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Create an out of pocket mileage log

Learn how to create a mileage log if you pay for your company car fuel personally and get reimbursed for your mileage.

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The out of pocket mileage log is for users who have a company vehicle and are reimbursed for the fuel.

How to create an out of pocket mileage log

To create an out of pocket mileage log, follow the steps below:

1. Go to My Expenses > Overview or Draft.

2. Click Add Expense and select Mileage Log from the drop-down options.

Note: If you have access to creating both company car expenses and personal car expenses, your options will be different and you'll need to select Company Car.

3. On the Details tab, complete the expense details.

  • Expense Date and Description - By default, the date and the description will be populated for you. You can amend these to reflect your preferred date and description.

  • Vehicle - Your vehicle will have been created for you by your Account Administrator (unless they give you permission to do this yourself, in which case you can add your vehicle from the My Expenses area).

  • Choose a Receipt - You can attach fuel receipts to your claim by clicking Choose a Receipt. You can either upload a new receipt from your device, or select an existing receipt.

Note: You may also need to complete other fields such as Category and Department if your account settings require you to do so.

4. On the Journeys tab, complete your business journey details.

  • Date - By default, the date will be today's date but you can change it.

  • Description - Enter a description for your business journey.

  • From and To - Enter the from and to locations for your journeys. You can enter locations or you may want to add in postcodes instead (especially if this is part of your company's policy).

  • Miles - Check the number of miles calculated reflects the miles travelled for your business journey. ExpenseIn uses Google Maps to calculate the distance for you. This can be changed by manually amending the distance.

Note: You have the option to duplicate the journey and do a return journey by clicking the icons to the right-hand side of the journey.

You can add more journeys to your log by clicking Add New Journey.

5. Click Create.

The mileage log will then reside in Draft under the Expenses section where you can add more journeys to it until you submit it.

How to add more journeys to an out of pocket mileage log

To add more journeys to your out of pocket mileage log, follow the steps below:

1. Locate the expense in the Draft section of your My Expenses area.

2. Click the Edit icon; or click the three dots on the expense line, then click Edit.

3. In the Journeys tab, add your extra business journeys.

4. Once you've finished, click Update.

The system will use the mileage that you have incurred and the fuel rate assigned to your vehicle to work out the reimbursable amount.

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