Entering expense reports in the browser
Before you begin
To enter a new expense report
- Click
> Manage
> Expense Reports.
- On the My
Expenses tab, click New.
- In the Expense Report beginning date field to enter a date or select a date on the calendar.
- In the Expense Report ending date field to enter a date or select a date on the calendar.
Ajera uses the ending date as the date of the vendor invoice that it produces from this expense report.
- Click Done.
Your name will appear in the Employee field.
- In the Description field, type a short description
of the expenses on this report.
- Use the Notes field to enter a more lengthy description.
- Review the report dates in the Begin Date and End Date fields to be sure they are correct, and change them as needed.
- In the Advance field, enter the amount you received as an advance payment for the expenses you are reporting on this expense report.
Ajera uses the expense report ending date as the date of the advance transaction on the vendor invoice.
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Your company issues you an employee advance of $500 for a weeklong conference. On your expense report, you enter the portion of the $500 advance spent that day.
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- Complete one row of the
table for each expense you want to enter:
Date
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Enter the date of the expense.
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Project
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If the expense is associated with a project, enter that project. Do
not enter a project if this is a personal expense.
If My Company and My Departments filters are on, the project list will only contain projects for the employees company or department.
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Phase
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If you enter a project, enter the phase.
Do not enter a phase if this is a personal expense.
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Expense Item
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Select the type of the expense.
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Payee
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Type the name of the recipient for the payment you made.
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Units
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If you are entering a unit expense, type the number of units.
For example, if you are entering an expense for gas mileage, you would
enter the number of miles you drove.
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Unit Rate
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If you entered a unit, Ajera enters the unit rate and amount for you,
based on the type of expense item you selected. You can change the rate,
if needed.
For example, if you are entering an expense for gas mileage, and your
company reimburses you for 48.5 cents a mile, you would enter that amount
here.
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Amount
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Enter the amount of the expense.
If you entered units, Ajera calculates the amount for you, which you
can change.
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Credit Card
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If you charged the expense on a company credit
card, select the credit card.
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If you want an employee to view or edit this column, select the Use expense reports check box on the Setup > Employees > Time & Expense Entry tab and select at least one credit card in the credit card fields. |
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Personal Expense
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Select this check box if this is a personal
expense and you charged it on a company credit card. Ajera then enters
the expense as a negative distribution on the vendor invoice for the expense
report.
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- Click
to add these optional columns
to the table, as needed:
Import |
If you are using credit card import, you can associate the expense report detail row with an imported credit card item.
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Notes
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Any notes entered by the employee submitting the expense report.
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Manager Notes
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Any notes entered by the manager approving or rejecting the expense report.
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Rejected
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The person who rejected the item.
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Reference
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Use this field to group and summarize similar
items on the credit card bank register. Enter any number on more than
one expense item for those items to be grouped together.
For example, on your credit card, you have separate
charges for the hotel room and for parking at the hotel. On your expense
report, you enter H100 as a reference number for both the room charges
expense item and the parking expense item.
If the expense is to be reimbursed on a vendor
invoice, this field is for reference only on the expense report.
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Attachments
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Any attachments
related to the item
You can click the attachments
icon in the table to add, change,
or open attachments.
The column displays if there are
no attachments, and if there are attachments.
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- To cancel a row, in the Actions column of the expense report row, click
> Cancel.
- To import credit card items, in the Actions column of the expense report row, click
> Import Credit Card List.
- Select individual items to add or click Select All to add credit card items to the expense report.
- Use the Import column in the Expense Report detail window to associate import items with an existing expense report row.
- Add attachments to the expense report detail row.
- To delete an expense report item that has not been approved, in the Actions column of the item row, click
> Delete.
- Temporarily sort expense report detail items.
- If you are ready to submit the expense report and want it to be processed (or approved, if your company requires approvals):
- For a single expense report, in the Actions column click
> Submit or click the Select check box and click Submit. - For multiple expense reports, check the Select check box for the expense reports you want to submit and click Submit.
Once you submit an expense report, you can no longer change it unless you unsubmit it.
You can only unsubmit an expense report if your company requires approvals.
- If you are not ready to submit the expense report, click
to save. You can open it later.
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