I HATE Expense Reports!
 

I can honestly say that without question that I hate expense reports. I am looking at over $9000 of my own right now.

I don't like doing them on a boat. I don't like doing them with a goat. I don't like doing in a box. I don't like doing them with a fox. I don't like doing them in a house, I don't like doing them with a mouse, I don't like doing them here or there. I don't like doing them anywhere. I don't like doing them oh Boss of mine! I don't like doing them anytime!

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Lube, I feel much better about your desk now. In my old job I used to subsidize my employer to the tune of thousands of dollars a year because they'd deny any expense report that was more than 30 days old. Now that I have my own firm I told my clients I was raising my rates to include all expenses and overhead and wouldn't bill them separately. It's like heaven.

Hey, some of those receipts have footprints on them...

Our company "rule" is two weeks. I'm out about 6 weeks right now. I think the tab is close to 5 large. Should be getting a call from that nice lady in accounting soon.

Let's see...root canal, expense reports....root canal, expense reports?

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Feel the same. Absolutely hate to do them!

Is that gal across the hall in the picture hot?

I do one for every trip, but no more than one a week. No way I can float more than that.

An old boss game me some great advice... take some paper and tape in your laptop bag so you can organize receipts while on the plane or waiting in the airport, we still have to fax/scan receipts. When I get home I spend 10-15 minutes entering the data since all receipts are ready to go.

I got a PDA to track my expenses when I'm on the road. I plug stuff in as it is incurred. When I get home, I sync my PDA and submit.

I just did one this morning. It is not too bad where I work, we have an internal tool that is linked with the Corp card, I just select what the expense is for and send in a paper reciept to the admin if over $75. Still not the most fun thing to do and one i often put off...

I remember the old days with excel and feel your pain...

I am bad about expenses. I submitted a report in Sept for 2 years. I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate doing expenses. A colossal abuse of a salesman's time is a regular expense report. Only call reports ranks lower on the scale. Or budget reports & forecasts.

Sales Managers Take Note - reports justify YOUR existence - not ours. Stuff it.

Ian

Am I the only one who hates getting reimbursed for the money I spend out of pocket?

I assume you are being facetious. I hate the process but not the cash . . .

Ian

+1 on hate

Wait until you pay to fill up the jet with your AmEx. Thats when waiting for the funds to come back is a bear...

But you have to love the check from Amex every February.

Ditto here with the corp card, way easier, but still a pain. I run as much as possible through the corp card. Especially when traveling overseas.

Boy you REALLY touched on a nerve with me right now... After four years of shopping for cheap air flights, best hotel deals, sleeping in airports because I checked out early to save money, going to the grocery store when I'm on the road instead of going to dinner...

My company hits me with this today. My most recent expense report is going to be held up because they AREN'T GOING TO PAY $10.86... The $10.86 in question is over the government rate for Spokane hotels (two nights - over $5.43 cents each night). So they aren't going to pay the whole expense report because they don't want to pay the $10.86. They are never going to pay the $10.86 and since it is on the report, the whole thing won't be paid. I have to redo the whole expense report, eat the $10.86, resubmit it and it moves to the back of the cue for payment - should get payment in 4 weeks instead of 3.

Bear in mind that on this trip I spent $13.08 for food for 3 days. Checked out of the hotel a day early, turned in the rental car and sat in the airport for 7 hours to save them money.

No more baby. No more. Go ahead and stiff an honest employee $10.86. The game is on. There are far more convenient and expensive ways for me to conduct my travel. :mad:

angela

I hate em too but use the mileage reimbursement $$ for repairs, maintanance and upgrades. At current gas prices the net is getting smaller:(

Wow, that totally blows. Silliness.