ExpensesAvailable

Employee expense claims, AI receipt scanning, petty cash boxes and Books VAT journals.

Eliminate paper receipt envelopes. Staff snap a photo of a receipt on their phone; the AI invoice reader extracts the merchant, date, total and recoverable VAT; managers approve in two steps; and approved claims reimburse via payroll, bank file or petty cash while posting a balanced journal to Books.

A receipt being photographed by a phone

What it does

  • Mobile expense claims with receipt photos: employees (including low-cost self-service seats) submit claims from their phone and tag them to a branch or Project

    Available
  • Category spending caps & duplicate guard: automatic checks flag out-of-policy amounts and duplicate receipt dates/totals before a manager even reviews

    Available
  • Flexible reimbursement channels: pay employees back via bank transfer CSV file, on their next HR payroll run, or record company card spend

    Available
  • Branch petty cash boxes: track cash-on-hand per custodian, record top-ups and disbursements, and reconcile physical cash counts

    Available
  • Automatic Books journals with recoverable VAT: approved claims and petty cash vouchers post balanced entries to Books with UAE/Egypt VAT recovery rules

    Available
  • AI receipt reader: extracts merchant name, date, line items and tax from receipt photos using your workspace AI credits

    Available
  • Corporate card statement import, mileage allowances and multi-currency receipt conversion

    Coming soon

A look inside

Expenses workspace showing employee receipt photo claims, AI invoice reader extraction, petty cash boxes and Books VAT journals
Actual Kluvan screens with fictional demo data. Interface shown in English.

How it works end-to-end

From the first click or request to the linked record in your workspace.

1. Snap receipt photo on phone

An employee takes a picture of a fuel, travel or client meal receipt from their self-service link or mobile browser.

2. AI reader & policy checks run

The AI invoice reader fills in the amount, date and VAT, while duplicate detection and category caps flag any policy breach.

3. Two-step manager & finance approval

Managers approve, return for clarification, or reject from the unified Approvals Inbox (with automatic delegation when on leave).

4. Reimburse & post to Books + Projects

Approved claims reimburse via petty cash, bank CSV or HR payroll, post a VAT journal to Books, and add billable cost to the linked Project.

Connected Architecture, REST API / MCP & Keyboard Speed

Every Kluvan application shares one database, one audit trail, and instant AI & API extensibility.

Single Shared Record & Live Ledger

Shares the exact same customer, supplier, item, employee, and cost-centre record across all 28 apps with zero CSV syncing.

REST API, Webhooks & 1-Click MCP (.mcpb / SKILL.md)

Query live metrics from Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Cursor using scoped read-only MCP keys and REST endpoints.

Keyboard-First Power (Ctrl+K & Alt+G Grid Mode)

Press Ctrl+K to jump anywhere in under 50ms, or press Alt+G on any table for arrow-key cell navigation, live Sum/Avg, and Ctrl+Shift+C Excel copy.

Built-In UAE, Egypt & IFRS Enterprise Moats

Native support for UAE 9% Corporate Tax & Small Business Relief (SBR), UAE EOSB Gratuity, WPS & Nafis, Egypt Law 6/2025 SME tax, InstaPay guard, Ejari cheques, IFRS 15/16, MRP, and bilingual Tafqeet.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) built in

Ask AI, Front Desk & 1-Click MCP in Expenses

Employees use the AI invoice reader to scan paper receipts in seconds, and finance leads can ask Kluvan Ask or MCP: “Show all pending expense claims over policy limits and petty cash balances by branch.”

Every workspace has one AI credit balance for Kluvan Ask, the AI invoice reader and Front Desk (the trial starts with 100 credits), plus 1-Click MCP for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Cursor.

Claude Desktop & Claude.ai

Paste your single connector URL in Claude.ai Settings -> Integrations, or copy the ready-made JSON block into Claude Desktop.

ChatGPT Connectors

Connect your workspace URL in ChatGPT to query live sales, receivables, stock levels and project margins in any chat.

Google Gemini & AI Studio

Point Gemini or Google AI tooling to your Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint with Bearer key authentication.

Cursor, Windsurf & Custom Agents

Standard JSON-RPC 2.0 MCP 2025-06-18 protocol with full audit logs, per-minute rate limits and instant key pause/revoke.

Price

On its own

On its ownUSD 9/ month

Per month, billed annually, with the first 3 full users of your organisation.

Included in

Common questions answered

Do employees need a full paid user licence just to submit expense claims?

No. Employees on low-cost Employee Self-Service seats (and Field seats) can submit expense claims with receipt photos straight from their phone.

Can an expense claim be billed back to a client project?

Yes. Tagging a claim to a Project records the cost against that project’s budget and makes billable expenses ready to include on the next client invoice.

How does petty cash reconciliation work?

Each petty cash box has a custodian and running balance in Books. Top-ups, cash payouts, and physical cash counts reconcile directly to the ledger.

Does the AI receipt reader work with Arabic and English receipts?

Yes. The AI invoice reader extracts dates, totals, tax registration numbers, and VAT from both Arabic and English receipts, falling back to manual typing anytime.

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