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Approval rules

Who signs off, above which amount.

Set the rule once. Small bills go straight through, anything above the line waits for the right person, and every decision is logged.

  • Per amount, per account
  • Two approvers where you need them
  • Nothing paid without a record
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Route bills through approval before they can be paid. Once a bill is approved, whoever has authority to pay can settle it.

Bill approval rule
ActiveUpdated Aug 12, 2026 · by Jane VosUpdated Sep 27, 2026 · by Jane VosEdit rule
  1. Under €1,000

    No approval needed, ready to pay as soon as it's submitted

  2. Over €1,000€1,000 to €10,000
    Approval from any of:JVJane Vos
  3. Over €10,000
    Approval from any 2 of:JVJane VosTBTom Bakker
Additional settings

Submitters can't approve their own bills

Who can approve, pay, and change the rule
Edit bill approval ruleBills are routed by amount. Every bill falls into exactly one layer: each layer starts where the previous one ends.
Layer 1
For bills under1,000approval isNot required

Ready to pay as soon as it's submitted.

Layer 2
For bills over€1,000For bills from€1,000to10,000approval isAny 1 of
Approvers
Jane VosOwner
Tom BakkerAdmin

Only Owners and Admins can approve bills.

Layer 3
For bills over€10,000approval isAny 1 ofAny 2 of
Approvers
Jane VosOwner
Tom BakkerAdmin

Only Owners and Admins can approve bills.

Add an approval layer
Can submitters approve bills they submitted?

If a submitter is also an approver on a layer, their bill waits for a different approver instead.

No
Rule is active

Deactivate to make every bill payable without approval.

CancelSave rule
Bill approval rule saved.

One rule, written in plain words

Above €1,000, Jane approves. Above €10,000, Jane and Tom. Under that, anyone on the team can release the payment.

  • Thresholds per account
  • Named approvers or a role
  • Applies to bills, transfers and batches
Approval rulesBills, transfers and batches
Under €1,000Anyone on the teamOperating
€1,000 to €10,000Jane VosOperating
Above €10,000Jane Vos and Tom BakkerOperating
Vattenfall, €412.00: under the line, released by Jane.
Approve and payVattenfall, INV-40921
Matched against transactionsNo payment found
Pay fromOperating €121,840.00
WhenOn the due date, 2 Sep
Approval ruleUnder €1,000, no second approver
ScheduleApprove and pay €412.00

Approve from wherever you are

The approver gets the bill with the PDF, the match and the amount, in the app, in Slack or on WhatsApp. One tap releases it.

  • Full context in the request
  • Approve, schedule or send back
  • Reminders until it is decided

Every decision on record

Who approved what, when, from where. The audit trail is there for your accountant, your co-founder and your future self.

  • Filterable by person and period
  • Exportable
  • Unchangeable after the fact
ActivityWho did what, when
Filter
JVJane Vos approved Vattenfall, €412.00Today, 09:52
TBTom Bakker sent payroll batch, 6 transfersYesterday, 17:10
SOSanne Okafor forwarded Meridian Packaging 2025-0871Yesterday, 11:24
JVJane Vos changed approval rule, Operating2 Sep, 15:03
1 rule
covers bills, transfers and batches
3 channels
to approve from
100%
of decisions on the audit trail

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Questions about approval rules

Still something unanswered? Write in from the dashboard. A real human on the team replies.

What happens once an invoice has been read?

Paygoro matches it against your bank transactions. Anything already paid is closed out, and the rest queue for one approval. Approve a bill and the SEPA payment goes out from the Paygoro account you pick, with the original PDF kept alongside it.

Can my accountant and my team use it too?

Yes. Invite them with a role: owner, admin, member or viewer. A viewer, usually the bookkeeper, sees everything and moves nothing. Starter includes 3 seats and Business 10, and extra seats are €3 a month each.

Where does my money sit, and who regulates Paygoro?

Money in a Paygoro account sits with our licensed European banking partner, in safeguarded accounts, separated from operating funds and protected under EU regulation. That partner issues your IBAN and is supervised by its home-state regulator. Paygoro builds the product on top of those rails.

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