SettleWisePayoutsGuide advances
GA-01Fund the request

Fund an advance with cash from a register

A guide asks for USD 200 and Finance hands over cash or makes a transfer now.

Track

Guide advances

Phase

Fund the request

Starts with

Guide's request

Ends with

Funded advance

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GA-01
  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 leaves a register today. The guide owes it back from future earnings, so it is debt, not an expense.

What starts it

A request shows Requested in Guide Advances.

How it unfolds

GuideAccountingSystem
  1. 1

    The guide sends the request from the Trailhead app

    Guide

    As an amount or itemized, in USD or ARS. ARS is converted to USD with the rate the guide saw.

  2. 2

    Finance opens the request and checks the amount, items, and reason

    Accounting

    There is no approve step: Finance funds or rejects.

  3. 3

    Finance clicks Fund and keeps Cash from a register

    Accounting

    Then picks the USD register, the method, and the date. The guide advances account comes from Settings.

  4. 4

    Finance clicks Fund advance

    Accounting

    The guide's debt and the money out are recorded together. This is the key moment of the journey.

  5. 5

    SettleWise creates the payout on the guide advances account and notifies the guide

    System

    The register goes down, the request becomes Funded, and the guide sees the debt in the app.

Who's involved

Guide

Requests advances in Trailhead and repays them from earnings.

Accounting

Owns money movement, registers, and reconciliation.

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

An advance is guide debt, not an expense.