Submit Expense Receipts for Approval

Submit an expense receipt or expense packet for approval.

Once expenses are submitted for approval, they can no longer be edited. For help modifying expense receipts before submitting them, see Edit an Expense Receipt.

The total for all items on the expense receipt must be in balance with the Total Amount on the receipt before you can submit the receipt for approval.
  1. To submit an expense receipt or expense packet:
    1. Select Employee Tools > Expenses.
    2. In the Receipts Pending Submission section, select the boxes for the items to submit.
    3. Select the Submit Selected For Approval button.

      The Submit Expense Report for Approval button is available only if the total for all expense items on the selected receipt is in balance with the total amount on the receipt. If you are submitting a receipt packet, all receipts in the packet must be in balance.

    4. In the Submit Expense Report for Approval pop-up window, enter a Description of Submission to label the expense packet that you are about to submit. For example, December Expenses.
      Note: If the Reviewer field is available, enter the name of the expense reviewer for routing, and select Add. If this field is not showing, expenses are routed based on the workflow that your Expense Admin has configured.
    5. Select Submit.

      You can view the status of your submitted expenses in the Expense Submission History section of the Submit Expense page. You can print (download) a report of any of the expense packets that you have submitted.

  2. To submit an individual expense receipt directly from the Edit Expense Receipt page:
    1. Select Employee Tools > Expenses.
    2. In the Receipts Pending Submission grid, open an existing receipt (select Editfor that receipt), or create and enter details for a new receipt. See Edit an Expense Receipt for details.
    3. On the Edit Expense Receipt page select the Submit button.
    1. Select Submit at the bottom of the window.

      The Submit button is available only if the total for all expense items is in balance with the total amount on the receipt. Depending on your portal setup, you may be required to select a reviewer before submitting an expense.

      The status of your submitted expense receipts displays in the Expense Submission History section of the Submit Expense page. You can select to print (download) a report of any of your submitted expense receipts.

After the expense is either fully approved or rejected, an email notification is sent to the employee who submitted the expense receipt or packet. If an expense was rejected, the employee can edit the rejected receipt and resubmit the expense or expense packet for approval. To view notes on rejected expenses, re-open the Submit Expense page. In the Receipts Pending Submission section, rejected expenses display with a red x icon in the Rejected column. Select this icon to view notes that explain why the expense was not approved.