# Grant an advance or a loan

> In Weplanify, grant a salary advance or a loan repaid every month by a deduction on the payslip, and see its effect on the employee's pay right away.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Payroll
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.avances-prets?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.avances-prets.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

In Weplanify, an advance or a loan creates a monthly deduction on the payslip, from the first to the last month of repayment.

![Advances and loans: counters and loans being repaid](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fpaie%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fpa-prets-a8340dbd.webp?alt=media&token=ae837344-e883-4618-a580-bfcf76dc88e6)

## Steps

1. Open **Payroll and costs → Advances & loans** and click **Grant an advance**.
2. Choose the **Employee**, the **Type** (salary advance, loan…) and the **Amount**.
3. Choose the starting month and the length in **Repay over** (1, 3, 6, 10 months or other): the instalment and schedule show up, with the effect on pay.
4. Adjust the **Label on the payslip** if needed, then click **Grant**.

![Grant an advance: amount, length, schedule and effect on pay](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fpaie%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fpa-pret-nouveau-a8f64b84.webp?alt=media&token=24c6551e-fea2-445d-b3a8-d6b818243ef0)

## Good to know

- An advance entered by HR needs no approval. Employees' requests arrive in the **Requests** tab and follow the [approval circuit](https://weplanify.io/docs/validations.demandes-en-attente?lang=en).
- At each [closing](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cloture?lang=en), the instalment is confirmed; a repaid loan moves to the **Repaid** tab.
- Types (name on the payslip, accounting account) are set in **Settings → Advance types**.
- The month's instalments show in the [variable elements](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.variables?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Decide on pending expense claims and advances](https://weplanify.io/docs/validations.demandes-en-attente?lang=en) — In Weplanify, decide on expense claims and advance requests from To handle: see their effect on pay, then grant them, refuse them or have them corrected.
- [Close the month, pay salaries and declare](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cloture?lang=en) — In Weplanify, closing locks the payroll month, publishes payslips to employees and prepares the next month; the step then helps you pay and declare.
- [Check the month's variable elements](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.variables?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Variable elements step sums up the bonuses, benefits in kind, advance deductions and expense claims that will be on the month's payslips.
- [Payroll in Weplanify](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the monthly payroll is prepared in five steps, from time, absences and variable elements up to the payslips, the payment and the closing.
- [Make a request or fill in a form on mobile](https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.formulaires?lang=en) — In Weplanify, employees make their requests from the app: an expense, an advance, a schedule change, a report or any other form, then follow them.
- [Set up payroll accounting accounts](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.comptes-comptables?lang=en) — In Weplanify, choose the accounting account of each payroll line to produce a balanced payroll entry, ready to import into your accounting software.
- [Submit an advance request for another employee](https://weplanify.io/docs/validations.soumettre-pour-un-autre?lang=en) — In Weplanify, let a manager or a timekeeper submit an advance or loan request on an employee's behalf; the request then follows the usual circuit.