Tracking Expenses
Asking for expense reimbursements can be awkward. Writer Stacey Lastoe addresses some of these tricky situations.
Unless you understand how your company’s numbers come about, you’re not truly a fully educated employee.
Crumpled receipts, overindulgent choices, ill-defined budgets … an expense policy needs to accommodate the realities of what happens when staff starts spending.
It may not be realistic to completely put an end to money arguments once and for all. But there are strategies to help you have better conversations about money.
It can be hard to sacrifice things you usually spend money on, but it can also be fun to cut back and watch the savings accumulate. Here are eight ways to save.
What should you do if you think your bosses are overdoing it with their spending?
Several mobile apps claim to track miles you’ve driven. Some are very good, and others lack ease of use. After testing multiple apps for this, we found MileIQ.
The cost of the technology you use could add up to a serious chunk of change without you realizing it. Jordan Amin, former head of the National CPA Financial Literacy Commission, suggests keeping a close eye on these areas of technology spending.
Many office professionals take money out of their own pockets to pay for work-related expenses. Is this really something employees should be expected to do?
If planning and managing travel are part of your job, you probably also deal with people who try to go rogue and plan travel outside the bounds of company policy. Travel Market Report’s Fred Gebhart has four tips to help avoid out-of-policy travel.
Try taking some valuable career lessons from “Mad Men” … Change a typo in that PDF … Find the power in refusing to say “I’m sorry” … Use prepaid cards to keep tabs on employee spending.
Did you know that the Intuit App Center has apps for QuickBooks? Inc.com contributor Christina DesMarais recommends five of the best.
When times get tough, employers may need to dial back some of the extras. But how do you decide what to cut first—and what should be the last resort? Tip: When other perks are cut, keeping a good pot of coffee in the lunchroom is a way of letting employees know that things aren’t hopeless.
