From now on the payout is corrected only through Guide Advances.

Who's involved

Accounting

Owns money movement, registers, and reconciliation.

Guide

Requests advances in Trailhead and repays them from earnings.

System

Automates emails, matching, reminders, and sync.

What each person sees

Accounting

The request, how the money left, and the guide's debt before and after.

Why: Record what the guide owes without counting money twice.

Guide

The request status and the personal advance debt in the Trailhead app.

Why: Know what was given and what is still owed.

The rule to remember

Money leaves a register once. A payout funds at most one advance.