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What is a per diem travel expense policy?

What is a per diem travel expense policy?

Learn the ins and outs of per diem travel expenses and how to simplify and automate per diem rates with Expensify 

Duplicate detection will make your expense reports even better

Duplicate detection will make your expense reports even better

Duplicate expenses are a pain for everyone, so we’re finally doing something about it.

[CEO Friday] Please Don’t Call Us “Cockroaches”

I won’t lie: it’s flattering and vindicating for the low-burn, efficient-growth strategies we’ve been championing for years to come into vogue. But “cockroach”?  Seriously?!

The simplest SQLite common table expression tutorial

The simplest SQLite common table expression tutorial

I've been trying to wrap my head around Common Table Expressions for a while, and all the tutorials I've read started out with "simple" examples that were way too advanced for me to follow. Here's my attempt to write a tutorial that starts as simple as possible.

Tracking distance? Now you can select a default category for mileage!

Tracking distance? Now you can select a default category for mileage!

Expensify covers a variety of reimbursable and non-reimbursable expense types. With mileage being such a common form of reimbursable expense, we’ve worked to improve the functionality in order to make it not only easier for the user, but for the admin and for accounting purposes as well. 

Check it out: Our shiny new automatic statement reporting feature is live!

Check it out: Our shiny new automatic statement reporting feature is live!

Howdy from Al and the Success Coaches! I want to take this time to share our newest feature, Automatic (yes, AUTOMATIC) Statement Reporting. Automatic Statement Reporting is a domain control feature that auto-creates and auto-populates a report with expenses for an assigned credit card in a given statement period.

Expense management with the most radical shorts company in the world: Chubbies

Expense management with the most radical shorts company in the world: Chubbies

What do you do when you love something so much and want to change the current industry standard?

You start a company (obviously).

For us, we had a vision to rid the world of expense reports that suck. For the guys at Chubbies Shorts, they envisioned an alternative, retro glam lifestyle from decades past. Two completely different businesses in every single way, but both ideas were born from a desire to change the status quo.

Expensify streamlining continues: Submitting reports on the free plan

Expensify streamlining continues: Submitting reports on the free plan

As we continue towards our major realtime expense reporting push, we are continuing to streamline the Expensify product. This started with simplifying our pricing structure and now involves changing the way report submission and approval works for those people using Expensify outside of an expense policy. 

Building the best expense report

Building the best expense report

This month marks the sixth anniversary of Expensify. In May 2008, David Barrett got the idea of a world where expenses reports don't have to suck. With this idea in mind he rallied the troops and founded Expensify, and for six years we've been experimenting with countless ideas on how to make expense reports not suck. 

Kilometre/time support: A long time (and distance) coming

Kilometre/time support: A long time (and distance) coming

Great news everybody! We've just released support for kilometres in mileage expenses (both web and mobile) as well as time tracking on the web interface.

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