How do I register an allowance?

What is allowance?

When you travel for work, you might be entitled to an allowance. This meant for you to be able to pay for meals during your travel period. The amount of allowance is determined by the duration of your travel and the type of lodging you spent overnight (if your travel included multiple days).

What meals are covered?

All meals that you have paid for yourself that are not included in another bill you have expensed. This means that for the the following examples, you are not entitled to an allowance:

• Someone other than you paid for your meal. Think of a colleague, a customer or your manager.
• Your meal was part of a hotel bill that was either paid by you and expensed separately or paid by your employer directly.

How should I register meals?

Expense calculates the amount of meals you are entitled to based on the dates and times you have added for your travel. For each of these meals you can indicate if this:

• Was paid by you, included in your allowance.
• Was not paid by you, deducted from your allowance.

Why do I see three meals when traveling half a day?

Legislation states that whenever traveling for a certain period you are entitled to allowance divided over three meals. This gives you flexibility in indicating which meals should be deducted from your allowance.

Why is breakfast shown first while I started traveling in the afternoon?

Expense always show three meal options if you are entitled to it regardless of when your travel started. The order of which the meals are shown say nothing about when your travel started.