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Not every payment fits into a payroll cycle. Bonuses, reimbursements, consulting fees, and ad-hoc payments are sent as one-off payments from the Finance → Payments tab.

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When to Use a One-Off Payment

Contractor Payment

Paying a contractor outside their normal cycle, for an extra invoice or a quick engagement.

Freelance or Consulting Work

A one-off project or short-term consulting fee.

Reimbursement

Covering a business expense a worker paid out of pocket.

Bonus

A one-time discretionary or performance bonus.

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Sending a One-Off Payment

The payment wizard is four quick steps:
1

Recipient

Start from Finance → Payments and click Send payment. Search your team and pick a recipient. Their payout details pull in automatically. Off-cycle payments require an active contract: if you enter an email that isn’t attached to an active contract, the wizard prompts you to start a contract for that person first.
2

Amount

Enter the amount and currency. The wizard shows the estimated arrival amount for the recipient (including any FX conversion and fees) so there are no surprises.
3

Details

Pick a purpose for the payment (Contractor Payment, Freelance Work, Consulting, Reimbursement, Bonus, or Other) and add a reference note that appears on the worker’s receipt.
4

Summary

Review everything, then confirm. Shor queues the payment and debits your connected bank account.

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Processing Multiple Payments at Once

The payment wizard sends one payment at a time. When you need to move several payments together (end-of-month reimbursements, a batch of contractor invoices, quarterly bonuses) use the Payroll page (Talent → Payroll) instead. Select the rows you want, and Shor processes them as a single approved batch.

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Idempotency

If you retry a submission or the page refreshes mid-request, Shor prevents duplicates using idempotency keys on every payment. You won’t accidentally pay someone twice.

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Tracking One-Off Payments

One-off payments appear in:
  • Finance → Payments: the canonical list of everything sent
  • Finance → Transactions: every debit and credit recorded
  • The worker’s profile under Payments
  • The Payroll page, alongside scheduled payments
Each payment has a status (pending, processing, completed, failed, cancelled) and a receipt you can download.

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Next Steps

Milestones

For contractor milestone payments with an approval flow.

Reimbursements

Handling expense reimbursements properly.

Payroll

Process batches of payments at once.