"Clank" wrote in message
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On 24.10.2017 4:59 PM, Roland Perry wrote:


As a much travelled businessman (in general terms) I can assure you that
the lack of a paper receipt/ticket to attach to my expenses claim is a
huge disadvantage.

Other systems solve this problem easily, as you've been told before. NS's
system for Chipkaart produces a very nice online expenses claim receipt
(which is specifically valid for Dutch tax purposes in the case of
nominal/registered cards,) which is far more convenient than toting around
bits of paper - the same can be done for contactless cards.

I understand you can register your favourite card with TfL for this very
purpose, but I haven't had to claim for travel in London yet. Since I live
outside London I would probably buy a paper ticket and claim against that.

For NS I just claim for the top-up - I'm liable for Dutch tax, but it's all
handled by my employer via a UK/Dutch tax equalisation process that doesn't
seem to take account of expenses. So I topped up my Chipkaart with around
EUR 120 yesterday morning, scanned the (paper) receipt into the expenses
system this morning, and it was approved this afternoon - this is (mostly)
for journys I havn't made yet. If I forget to get a receipt I can evidence
the purchase via the Chipkaart website, but I still claim against the top-up
purchase rather than individual journeys.

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DAS