<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Masraff Blog</title><description>Latest insights and updates from Masraff on intelligent spend management and business solutions</description><link>https://www.masraff.co/</link><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://www.masraff.co/en/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Entertainment Expenses in Turkey: Rules, Documents, VAT</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/entertainment-expenses-turkey-rules-vat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/entertainment-expenses-turkey-rules-vat/</guid><description>What counts as an entertainment expense in Turkey, when it is deductible, which documents you need, VAT recovery, KKEG risk and bookkeeping.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Expense Habits That Delay Month-End Close</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/expense-habits-that-delay-month-end-close/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/expense-habits-that-delay-month-end-close/</guid><description>Month-end close usually slips because of how expenses are handled during the month, not in accounting. 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Here are nine quiet recurring leaks, from idle licences to duplicate subscriptions, and how to find each one.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Decide What Counts as a Business Expense</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/how-to-decide-business-expenses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/how-to-decide-business-expenses/</guid><description>What makes an expense legitimately the company&apos;s, how grey areas get settled, and when to use a corporate card, a cash advance or an out-of-pocket payment.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Track Company Expenses: A 7-Step Control Guide</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/how-to-track-company-expenses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/how-to-track-company-expenses/</guid><description>How do you track and control expenses across your company? A practical guide to building policy, approvals, limits and reporting in seven concrete steps.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is an Expense? Expense vs. Cost and Spend</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/what-is-an-expense/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/what-is-an-expense/</guid><description>What is an expense and how does it differ from an expenditure, a cost or a loss? The definition, the terms used interchangeably, the accounting distinction, the common categories of business expense and how an expense is documented — in one guide.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Corporate Card Reconciliation Is Still Manual</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/why-corporate-card-reconciliation-is-still-manual/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/why-corporate-card-reconciliation-is-still-manual/</guid><description>Manual corporate card reconciliation costs finance teams time and accuracy. See how AI automates matching, policy checks, and ERP transfers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:08:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Closing the Gap: How AI Enforces Corporate Expense Policy</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/how-ai-can-enforce-a-corporate-expense-policy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/how-ai-can-enforce-a-corporate-expense-policy/</guid><description>Discover why corporate expense policies fail in manual processes and how PolicyIQ by Masraff solves it with AI-powered, pre-payment enforcement.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is Employee Advance Management? How Does It Work?</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/employee-advance-management/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/employee-advance-management/</guid><description>What is employee advance management, what are the advance types, how is reconciliation done? The entire advance process through the request, approval, spending and closure steps; the most common mistakes in manually run processes and how to solve them, in this guide.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:07:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is a Non-Deductible Expense (KKEG)? Tax and Entries</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/what-is-kkeg-non-deductible-expense-accounting-entry/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/what-is-kkeg-non-deductible-expense-accounting-entry/</guid><description>How are non-deductible expense (KKEG) amounts posted in business records, how is the accounting entry made, and which document types carry risk when expenses are incurred? The practical guide to setting up correct KKEG accounting in your expense management process.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is Spend Management? A Guide for Finance Teams</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/what-is-spend-management/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/what-is-spend-management/</guid><description>Spend management covers how a company tracks, controls, and reports every dollar employees spend — from a single expense to a corporate card statement. Here&apos;s what the category actually means, what to look for in a platform, and how Masraff approaches it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is Expense Management? Benefits and Software Guide</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/what-is-expense-management/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/what-is-expense-management/</guid><description>What is expense management, why does it matter for businesses, and what features should you look for in the right expense management software? A comprehensive guide with Masraff&apos;s AI-native approach.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is AI-Powered Expense Management? How It Works</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/ai-powered-expense-management/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/ai-powered-expense-management/</guid><description>AI-powered expense management unites receipt reading, classification, policy checks, statement reconciliation and accounting transfer in a single chain. What it is, how it works, where its limits lie — a comprehensive guide.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Set Up Expense Restrictions: A Step-by-Step Guide</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/how-to-set-up-expense-restrictions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/how-to-set-up-expense-restrictions/</guid><description>Expense restriction is the most concrete way to bring employee spending under control with limits, rules, and categories. In this guide, we explain step by step how to set up expense restrictions, which rule types to use, and how the rules work together with the approval workflow.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Expense Approval Workflow and Delegation: A Setup Guide</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/expense-approval-workflow-and-delegation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/expense-approval-workflow-and-delegation/</guid><description>How do you set up an expense approval workflow? A step-by-step setup guide for a single company covering rule groups, thresholds, category- and organization-based approval, the grade structure, and delegation (proxy) scenarios.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How AI OCR Is Replacing Manual Expense Entry in 2026</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/ai-ocr-replacing-manual-expense-entry-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/ai-ocr-replacing-manual-expense-entry-2026/</guid><description>Discover how AI OCR technology is replacing manual expense entry in 2026. Learn accuracy benchmarks by receipt type, comparisons with manual processes, continuous learning capabilities, and the roadmap for the future of intelligent document processing.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>End-to-End Expense Automation: The Complete Guide</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/end-to-end-expense-automation-complete-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/end-to-end-expense-automation-complete-guide/</guid><description>Learn end-to-end expense automation from start to finish with this comprehensive guide. Discover the 6-step workflow from receipt capture to ERP posting, smart policy engines, approval processes, reconciliation, ROI calculation, and implementation best practices for your organization.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Expense Audit Readiness: The Complete Guide</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/complete-guide-expense-audit-readiness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/complete-guide-expense-audit-readiness/</guid><description>Is your expense management system ready when auditors knock on the door? This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about expense audit readiness, including audit trails, digital signatures, segregation of duties, RBAC, and SOC 2 compliance.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI-First Expense Management: Receipt to GL in 3 Seconds</title><link>https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/ai-first-expense-management-receipt-to-gl/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.masraff.co/en/blog/ai-first-expense-management-receipt-to-gl/</guid><description>Discover how AI-first expense management transforms the entire workflow from receipt capture to general ledger entry in just 3 seconds. Learn about OCR accuracy, smart policy enforcement, automatic GL mapping, and the measurable time savings your finance team can achieve.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>