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Expense categories

Follow the steps in this article to add or amend an expense category and to enter payroll codes for expenses.

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Written by Cristiana Ghinea
Updated over 3 months ago

Create a new expense category

  1. Go to Setup and click Settings.

  2. Go to Module Settings and select Expenses Settings.

  3. Click Category.

  4. Click Add Category.

  5. Enter the name of the category in the Description field, fill in all the details and enter the payroll code in the Pay Element Code field.

  6. Click Save.


Expense not exporting to Payroll

If an employee has submitted an expense claim and it has been approved but not exported to Payroll, it is possible that the expense category is missing a pay element code or has an incorrect one.

  1. Go to the employee's profile, in the Payroll tab.

  2. Click Expenses.

  3. Look at their Submitted Expenses and click on the one that hasn't exported correctly.

  4. Check the Category on the claim.

  5. Go to Setup and click Settings.

  6. Click Module Settings, then Expenses Settings.

  7. Click Category.

  8. Select the category of the claim that hasn't exported correctly.

  9. Check the code in the Pay Element Code field and make sure this is correct, then Save.

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