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Select Other for all other expense types such as Airfare, Gas, etc.

Other Expense Type:

1. Click on Expense to expand the menuExpand Expense by clicking on the plus sign.
2. Click on Expense Type.
3. Click the Add button in the Expense Type window. 
4. In the Format Type field, select Other.
5. In the ID field, enter on the Add button.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   1. ID*: Enter an ID for the Expense Type. The maximum length of this field is 20 characters
   .In the Expense Group field, select the expense type group to which this expense type will belong
   1. .
   In the Name field, enter
   1. Name*: Enter a name to identify the expense type. The maximum length of this field is 100 characters.
   In the Restrict Access field (optional), select Yes if this expense type will only be available on reports you assign it to or No if this
   1. Description: Enter text to further identify the expense type. This field is limited to 255 characters.
   2. Format Type*: Select Other
   3. Expense Group*: Select the expense group from the drop down associated with the expense type.
   4. Restrict Access: 
      1. Yes  - If the expense type will be restricted based on OBS or WBS assignment. This can pertain to a specific group or individual.
      2. No  - If the expense type will be available
   to
   1. 1. for all
   reportsIn the Reimbursable field:Select 
   1. 1. . 
7. In the Description field (optional), enter text to further identify the expense type. This field is limited to 255 characters.
8. In the Require Notes field, select Yes or No to require or not require notes for the expense.
9. In the Allow Modify Description field, select Yes or No to allow or not allow modification to the description.
10. 1. Require Notes*:
       1. No - Notes field on expense type is optional.
       2. Yes  - Notes field on expense type is required before the expense can be saved.
    2. Allow Modify Description*:
       1. No - If description field is not needed on the expense type.
       2. Yes  - If description field is needed on expense type and user is able to update the description text. This field is defaulted to the expense type name.
    3. Reimbursable*:
       1. Not Reimbursable to Employee - If the expense type should never be reimbursable, regardless of payment type.
       2. Depends on payment type (DOES NOT apply to Mileage/Fixed Rate) 
    if
    1. 1. - If the expense should be reimbursed based on whether or not the payment type used is reimbursable. This does not apply to a mileage/fixed rate expense type because there is no payment type tied to those line items.
    Select 
    1. 1. Reimbursable to Employee
     if
    1. 1.  - If the expense type should always be reimbursable, regardless of payment type (often used for mileage expense types).
11. Select Not Reimbursable to Employee if the expense type should never be reimbursable, regardless of payment type.
In the Breakout Type field,
12. Select General if using a fixed rate or other format.
Select Meals if
2. Breakout Type*:
   1. Meals-Breakfast - If you are creating a meals per diem expense type allowance for just Breakfast.
   2. Meals-Dinner - If you are creating a meals per diem expense type allowance for just Dinner.
   3. Meals - If using the Meals Per Diem Only format.
Select 
1. 1. Lodging
 if
1. 1.  - If using the Lodging Per Diem Only format.
   2. General - If using a fixed rate or other format.
Select 
1. 1. Meals-
Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner if
1. 1. Lunch - If you are creating a meals per diem expense type allowance for
each meal type
1. 1. just Lunch.
In the 
1. City
 field
1. *: (Note: Yes must be selected if: this is a per Diem expense type; if an expense policy rule will be created comparing this expense type to the rates in the per Diem tables; or if VAT taxes may apply to this expense type.):
   Select 
   1. 1. Yes
    if
   1. 1.  - If employees must select a city when entering this expense type.
   Select 
   1. 1. No
    if
   1. 1.  - If no city field will appear for selection when employees enter this expense type.
   The Currency field determines whether employees need
   1. Currency*: 
      1. Yes - If user needs to specify a currency with the amount provided.
   If the currency field is disabled, the default employee currency will be used. If the currency field is enabled, users have to select a currency. Also, an exchange rate field will appear.
2. The Personal field determines whether employees can enter a specific amount of the transaction that is non-business related and thus would be non-reimbursable.
3. In the Track Attendee field,
   • If Required All fields is selected, Select Enable Attendee Group to allow a group of attendees, with a count of group members, to be entered in attendee list.
   Select Disabled if employees are never In the Itemize Charge (Only for Credit Card) field:
   
4. Select Disabled if the expense type is not used with credit card payment types.
5. Select Required if the expense type should always be itemized to at least one expense type when using a credit card payment type.
Select Optional if
1. 1. An exchange rate field will appear if currenty is different than users home currency. This is determined on the employee profile.
   2. No - User will not have the option to select a currency and will default to the employee's home currency.
2. Personal*:
   1. Yes - If users are able to specify a portion of the business expense as non-reimbursable. This may be useful in the case a user makes a transaction on a business paid card and a portion of it should not be reimbursable. 
   2. No - If users are not able to specific a portion of the business expense as non-reimbursable. 
3. Track Attendee*:
   1. Required All Fields - If user is required to enter all fields related to the attendee.
   2. Disabled - If employees do not need to list attendees for this expense type.
6. Select Required if in all cases employees are required to enter attendee names for this expense type.
7. Select Optional for the List Attendees field to appear when the employee enters expenses for this type, but entering attendee names is optional.
8. In the Attendee Enable Amount field, select Disabled if you do not want it to be required to distribute the amount evenly, select Required for the amount to be distributed evenly before moving on to the next page or select Optional. 
   
9. 1. 1. Required Attendee and Company - If user is required to enter the attendee and company name.
      2. Required Attendee Only - If user is only required to enter in the attendee name.
      3. Required Attendee, Title, and Company - If user is required to enter the attendee name, title, and company name.
      4. Optional - Attendees field will be avaiable for user to input information but will be optional.
   2. Attendee Enable Amount*:
      1. Disabled - Tracking of amounts by attendee is not available.
      2. Required - If tracking amounts by attendee are required.
      3. Optional - If tracking amounts by attendee is optional.
   3. Itemize Charge*:
      1. Disabled - If the expense type does not need to be itemized.
      2. Required - If the expense type should always be itemized.
         1. For out of pocket expenses, users will only see this expense type when they use Itemize Out-of-Pocket option. 
         2. For credit card expenses, users will only see this expense type when they click on Itemize on the transaction menu.
      3. Optional - If the expense type can be itemized, but it is not required
   , when using a credit card payment type
   1. 1. .
   The 
   1. Tip
    field
   1. *: Field determines whether employees can specify the portion of a transaction that was recorded as a tip/gratuity.
   Select Yes or No.The Attachment field
   1. 1. No - A field will not be available for users to enter a tip amount.
      2. Yes - A field will appear for this expense type for employees to enter a tip amount.
   2. Attachments*:Field determines whether or not attachments (such as receipts) can be associated with this expense type.
      1. No  - If attachments are not allowed on expense type line.
      2. Yes - If attachements are allowed on expense type line.
   In the 
   1. Tax 1 Code
    field
   1.  (
   and 
   1. and Tax 2 Code
    field
   1. field)
   , indicate
   1. : Indicate whether a tax field will be present for this expense type (set up
   in In the Grid Grouping field, enter
   1. in Taxes)
10. In the Original Compute Tax field, select Yes or No.

11. 1. Optional Compute Tax*: Allows users to indiciate if tax should be auto calculated or manually entered. This is dependant on Tax 1 Code and or Tax 2 Code field to be selected. If auto compute is expected, a rate will need to be set up in the Tax Rate set up.

       1. No  - If users do not have the option to chose how the taxes would be computed.
       2. Yes - If users have the option to have application auto compute the taxes based on the business amount if the Tax set up is completed, or users have the option to manually type in the tax amount.
          1. With this option the users will see the "Tax Included" box that will be checked by default. If this box is left checked, the amount put into the business field will business amount + tax and the application will split it out based on the tax set up.

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          2. If the "Tax Included" box is unchecked then the tax(es) will be autocompueted based on the business amount and the tax set up.

          3. Users can uncheck the "Auto Compute Tax" Field to enter in the tax(es) manually.Image Added

             
             

    2. Grid Grouping - Enter a name that will be used as the heading for this expense type when users enter expenses using the Grid Entry view.Image Added
    The 
    1. Recurring Charge
    option is to be used if
    1. *:  
       1. Yes - If you want to enable date range copy of the same charge, for example; hotel room for 5 nights.
    In the Online Help field (optional), type in a website to connect to
    1. 1. No - If a date range for the expense is not available.
    2. Template Expense Type: This is used for OCR matching. If the receipt can be scanned and recognized as the category selected in this field, it will select the expense type. 
    3. Online Help - connect a website to the application through the help button at the bottom of the
    page in the application
    1. screen.
     
    In the 
    1. Expense EXPRESS
    Icon field (optional), select an icon to show for your expense type.Save.
    1. - Select the icon that will be displayed on Expense Express menu.
12. Click Save to save this Expense Type.

* Indicates a required field