The expense categories page in the 'Business payroll' settings section is used to define the various employee claim categories used by your business.

Add an expense category

On the payroll dashboard, select the 'Expense categories' option on the Pay Run Settings tab.

1. Click on the "Add"button to the top right-hand side
2. Enter the name of the expense category
3. Enter an External Id for the expense category, if required. If an external ID is used that has been used before, you won't be able to save it if the 'unique external Id' setting is switched on. This setting is located on the Payroll Settings > Advanced Settings page. See here for more information. 
4. Enter the General Ledger Mapping code
5. Enter the Tax Code - to cater for sales taxes that may be applied to claims. You’ll be able to manually type in the account code and tax rate to be included with your journal export.
6. Enter the Tax Rate
7. When you're happy with the details, click on the "Save" button
   
   

Note: When adding new expense categories, you cannot have multiple entries with the same tax code and different tax rates. This has been done to avoid issues with the incorrect rate being applied.

Edit an expense category

To edit an expense category, click on the name of the category you want to edit. This will expand the details of that category for editing. Make the necessary changes and click Save when you're done.

Delete expense category

You are also able to delete expense categories from this screen by hovering your mouse over the category that you want to delete and clicking on the red-circled cross that appears. Note that you cannot delete expense categories that are in use. 

Restoring an expense category

You are able to restore an expense category by going to Payroll settings > Restore deleted items, and selecting 'Expense category' from the drop-down box. A list of all deleted expense categories will appear and you can click the 'Restore' option against the expense category that you are wanting to reinstate.