Electric car charging, expense type

[Bengt]

Electric car charging is not listed in expense types. We have been told to call it "Fuel".

Now there is one more problem.
Hotels often have electric car charging.
But when you itemize hotel bills, then neither charging nor fuel is available as expense type.
I called it parking, but there is already parking in this hotel bill, looking strange.

[cjmarimo]

Hello @Bengt ,

The recommended solution would be to create a new specific expense type: 

“EV Charging” / “Electric Car Charging”.
Expense types can be configured by your company’s Concur administrator:

This would solve both regular expenses and hotel itemizations (if the type is enabled there) and would avoid inconsistencies (such as duplicated parking).

Practical solution if you cannot change the configuration:
In addition to what you have done, always include an explanatory comment: “EV charging – hotel charging station”.
This helps with auditing, even if the category is not perfect.

✔️I hope this answers your question! ✔️

Best Regards,

CJ

[KevinD]

@Bengt also, since Fuel isn't an available expense type in hotel itemization, you could use Miscellaneous or Other if your company has those expense types. That's what I would have done, plus it is an easier solution than trying to track down your site admin and have them add a new expense type.