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Expense Reports are submitted in Bronco Hub after the employee travel takes place or after

What is an Expense Report?

When do I submit an Expense Report?

Who do I contact for support?

Policies and Resources

Expense Reports are processed to reimburse employees for travel and/or reimbursable non-travel expenses

occur

.

  • Submitted Expense Reports route through an approval workflow and must be fully approved before the request is processed. See approval workflow details below.

    • Employees must set-up direct deposit information

    in Bronco Hub

    to be reimbursed electronically.

    For details, see the Adding Direct Deposit Information for Expense Reports job aid. Please be aware that expense reimbursement direct deposit is not the same as setting up direct deposit for payroll. Each must be done separately. Visit this link for steps to set up payroll direct deposit.

  • A Travel Authorization (TA) must be submitted prior to travel related expenses that occur outside a 100-mile radius of the employee’s official work station. For more information, visit Employee Travel.

    • Expense Reports must be submitted within 60 days of the end date of travel or the date the expense is incurred. Expenses reported after this period are subject to tax withholding. Expense Reports submitted after 120 days after the end date of travel or the date the expense occurs will not be reimbursed

    .If you’re new to Expense Reports visit the Best Practices page for tips and information on required documentation/attachments needed for successful submission and processing

    .

    Email

    P2P_Reimbursements@boisestate.edu

    for support with employee reimbursement.
    Expense Report

    https://www.boisestate.edu/vpfa-p2p/contact-us/

    Job Aids

    1. Add, Update or Deactivate Bank Account for Expense Reimbursement Direct Deposit

    2. Delegate Expense Report creation authority Submissions (create a delegation rule to allow another employee to submit reimbursement requests on your behalf)

    3. Submit, Edit, Duplicate or Withdraw an Expense Report

    4. Follow up on the approval status or details View Approval Status or Details of an Expense Report

    Training Opportunities

    Self guided training: Introduction to Expense Reimbursement

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    Expense Report Approval Workflow Routing

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    Submitted Expense Reports route to:

    1. Employee being reimbursed (the employee is skipped if they are also the requester);

    2. Expense Report auditor review

    3. Line manager of the employee being reimbursed;

    4. Fund manager of the Department included in the “Charge to” field of the expense item(s).

    The request will route to additional approvers if the following conditions apply:

    1. PI if project funds are used;

    2. Department Head, Chair, or Director for amounts if the transaction is greater than $10,000 but less than $24,$9,999;Department

    3. Dean or AVP for amounts greater than $25,000 but less than $49,999;

    4. VP for amounts greater than $50,000.

    Expense Reports route to Payables for compliance review and processing after all department level approvals are complete.

    The employee is reimbursed once Payables has completed processing.

    Tip
    Run the Financial Transaction Approval Dashboard to see where an Expense Report is in the approval workflow

    1. Associate Vice President if the transaction is greater than $24,999;

    2. Vice President if the transaction is greater than $49,999.

    Tip

    Visit Approval Workflow Routing & Routing Changes to view your designated department approvers or learn more about the Bronco Hub Approval Workflow.

    Reporting on Expense Reports

    Expense Report Search Functionality
    Use the search functionality in the Expense Report module to view basic information about Expense Reports you have created and submitted in Bronco Hub. View details like name of the Expense Report requester, amount of the Expense Report and Expense Report approval status. Visit the Reviewing Expense Report Status job aid for more details

    Transaction Approval Dashboard

    Run the Transaction Approval Dashboard to view approval status information.

    (tick) Use this dashboard to see approval status, use the campus transaction dashboard to view details about the reimbursement.

    Expense Reports – Campus Transaction Dashboard

    Run the Expense Reports – Campus Transaction Dashboard to view detailed reimbursement details like related Expense Report requester, reimbursement amount, reimbursement status, date of reimbursement and funding segment string used to code the transaction.

    Confirm the accuracy of the funding segment string used for reimbursements. If an incorrect segment string was used to code an Expense Report, a Payables Correction must be submitted. Visit Financial Transaction Corrections for more information.Transaction Approval DashboardRemaining

    Run the Transaction Approval Dashboard to view approval status information for Expense Reports. This dashboard should be used to identify where transactions are currently at in the approval process or to review the approval history.

    Department Financial Summary Review
    Prior to approving financial transactions, the department funding source person is responsible for confirming the availability of funds.

    For transactions coded to an appropriated fund, run the

    Appropriated

    Budget Report. This report provides a summary of the remaining budget for appropriated funding sources.

  • For transactions coded to a local fund, run the Local Budget Variance Report. This report provides a summary of the budget and actual expenses for local funding sources.

    • Appropriated

    and Local Summary – BvA

    The Budget vs Actuals (BvA)

    Reports

    should be reviewed at least once per month to ensure accuracy of financial transaction reporting and proper budget management.

    Run the Appropriated and Local Summary – BvA to review encumbrances related to Expense Reports. Encumbrances are released after an Expense Report is submitted and approved. For more information about BvA Reporting, visit Financial Reporting.

    Links to related policies, tools and resources

    Additional Training Resource

    Expense Reimbursement Support

    Email P2P_Reimbursements@boisestate.edu for support with employee reimbursement and Expense Reports

    Sponsored Programs Budget v Actuals

    Use the basic search functionality to view information like dollar amounts and approval status.