|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Targa, Panamera Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 22,366
|
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! 
__________________
Michael D. Holloway https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Holloway https://5thorderindustry.com/ https://www.amazon.com/s?k=michael+d+holloway&crid=3AWD8RUVY3E2F&sprefix= michael+d+holloway%2Caps%2C136&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 |
||
05-19-2008, 12:50 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Posts: 7,713
|
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.
__________________
MRM 1994 Carrera |
||
|
05-19-2008, 01:01 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Hey, some of those receipts have footprints on them...
__________________
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule" - Mark Twain |
||
|
05-19-2008, 01:03 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
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?
__________________
1979 911 SC Silver 2002 996 race car 2005 Ford Excursion Last edited by TechnoViking; 05-19-2008 at 01:08 PM.. |
||
|
05-19-2008, 01:05 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Double post
__________________
1979 911 SC Silver 2002 996 race car 2005 Ford Excursion |
||
|
05-19-2008, 01:06 PM
|
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,960
|
Feel the same. Absolutely hate to do them!
__________________
2021 Subaru Legacy, 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins (the workhorse), 1992 Jaguar XJ S-3 V-12 VDP (one of only 100 examples made), 1969 Jaguar XJ (been in the family since new), 1985 911 Targa backdated to 1973 RS specs with a 3.6 shoehorned in the back, 1959 Austin Healey Sprite (former SCCA H-Prod), 1995 BMW R1100RSL, 1971 & '72 BMW R75/5 "Toaster," Ural Tourist w/sidecar, 1949 Aeronca Sedan / QB |
||
|
05-19-2008, 01:11 PM
|
|
|
Friend of Warren
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Lincoln, NE
Posts: 16,496
|
Is that gal across the hall in the picture hot?
__________________
Kurt V No more Porsches, but a revolving number of motorcycles. |
||
|
05-19-2008, 01:25 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: MD
Posts: 5,733
|
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. |
||
|
05-19-2008, 01:40 PM
|
|
|
Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
|
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.
__________________
Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle... 5 liters of VVT fury now -Chris "There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security." |
||
|
05-19-2008, 02:31 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Seattle--->ShangHai
Posts: 2,837
|
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...
__________________
88 Carrera Coupe Pelican Since 2002 All Zing, No Bling. ok, maybe a little bling. The Roach |
||
|
05-19-2008, 02:31 PM
|
|
|
Used Up User
|
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
__________________
'87 Carrera Cab ----- “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” A. Einstein ----- |
||
|
05-19-2008, 03:36 PM
|
|
|
Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
|
Am I the only one who hates getting reimbursed for the money I spend out of pocket?
__________________
Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle... 5 liters of VVT fury now -Chris "There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security." |
||
|
05-19-2008, 03:49 PM
|
|
|
|
Used Up User
|
Quote:
Ian
__________________
'87 Carrera Cab ----- “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” A. Einstein ----- |
||
|
05-19-2008, 03:53 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 6,522
|
+1 on hate
__________________
O2 In Sully We Believe |
||
|
05-19-2008, 04:26 PM
|
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,960
|
Quote:
__________________
2021 Subaru Legacy, 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins (the workhorse), 1992 Jaguar XJ S-3 V-12 VDP (one of only 100 examples made), 1969 Jaguar XJ (been in the family since new), 1985 911 Targa backdated to 1973 RS specs with a 3.6 shoehorned in the back, 1959 Austin Healey Sprite (former SCCA H-Prod), 1995 BMW R1100RSL, 1971 & '72 BMW R75/5 "Toaster," Ural Tourist w/sidecar, 1949 Aeronca Sedan / QB |
||
|
05-19-2008, 06:10 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: MD
Posts: 5,733
|
Quote:
|
||
|
05-19-2008, 06:16 PM
|
|
|
Detached Member
Join Date: May 2003
Location: southern California
Posts: 26,964
|
Quote:
__________________
Hugh |
||
|
05-19-2008, 06:18 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Usa
Posts: 5,573
|
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.  angela
__________________
Hello http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/1102514-we-lost-amazing-woman-yesterday.html Last edited by Laneco; 05-19-2008 at 06:30 PM.. |
||
|
05-19-2008, 06:27 PM
|
|
|
|
Throw it on the ground!
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 2,566
|
I hate em too but use the mileage reimbursement $$ for repairs, maintanance and upgrades. At current gas prices the net is getting smaller
__________________
Mark 1987 911 Coupe Granite Green Metallic My Cousin's Wife's Sister's Husband is a Lawyer. |
||
|
05-19-2008, 07:15 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Seattle--->ShangHai
Posts: 2,837
|
Quote:
Wow, that totally blows. Silliness.
__________________
88 Carrera Coupe Pelican Since 2002 All Zing, No Bling. ok, maybe a little bling. The Roach |
||
|
05-19-2008, 08:33 PM
|
|
1983 Porsche 911sc Cabriolet 3.0
2015 
1987 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet 3.2
