# Salary advances — Academium SMS

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> Staff request salary advances, managers decide, and each advance is recovered from the month it names.

Salary advances

## Help now. Recovered on payday.

Staff ask for an advance against a coming month. Once it is paid, that month’s payslip deducts it.

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A fictional advance from request to recovery on the month it names.

Asking

## A request with the details that matter.

Staff choose the amount, the month it should come out of, and give a reason.

-   **Their own requests in one list.** Staff see every request they have made and where it stands.
    
-   **Change of plan.** A request can be withdrawn while it is still pending.
    

A fictional request. While it is pending, it can still be withdrawn.

Deciding

## Decide, or issue one directly.

Whoever manages advances approves or rejects requests, and can also issue an advance without a request.

-   **Clear statuses.** Every advance is pending, paid or rejected.
    
-   **Separate rights.** Requesting an advance and managing advances are separate permissions.
    

Fictional requests approved and rejected, and an advance issued directly without a request.

Recovering

## Deducted from the month it names.

A paid advance appears as a deduction on that month’s payslip, alongside the other deductions.

-   **One per month.** A staff member cannot take a second advance for a month that already has one.
    
-   **Not after payday.** An advance cannot be set against a month whose salary has already been paid.
    

An example payslip with the advance deducted in the month it named. Figures are illustrative.

FAQs

## Salary advances questions

Advances against salary.

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### Can an advance be spread over several months?

Each advance names one month and is deducted from that month’s payslip.

### Who can approve advances?

Staff whose role has permission to manage advances. Requesting one is a separate permission.

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