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title: "Creating and submitting card expenses"
slug: "creating-and-submitting-card-expenses"
description: "Create card expense requests in the Payhawk spend management platform: upload receipts, review OCR data and submit via the app or portal."
updated: 2026-10-27T15:56:41Z
published: 2026-10-27T15:56:41Z
canonical: "payhawk.com/creating-and-submitting-card-expenses"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://payhawk.com/help/llms.txt
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# Creating and submitting card expenses

You can create card expenses in the Payhawk Web Portal or Payhawk Mobile App and submit them to the relevant approvers according to the defined workflows at your company.

## Creating and submitting card expenses in the Web Portal

Once you've paid with your corporate card, an expense is automatically created in Payhawk.

To upload documents for [card expenses](/help/overview-of-company-expenses-for-employees):

1. In the [Payhawk Web Portal](https://portal.payhawk.com), go to the **Spend** > **Submit** tab.
2. Select the expense you need.
3. [Upload the expense document](/help/managing-receipts-and-invoices-in-the-portal).
4. Payhawk's data extraction tool will automatically populate the expense data based on the document and the supplier. Review the automatically extracted information and fill out any other fields manually.
5. Click on **Submit**.

![Card expense opened from the Submit tab in Spend, with the Submit button and the invoice shown next to the expense details.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Emp%3AExpenses/card_expense_submit_record_blurred_20261002_manual.png)

## Creating and submitting card expenses in the Mobile App

Once you've paid with your corporate card, an expense is automatically created.

To upload documents for [card expenses](/help/overview-of-company-expenses-for-employees):

1. Go to **Spend** > **Submit**.
2. Select the desired expense and add a note.
3. Add the document by tapping the **+** (plus) icon in the middle of the screen. As a result, your camera will open.

Note that depending on your operating system and phone, you may need to allow Payhawk to use your camera.
4. [Take a photo or upload the document](/help/managing-receipts-and-invoices-in-the-app) and tap the **✔** button.
5. Tap the **Submit** button. As a result, an expense request will be automatically submitted to the relevant approvers at your company.

![Four mobile app screens in order: the Submit tab in Spend, a card expense with no document attached, the camera scanning the invoice, and the expense with the invoice attached and the Submit button active.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Mobile%20app%3ARefresh-Dec25/card_expenses_2_2_20261009_ai.png)

## Useful resources

- [Overview of company expenses for employees](/help/overview-of-company-expenses-for-employees)
- [Uploading expense documents and using the camera](/help/managing-receipts-and-invoices-in-the-app)