No. An expenditure does not establish what the successor or transferee actually does.
Connect the budget to responsibilities
Show the genuine operating model and separate staffing costs from government charges and professional review. The amount spent does not itself prove managerial capacity.
Preparation of the amendment, the applicable filing charges taken from the current USCIS fee schedule, and corporate legal work to establish what the transaction did to the qualifying relationship. Companies budget the petition fee and forget the evidence: translations, corporate-record retrieval, premises costs that must exist before filing, and the extension petition a year later. On the employer side, remember that this is a business cost of opening or staffing an American operation, and it is normal to ask the owners to confirm who is paying for what before the work begins. Eligibility also needs the transferee’s continuous qualifying year abroad during the previous three years and primarily managerial or executive US duties. Confirm current employer-specific filing charges and the scope of assistance rather than treating a personnel budget as a payment for approval.