Select Fixed/Mileage Rate if you are creating an expense based on a specific rate.
For these types of expenses, a user simply enters a total number of units (such as miles or number of copies) and the total amount is calculated based on a rate per unit.
Fixed/Mileage Rate Expense Type:
- Expand Expense by clicking on the plus sign.
- Click Expense Type
- Click on the Add button.
- Fill in the following fields:
- ID*: Enter an ID for the Expense Type. The maximum length of this field is 20 characters.
- Name*: Enter a name to identify the expense type. The maximum length of this field is 100 characters.
- Description: Enter text to further identify the expense type. This field is limited to 255 characters.
- Format Type*: Select Fixed/Mileage Rate.
- Expense Group*: Select the expense group from the drop down associated with the expense type.
- Restrict Access:
- Yes - If the expense type will be restricted based on OBS or WBS assignment. This can pertain to a specific group or individual.
- No - If the expense type will be available for all.
- Require Notes*:
- No - Notes field on expense type is optional.
- Yes - Notes field on expense type is required before the expense can be saved.
- Allow Modify Description*:
- No - If description field is not needed on the expense type.
- 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.
- Reimbursable*:
- Not Reimbursable to Employee - If the expense type should never be reimbursable, regardless of payment type.
- Reimbursable to Employee - If the expense type should always be reimbursable, regardless of payment type (often used for mileage expense types).
- City*:
- Yes - If employees must select a city when entering this expense type.
- No - If no city field will appear for selection when employees enter this expense type.
- Personal*:
- 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.
- No - If users are not able to specific a portion of the business expense as non-reimbursable.
- Track Attendee*:
- Required All Fields - If user is required to enter all fields related to the attendee.
- Disabled - If employees do not need to list attendees for this expense type.
- Required Attendee and Company - If user is required to enter the attendee and company name.
- Required Attendee Only - If user is only required to enter in the attendee name.
- Required Attendee, Title, and Company - If user is required to enter the attendee name, title, and company name.
- Optional - Attendees field will be avaiable for user to input information but will be optional.
- Attendee Enable Amount*:
- Disabled - Tracking of amounts by attendee is not available.
- Required - If tracking amounts by attendee are required.
- Optional - If tracking amounts by attendee is optional.
- Tax 1 Code: Indicate whether a tax field will be present for this expense type (set up in Taxes)
- Attachments*: Field determines whether or not attachments (such as receipts) can be associated with this expense type.
- No - If attachments are not allowed on expense type line.
- Yes - If attachements are allowed on expense type line.
- Track Odometer*:
- No - If users are not required to enter in odometer reading for mileage reimbursement.
- Yes - If users are required to enter in their odometer reading for mileage reimbursement.
- Unit Label: Enter in a label for the Fixed/Mileage field.
- Unit Options*:
- Default Unit Amount equal 1 Only - If an expense will always be one fixed value. Example: User always gets $50 for cell phone reimbursement.
- Mileage/KM Options - User gets to chose between miles or km.
- Disabled - No option is available
- Enabled - Will show a field based on the name entered in Unit Label.
- Unit Rate Type*:
- Rate based on monthly number of units or miles - If rate changes based on a specific number per month.
- Rate not based on Threshold. - If rate is not based on a thresehold.
- Rate based on yearly number of units or miles.Year starts January - If the rate determination is reset every January.
- Rate based on yearly number of units or miles.Year starts April - If the rate determination is reset every April.
- 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.
- Recurring Charge*:
- Yes - If you want to enable date range copy of the same charge, for example; hotel room for 5 nights.
- No - If a date range for the expense is not available.
- Enable Commute Mileage*: If you would like for users commute mileage to be deducted from their mileage reimbursement. User must set up their commute mileage in their profile.
- 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.
- Online Help - connect a website to the application through the help button at the bottom of the screen.
- Expense EXPRESS - Select the icon that will be displayed on Expense Express menu.
- Click Save to save this Expense Type.
* Indicates a required field