Contents of the Employee Expenses Form

After you open an employee expenses transaction file, the fields that display in the header fields at the top of the form apply to the entire transaction. The grid fields represent individual transaction line items.

Fields

Field	Description
Employee	Enter the employee number, or click and use the Employee lookup to select an employee number.
Report Date	Enter the date for this expense report, or click the calendar icon and select the appropriate date from the calendar.
Report Name	Enter a descriptive name for the expense report.
Status	This field displays only if you selected the Enable transaction center approval check box on the Transaction Center Approvals tab in Configuration > Accounting > Company Settings, and you enabled the approval feature for employee expense transactions.
	This field displays the current status of the transaction file.
Approved By	This field displays only if you selected the Enable transaction center approval check box on the Transaction Center Approvals tab in Configuration > Accounting > Company Settings, and you enabled the approval feature for employee expense transactions. If the transaction file has been approved, then this field displays the employee who approved it.

Employee Expenses Grid Toolbar Options

Field	Description
Insert	Click this icon to insert a row into the employee expenses grid, and enter an expense item in the row.
Copy	To create a new expense item, you can select an existing expense item in the grid to copy, and then click this icon to copy the information in that row into a new row. Then you can edit the information in the new row as needed.
Delete	To delete an expense item from an expense report, select the row in the grid that you want to delete, and then click this icon.

Employee Expenses Grid Fields

Enter each employee expense item in a separate row in the grid.

Field	Description
Date	Enter the date for this transaction. Click the calendar icon to select the date from a calendar.
Description	Enter a description for the expense item.
Project	Perform one of the following actions to enter the project number: In this field, enter all or part of the project number. Vision searches for matching records in your database. If only one possible match is found, Vision enters the record. If more than one possible match is found, Vision displays a list of all possible matches. Select the project from the list. Click to display the lookup and select the project record.
Phase	Perform one of the following actions to enter the phase number: In this field, enter all or part of the phase number. Vision searches for matching records in your database. If only one possible match is found, Vision enters the record. If more than one possible match is found, Vision displays a list of all possible matches. Select the phase from the list. Click to display the lookup and select the phase record.
Task	Perform one of the following actions to enter the task number: In this field, enter all or part of the task number. Vision searches for matching records in your database. If only one possible match is found, Vision enters the record. If more than one possible match is found, Vision displays a list of all possible matches. Select the task from the list. Click to display the lookup and select the task record.
Account	Enter the general ledger account for the expense item. The project type and account number must be compatible. If the disbursement is for a regular project, enter a reimbursable or direct account. If the disbursement is for an overhead project, enter an indirect account. Perform one of the following actions to enter the account number in this field: In the Account field, enter all or part of the account number. Vision searches for matching records in your database. If only one possible match is found, Vision enters the record. If more than one possible match is found, Vision displays a list of all possible matches. Select the correct account from the list. Click to display the lookup and select the account record. If a default tax code has been entered on the Tax Auditing tab in Configuration, then the default tax code displays in this field. You can modify the code. If you are using an expense category, a category-specific default tax code may automatically display in this field. You can modify a category-specific default tax code only if your system administrator has selected the Tax Code Editable option on the Expense Report Categories form in Expense Report Configuration. If you are using the Multicurrency feature and a currency has been specified for this account (on the General tab of the Accounts Info Center), the account is a foreign denominated account. All transactions affecting a foreign denominated account must be in the same currency.
Currency Code	If you use the Multicurrency feature, this field prefills with the transaction currency that you selected on the New File dialog box when you created the transaction file. Click in this field to display a drop-down icon, and select a different currency from the drop-down list. For example, if an employee submitted an expense report following a trip, you might enter USD, EUR, and CAD as currencies for various line items. This makes it easier for you to match source documents, such as hotel receipts, to the charges on the expense report.
Amount	Enter the amount for the expense item. This amount prefills in the Payment Amount field in the grid. If you use the Tax Auditing feature (the Enable Tax Auditing Feature check box is selected on the Tax Auditing tab in Configuration > Accounting > Company Settings), the following fields in this grid prefill with calculated amounts after you enter an amount in the Amount field: Total Tax Amount Net Amount Net Amount = Amount – Total Tax Amount If you change the amount in the Net Amount field, the amount in the Amount field is recalculated automatically.
Total Tax Amount	This field displays only if the Enable Tax Auditing Feature check box is selected on the Tax Auditing tab in Configuration > Accounting > Company Settings. This field prefills with the calculated tax amount for an employee expense item after you enter an amount in the Amount field. The calculation is based on the amount in the Amount field and the default tax codes that were entered on the New File dialog box. (This dialog box displayed when you entered a new transaction file for the employee expense transaction entry.) The amount in the Total Tax Amount field is used to calculate the amount in the Net Amount field. If you change the amount in the Net Amount field, the total tax amount is recalculated automatically. The tax amount that is automatically calculated, or the 0.00 that displays in this field if no tax codes are entered, is a blue underlined hyperlink. Click the hyperlink to open the Tax Codes dialog box where you can change the tax codes to recalculate the taxes. Or, you can directly change the tax amounts. If you change the tax amount in the Total Tax Amount field, the amount in the Net Amount field is recalculated automatically.
Originating Vendor	This field displays only if you selected the Enable Originating Vendor for Employee Expenses and AP Vouchers check box on the Tax Auditing tab in Configuration > Accounting > Company Settings. Entry in this field is optional. Click in this field to display and then click this icon to open the Vendor Lookup. Select the vendor from whom the expense item was originally purchased. For example, an employee may have paid for a hotel room and a plane ticket. You can associate the expense items with the specific hotel and airlines vendor. You can select active or inactive vendors, but not dormant vendors. If you use the Multicompany feature, you can select only vendors who are approved for use for processing for the active company. (The Approved for use in processing company xx setting is on the Accounting tab in the Vendor Info Center.)
Net Amount	This field displays only if the Enable Tax Auditing Feature check box is selected on the Tax Auditing tab in Configuration > Accounting > Company Settings. This field prefills with the amount in the Amount field less the amount in the Total Tax Amount field (Amount – Total Tax Amount). If you change the amount in the Amount field or the Total Tax Amount field, the amount in the Net Amount field is recalculated automatically.
Exchange Override Rate	If you use the Multicurrency feature, you can use this field to override the exchange rate for a single line item. Vision stores each transaction amount that you enter in the currency that you selected on the New File dialog box. Vision also stores the amount in the functional currency of the company that owns (via organization structure) the project, phase, or task charged for the transaction. If the transaction currency and functional currency differ, Vision uses the daily exchange rates that you establish in Configuration to calculate the amount in the functional currency. Usually, a transaction is recorded using the exchange rate in effect on the date the transaction took place, unless you specify an override in this field.
Payment Amount	This field prefills with the amount from the Amount field. This is the amount to be paid. If you are using the Multicurrency feature, employee expenses are always paid in the functional currency of the employee's home company (specified via organization codes). If the payment currency is different from the transaction currency, this field shows the translated amount. You can also manually enter the payment amount in this field if there is no exchange rate that would yield the exact payment amount for the expense.
Payment Exchange Rate	If you are using the Multicurrency feature, employee expenses are always paid in the functional currency of the employee's home company (specified via organization codes). If the payment currency is different from the transaction currency, you can use this field to override the rate used for a single line item.
Suppress Bill	Select this check box to suppress billing on an expense. The amount on each detail line is costed to the general ledger only (and does not become a billable transaction). If you select this option, then the expense does not flow through to the Billing application.

Display Fields

The fields below the employee expenses grid display information from the grid row that you currently have selected. The fields are: Project, Phase, Task, Client, Account, Originating Vendor (if you selected the Enable Originating Vendor for Employee Expenses and AP Vouchers check box on the Tax Auditing tab in Configuration > Accounting > Company Settings), Currency (if you use the Multicurrency feature), Exchange Override (if you use the Multicurrency feature), Amount Advanced, and Total Due.

Field	Description
Amount Advanced	Enter the amount of money that your company gave to the employee in advance of incurring the expenses. If you are using the Multicurrency feature, employee expenses are paid in the functional currency of the employee's home company (specified via organization codes).
Total Due	This field displays the total monetary amount that the firm owes the employee for the expenses included on the expense report. This amount is calculated by adding all the expense items on the expense report and then subtracting the amount of any advances and/or company paid items. If the advanced amount exceeds the total expenses amount, the total due will be a negative amount. The total amount of all the expense items in the employee expenses grid is displayed on the Totals bar below the Payment Amount column in the grid. If you are using the Multicurrency feature, employee expenses are paid in the functional currency of the employee's home company (specified via organization codes).