Expenses

Expense Reporting

Expense Analysis

Go to Expenses > Reporting > Expense Analysis. Pivot with:

• Dimensions: Employee, Department, Category, Project, Date.
• Measures: Total Amount, Untaxed Amount, Number of Expenses, Taxes.
• Filters: Date Range, Status (Approved, Submitted, Paid), Payment Method.

Key Insights

• Department spending by category (which dept spends most on travel?).
• Expense trends over time.
• Top categories by total spend.
• Reimbursement turnaround time (submission to payment).

Policy Compliance Checks

Use the analysis view to spot patterns that suggest policy issues: expenses consistently just under an approval threshold, missing receipts on high-value items, or one employee's spend trending well above their department's average — these are the things a periodic review should catch, not just individual expense approval.

Best Practices

• Require receipts for all expenses over a set threshold (e.g. $25).
• Use expense categories that match your accounting chart of accounts.
• Set up a corporate credit card journal for automatic reconciliation.
• Review expense policy quarterly.
• Reconcile the Expense Analysis total against what Accounting actually posted for the period — differences usually mean some approved sheets were never posted to journal entries.

Expense Workflow

Submitting an Expense

1. Go to Expenses > My Expenses → Create.
2. Description – What was purchased.
3. Category – Select from configured expense categories (Travel, Meals, Supplies).
4. Total Amount – Enter with tax included or excluded (configurable).
5. Date – When the expense occurred.
6. Receipt – Upload image or PDF.
7. Paid By – Employee (to be reimbursed) or Company (corporate card).
8. Project/Task – If billable to a project.
9. Analytic Account – For cost allocation.
10. Click Save. Then click Submit to Manager.

Creating an Expense Sheet

Instead of submitting expenses individually, group them:

1. Go to My Expenses.
2. Select multiple expenses.
3. Click Action > Create Report.
4. The expense sheet is created with all selected expenses.
5. Submit the report for approval.

Approving Expenses

Managers see Expenses to Approve:

1. Review each expense and receipt.
2. Approve (individually or batch).
3. Refuse with a reason if needed.
4. Once approved, the expense flows to accounting.

Expense Policies

Go to Expenses > Configuration > Settings. Configure:

• Double Approval – Two-step (Manager + Accountant).
• Payment Method – Register Payment on Approval, Register in Batch.
• Receipt Required – Mandatory receipt upload.
• Tax Inclusion – How taxes are handled on expenses.

Expenses Without a Traditional Receipt

Mileage

For personal-vehicle business travel, create an expense with the Mileage product category: enter distance travelled instead of an amount, and Quickenerp calculates the reimbursement using a configured rate per mile/kilometre (set in Expenses > Configuration > Settings). No fuel receipt is needed since the reimbursement is distance-based, not cost-based.

Per Diem

For travel where the company pays a fixed daily allowance (covering meals/incidentals without individual receipts), configure a per diem product and rate per destination or employee grade. The employee logs the number of days rather than uploading receipts for every meal.

Setting Rates

Both mileage and per diem rates are configured centrally so every employee is reimbursed consistently, and so changing the rate (e.g. an annual mileage-rate update) doesn't require touching every employee's settings individually.