And now you can submit your expenses by text message!
Posted 29 November 2007 at 8:41AM by Martin Faux in Doing business online
Back in October I mentioned that we'd launched BT Web expenses, an online service that allows businesses to track employee expenses.
Well, one of the great features that I failed to mention is the ability to submit expense items as they are incurred, by sending short text messages.
So, if you or your employees spend a lot of their time out on the road, this feature could save the end-of-month scramble to compile trips and find receipts.
Here's how it works : You step out of a taxi and while waiting in reception for your meeting, you send a text message with the amount, the word Taxi and who you are visiting.
When you want to submit your expenses at the end of the month, you'll see a list that includes your taxi expense item and all others that you've texted that month. You can then add additional detail and drop those items into that month's claim.
No more wading through past diaries to see where you went and who you dined with.
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2. At November 29, 2007 10:00 AM, Bob HXC Holly wrote:
Taxi? my company would go nuts if i claimed the £1.20 for the bus!
3. At November 29, 2007 10:58 AM, Vincent Mcmahon wrote:
expense accounts encourage employees to take advantage. i recently had to dismiss Mr X from my company as he used company time and money to go to Glasgow to see McFly live in concert. cant believe he left a paper trail.
beware of expense accounts and the abuse they encourage
4. At November 29, 2007 11:39 AM, anjanesh wrote:
neat idea - simple and great !
5. At November 29, 2007 1:03 PM, Kurtis Angle wrote:
No I'd have to agree with Mr McMahon. Without physical reciepts as hard evidence what's to stop an employee bumping on a few extra pounds from his taxi fare or dinner?
6. At November 29, 2007 1:07 PM, Bob HXC Holly wrote:
wow Vincent, that is shocking.
what happened to handing your boss a reciept for something and doing it that way, then you know what was spent, where and what for.
at least it wasnt that Girls Aloud huh?
7. At November 29, 2007 3:32 PM, Jim Duggan wrote:
While i agree this is a nifty idea, im not sure it can justify the cost when i do employ someone specifically to deal with accounts and to do the super crazy things that are required in the financial world.
I would rather just give him the expense statements and let him figure it out just to see if he can work some tax back on it if possible ;)
If someone is abusing the expesne account then i will trust my accountant to notice these things as thats why i pay him.
I thought you owned the company Bob? Maybe you should implement some new policies just to wind up your business partner Cody.
8. At November 30, 2007 1:23 PM, Martin wrote:
Thank you for your comments everyone. We do not claim to enable businesses to stop fraudulent use of company expenses, but rather help businesses keep on top of tracking their company outgoings. By deploying an expense management system, you or your accountant can quickly identify the highest spenders and any abnormalities in company expenses, enabling you to manage your business better.
9. At November 30, 2007 2:52 PM, Carl Lotter wrote:
Ha ha ha.
BTs' responce is brilliant and everyone who had a negative bad thing to say about this product may have to eat their words. Well done Martin.
10. At December 1, 2007 2:36 PM, Jim Duggan wrote:
What martin said.
James "mr.meldrew" Lyon could do with reading it.
BT are giving you a system to use but its up to you to monitor the system for abuse (aka yourself or your accountant. Notice the word accountant. This is a professional who has no association with BT. So BT wont need to blog about it to tell you how to run your business.)
BT can only offer advice or in this case a system to help further your business.
In response to Carl, i did say i cant justify the cost but its a nice idea!
11. At December 1, 2007 2:57 PM, Papa Shango wrote:
Sounds good to me. Getting receipts from taxi drivers is just annoying.
P.S. Why do so many professional wrestlers post on this site anyway?
12. At December 4, 2007 1:47 PM, John Cena wrote:
A very simple concept this, and a good way to keep in track of employee's expences. In response to Papa Shango, we need a break from professional wrestling.
13. At December 6, 2007 11:52 AM, Barrie Duke wrote:
We have this facility in our IT management system!
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1. At November 29, 2007 9:20 AM, Kurtis Angle wrote: