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HR

Expense Budget

A spending cap per category and period — soft (warning) or hard (blocked).

An expense budget sets how much can be spent in a category over a period. A soft budget warns and flags a claim for extra scrutiny; a hard budget blocks claims that would exceed it. Either way, finance keeps control without slowing people down.

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