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2014 wrote:They don't scrutinize these. Also just send the receipt in after you get a decision then you can't possibly worry about it mattering.
The firm should have sent you guidelines on what you can and can't get refunded for. Generally, parking, transportation (airfare, taxi, mileage if you drive), food, and hotels are included.jbagelboy wrote:wait are you serious you can expense food? what the fuck. why wouldn't CSO tell us this. I walked 15 min to a nearby deli this morning because I didn't want to pay $18 for eggs at the business hotel. tomorrow I'm expensing a nice ass breakfast.
also - if you can do food, can you do parking? I parked my rental car in a shady $5 lot because the hotel wanted $40 for valet. but if I could valet and expense...
shit man. shit.
http://www.nalp.org/uploads/2014TravelExpenseForm.pdfjbagelboy wrote:wait are you serious you can expense food? what the fuck. why wouldn't CSO tell us this. I walked 15 min to a nearby deli this morning because I didn't want to pay $18 for eggs at the business hotel. tomorrow I'm expensing a nice ass breakfast.
also - if you can do food, can you do parking? I parked my rental car in a shady $5 lot because the hotel wanted $40 for valet. but if I could valet and expense...
shit man. shit.
Yup, I've been doing this wrong. I already felt bad about the hotel/flight/car/lunches. but now this will be fun2014 wrote:http://www.nalp.org/uploads/2014TravelExpenseForm.pdfjbagelboy wrote:wait are you serious you can expense food? what the fuck. why wouldn't CSO tell us this. I walked 15 min to a nearby deli this morning because I didn't want to pay $18 for eggs at the business hotel. tomorrow I'm expensing a nice ass breakfast.
also - if you can do food, can you do parking? I parked my rental car in a shady $5 lot because the hotel wanted $40 for valet. but if I could valet and expense...
shit man. shit.
You can generally reimburse everything on there. Some firms will give you more guidance, some will give you less, but that form is safe. They will literally categorically approve basically anything within a huge margin of error. They are doing hundreds of these and the time it would take to kick it back to someone for spending 23 instead of 20 on breakfast because they ordered a latte instead of black coffee is pretty high. Way easier to just say yes.
They don't care, and if you think they care just submit the non-itemized.Anonymous User wrote:Thoughts on including a beer?
I wouldn't think that bar outings are reasonable, but that is just me. Dinners sure, but not basically getting drinks on the firms dime.monsterman wrote:sorry to bump such an old thread...but I'm finally sending my receipts in, and a couple of my nyc dinners/bar outings are like 60-70 dollars. is this a ridiculous thing to try and get at least partial reimbursement for? FWIW i didn't choose a nyc firm
I agree. My interviews that required travel had sent me a sheet defining "reasonable food expenses" as something like $20 for breakfast, $25 for lunch, and $45 for dinner. There were a couple of nights where I had a $60 dinner tab but like $15-20 of that was a couple of drinks. In those cases I just asked for the $45 limit back and crossed off the drinks from the itemized receipt. I did the same thing even if I wasn't really over the "reasonable" limit. I'm sure they wouldn't really check or care if you had one beer with dinner, but drinking on their tab felt like it was pushing it a little bit.Anonymous User wrote:I wouldn't think that bar outings are reasonable, but that is just me. Dinners sure, but not basically getting drinks on the firms dime.monsterman wrote:sorry to bump such an old thread...but I'm finally sending my receipts in, and a couple of my nyc dinners/bar outings are like 60-70 dollars. is this a ridiculous thing to try and get at least partial reimbursement for? FWIW i didn't choose a nyc firm