## Documentation Index

Access the complete documentation index at:
https://www.zoho.com/in/payroll/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available documentation pages before proceeding.

# Approvals

Review and approve the Reimbursement Claims, Proof of Investments, and [Salary Revisions](/in/payroll/help/employer/approvals/salary-revision.html) of your employees in this module.

## Reimbursements

The reimbursement claims that your employees have submitted through the employee portal will appear here. [Click here](/in/payroll/help/employer/settings/set-preferences.html#reimbursements) to learn how to configure reimbursement claim related settings. You can review each claim and approve or reject them by following these steps:

*   Go to **Approvals** > **Reimbursements**.
*   Click the reimbursement you want to review.
*   You can also filter the claims by employees’ names and date ranges using the given filter options.
*   In the next screen, you can view all the details about the claim.
*   Review the claims easily using the options such as full-screen view, zoom in or zoom out, download.
*   Leave comments wherever necessary.
*   Enter an **Approved Amount** and click **Approve**, once you’ve reviewed the bills submitted by your employee.

> **Note**: The employee portal does not support bill submission. Collect the bills directly from your employee.

*   The approved amount will be paid to the employee in next month’s pay run.
*   Click **Reject** to reject the claim. If you want to reject individual line items, enter 0 as the Approved Amount.

![Reimbursements](/in/payroll/help/images/approvals/reimbursement.png)

Also, you can create a reimbursement claim for employees by following these steps

*   Go to **Approvals** > **Reimbursements**.
*   Click **Add Claim**.
*   Select the employee and enter the reimbursement details.
*   Click **Save & Approve**.

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## Proof of Investments

Your employee can submit proofs for the investments that they’ve disclosed in their IT Declaration. [Click here](/in/payroll/help/employer/settings/set-preferences.html#poi) to learn how to configure POI related settings. You can review the submitted POI by following these steps.

*   Go to **Approvals > Proof of Investments**.
*   Click the POI that you want to review. It will be in **APPROVAL PENDING** status.
*   Go through each line item in the POI, enter an approved amount, and click **Approve**.
*   Review the proofs easily using the options such as full-screen view, zoom in or zoom out, download.
*   Leave comments wherever necessary.

![POI](/in/payroll/help/images/approvals/poi-options.png)

*   Click **Reject** to reject a line item.
*   If you want to approve all the line items in one go, enter the approved amounts for each line item and click **Approve All**.
*   Once you’ve reviewed all the line items, the status will change to **YET TO CONFIRM**. This status means that you have approved each line item, but haven’t applied the approved amount to the IT calculation.
*   Review all the approved line items and click **Confirm for IT Calculation**. The approved investment amount will be applied to the employee’s Income Tax calculation for the months you have selected in [**Settings > Preferences**](/in/payroll/help/employer/settings/set-preferences.html#poi).
*   The status will now change to **COMPLETED**.

![POI](/in/payroll/help/images/approvals/poi.png)

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