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Expenses

Capture every expense the moment it happens

Daily expense & petty cash tracking for shops.

From petty cash out of the drawer to the month's bigger bills, each expense is a line with the amount, the category, and a photo of the bill clipped to it. The category totals build into your month-end report as you go, so there's no second round of typing, and a live budget bar tells you how much room is left before the next big spend.

Photo of the bill on every rowCategory totals roll up automaticallyNo re-entry at month-endLive budget tracking
New expense submitted
Expense ₹2,400 approved
karol-bagh.rotabook.com/expenses
Expenses
Karol Bagh · Tue 26 May 2026
● Synced
Submitted
7
today
Awaiting
3
₹3,770
Total
46k
78% budget
Entriesbill attached
Travel
Ashok V.
₹2,150Sent
Packaging
Priya M.
₹820Approved
Electricity
May bill
₹4,800Approved
Why Rotabook

Expenses software built for how Indian shops run

No more shoebox of bills, or a petty-cash drawer that never quite balances. Every expense is logged with its photo as it happens, and the totals build themselves while you get on with the shop.

Petty cash, with a slip on every line

The small spends that drain the drawer — tea, auto fare, a quick repair — go in with a photo of the slip, so petty cash is accounted for, not guessed at month-end.

Totals add themselves up

Category totals build as you enter and flow straight into the month-end report, with no second round of typing.

You see the room before you spend

A live budget bar shows where each category stands, so you know what's left before the next big purchase, not after.

How it works

How Rotabook expenses works, live in a single morning

No IT team, no migration. Expenses runs on the PC already at your counter, live by the end of day one.

01

Capture in seconds

Add an expense with amount and category and snap the bill, from the counter or on the road.

02

Approvals route automatically

Submitted expenses go to the right approver. Approved and pending sit in clear columns, never lost in an inbox.

03

Month-end is already done

Category totals have rolled up all month, so the report is ready without re-entering a single line.

Add an expense and snap the bill from any phone browser, at the counter or out on the road.

A closer look

See expenses in action

Today's spending, and where each category stands against budget. Here's how both look.

Petty cash ledger

Every expense and petty-cash spend, with its bill

Travel, packaging, electricity, the cash that left the drawer for a repair: each is a row with amount, category, and status. Approvals are a tap; nothing waits in a chat for sign-off.

  • Amount, category, and a photo of the bill per row
  • Submitted, approved, and pending in clear columns
  • Routed to the right approver automatically
Daily expense · today₹46,360
Travel
Ashok V. · auto
₹2,150Sent
Packaging
Priya M.
₹820Approved
Electricity
May bill
₹4,800Approved
Maintenance
shutter repair
₹1,500Draft
Budget visibility

Where every category stands, this month

Category totals roll up live against budget, so you catch a line creeping over before the next spend, not after the report.

  • Category totals build in real time
  • Live budget bar per category
  • Month-end report ready with zero re-entry
Category spendthis period
Travel
Pkg
Power
Maint
Misc
78% of month's budget used
How it compares

Rotabook vs. a shoebox vs. a spreadsheet

Three ways a shop keeps track of what it spends.

Rotabook
Shoebox of bills
Spreadsheet
The bill
Photo on every row
In a drawer
Not attached
Category totals
Roll up live
Counted at month-end
Manual formulas
Approvals
Routed automatically
Verbal
Email thread
Budget tracking
Live bar
None
By hand
Month-end report
Already done
A late night
A long evening
Re-entry
Zero
Lots
Some
FAQ

Expenses: answered

Yes. Every expense row carries a photo of the bill, so the proof is on the entry at month-end, not in a drawer of paper receipts.
No. Category totals roll up automatically through the month, so the month-end report is ready with zero re-entry.
Submitted expenses route to the right approver automatically, and approved, pending, and draft entries sit in clear columns instead of an inbox.
Yes. A live budget bar shows where each category stands during the month, so you always know your room before the next big purchase.
Yes. Every category carries its own budget, and the live bar shows how much room is left as expenses come in.
Yes. Add an expense and snap the bill from any phone browser, so a fuel bill or a packaging run is logged before you're back at the shop.
Yes. Petty cash is just another category here: log what leaves the drawer with a photo of the slip, and it rolls into the same category totals and budget as every other expense.
One connected suite

Six modules. One login. One source of truth.

Expenses is one of six modules that share the same data: attendance into payroll, leave into the rota, so you enter once and your whole shop stays in sync.

See expenses running on your own data

A focused 20-minute walkthrough of your actual workflows. A two-week pilot if it fits. We install on your PC in about 30 minutes, with no contracts and no migration.

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Early-access pricing for the first 10 customers.