Travel Receipts & Expense Types
Know Your Transportation Expense Types
- Gas: Use for refueling rental and university vehicles. Receipts required for gas expenses over $50.
- Mileage: Use when driving a personal vehicle. Include starting and destination locations and number of miles driven. Rate as of January 2023: $0.655/mile
- Ground Transportation: Final car rental receipt required (not reservation)
- Airfare: Full updated itinerary and itemized flight fees showing method of payment required
- Miscellaneous: Overnight parking and baggage fees require receipts if over $50
Most expenses require a receipt. All receipts must show details of the item or service being paid for, date, and proof of payment.
Which receipts do I keep?
Original receipts are required for reimbursement of:
- meals claimed as "actual" amounts (requires itemization and proof of payment)
- lodging itemized, showing $0 balance
- rental cars showing paid, (For Enterprise Receipt please obtain an updated receipt here)
- fuel expenses over $50 for rental or university vehicles
- miscellaneous expenses over $50
- airfare (full itinerary and payment must be showing on document. Boarding passes are not required.)
- registration fees
Receipts are not required for reimbursement of:
- privately owned vehicle mileage
- per diem meals
- transit and ferry fares
- bridge and road tolls
- taxi, Uber and Lyft fares
- day parking fees
If an original receipt is lost, please complete an Affidavit of Lost Receipt.