Why Expense Reporting at U.S. Companies Is Still A Mess
Photo Credit: Nearly two-thirds of U.S. companies don't use some kind of web-based system for travel expense reporting. American Express
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Cost may be an inhibitor, but it still stands to reason that companies doing expense reporting manually aren't doing themselves any favors.
Business travelers don't view filing reports for expense reimbursement as an enjoyable process, so much so that more than one-third of U.S. finance professionals aren't submitting their reports on-time.
Adding more bad news, 20% of expense reports submitted by employees are in violations of their companies' travel expense policies, such as submitting expenses for personal doctors appointments and bottle services.
Certify, an expense solutions provider, found these results and more from its annual survey for which it polled 434 U.S.-based finance professionals from the same number of companies about their travel expenses reporting processes and habi
