{"id":30381,"date":"2010-06-15T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/?p=30381"},"modified":"2019-09-26T01:59:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T08:59:04","slug":"taking-care-of-business-expense-reimbursement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/taking-care-of-business-expense-reimbursement\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking care of business: Expense reimbursement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Most employees have to submit expense reports at some point \u2014 be it for out-of-town travel, client dinners, special events, or other expenses you incur due to your job responsibilities. Keeping track of these expenses is important, otherwise you’re losing money while on the job and probably not endearing yourself to your company’s finance department, which relies on accurate records and timely reports from employees.<\/p>\n

It seems straightforward enough to track your expenses, but I’ve personally known employees who have lost receipts and didn’t get reimbursed, failed to get reimbursed because they didn’t understand that an expense was reimbursable, or missed the deadline to turn in the paperwork. In all three cases, the employee paid for a company expense with their own money.<\/strong> Not good at all! The situation can easily be avoided with some basic steps to make sure company expenses don’t affect your bottom line.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Know the Policies<\/span><\/h2>\n

Request a copy of your company’s expense reimbursement policy, and make sure you understand the guidelines about the following:<\/p>\n