# Spending money ### Submitting an Expense Whether you're reimbursing a volunteer for their time, paying an invoice directly to a vendor or making a solidarity payment to someone in your community, the first step is for the person receiving the money to submit an expense. Open Collective's guide on how to do that is [here](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/expenses-and-getting-paid/submitting-expenses). In order to make sure everything is compliant, we ask that you try to make sure the person receiving the money is the same person that submits the expense. If they need additional support to do that you can always get them to email us. Click [here ](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lelaSttssiLB2TLLKfvlYSOY8cKdQ27A/view?usp=sharing)for a video walking you through the process of submitting an expense. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://accountable.gitbook.io/about/features/paying-money-out-of-your-page.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.