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title: What is Expenses Currency, Assign Expense Type and Expenses via Payroll for?
description: "## Compensation Tab Summary - Expenses Fields Once you open your employee's compensation tab you can define specific attributes for your employee's expenses, as follows: - Employees are reimbursed for expenses in their company currency. If someone is working abroad…"
url: "https://www.ibe.net/docs/what-is-expenses-currency-assign-expense-type-and-expenses-via-payroll-for/"
updated: "2026-01-05"
category: "HR & Time-Off / People Or HR Records"
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# What is Expenses Currency, Assign Expense Type and Expenses via Payroll for?

## Compensation Tab Summary - Expenses Fields

Once you open your employee's compensation tab you can define specific attributes for your employee's expenses, as follows:

- Employees are reimbursed for expenses in their company currency. If someone is working abroad and needs to be reimbursed in a different currency then select an Expense Reimbursement Currency here. If the employee is reimbursed in the company currency then leave expenses currency blank
- If you have [multiple expense claim types](https://ibe.document360.io/), for example directors or officers of the company having different approval workflows, then click on "Assign Claim Type" to associate a specific expense claim type for the employee. Work with your iBE Support Consultant to define new claim types and associated [approval workflows](https://ibe.document360.io/)
- If Expenses are reimbursed via payroll then check this box. [Pay calculation](https://ibe.document360.io/) and feeds of payroll data to your payroll system will automatically include unreimbursed expenses. Do not check this box if you reimburse expenses via a direct wire or separate check to payroll