[ff-all] Navan / Settlement of travel expenses

Andrea Kather andrea.kather at fiware.org
Wed Nov 15 19:00:18 CET 2023


Dear all,

thank you for all your feedback on Navan so far !  There is very positive
feedback from the team, but of course some things are not yet working as
they should, also because FIWARE has special requirements due to the funded
projects audits in which numerous proofs for business trips are required.

Joschua from Navan is currently in the process of passing on the issues we
have experienced to his account management team as they are more aware of
the challenges you have faced and the issues that have arisen with some of
your bookings and can ideally resolve them for and with us soon. As soon as
this handover has taken place, we will have another call to clarify
specific questions.

Nevertheless, please continue to book and settle everything directly
related to a business trip (transportation costs, accommodation, hotel tax,
sometimes also parking or toll costs, a SIM card in case that it was
approved before and needed onsite) only via Navan. Please remember to
request your physical Navan credit card so that it can be used for local
transport.If you have any problems, please contact the Navan support
<https://app.navan.com/app/helpcenter/home/travel/myself> first or let me
know to try to solve things quickly, if there is no other way.

*Settlement of travel expenses in Navan*

Daily Allowance
Navan reimburses the daily allowance to your personal bank account  -
please set up your profiles accordingly.
The calculation of the daily allowance (the amounts are determined by the
German government for each country) works in the same way as before, you
can add start and end of journey as well as the times in "Navan expenses >
transactions > add transaction > per diem". (Start time of travel => when
you closed the door at home to travel, arrival time => when you opened the
door at home after a business trip.)

[image: Navan per diem calculation.png]

Please remember to always add a screenshot to your travel expense report
showing that travelling earlier than necessary for the job or leaving later
was not more expensive than travelling on the dates you actually had to be
on site for the job, if you plan to spend some more days for leisure. This
justification is required by the accounting department.
If the trips are linked to a funded project, please also remember to always
add proof of personal attendance such as your event badge, the invitation,
meeting minutes, etc., and the boarding passes.

Meals that were covered by FIWARE, a partner or else you need to subtract
from the daily allowance, i.e. the breakfasts at the hotel, lunches and
catering (if provided onsite), a working dinner your team lead advanced for
FIWARE, etc.. (According to our accounting department, already a provided
sandwich counts as a meal and should therefore be deducted as a meal
provided (strictly speaking).)


As there were questions about the booth party at the SCEWC in Barcelona,
this meal doesn't have to be deducted from the colleagues who were doing
the registration and stand cleaning during the party, as there was simply
no opportunity to have tapas (confirmed by Ulrich).

Thank you very much !

Kind regards
Andrea


Andrea Kather

<https://www.fiware.org>

Assistant to the BoO

Phone: +49 174 788 35 65

Email: andrea.kather at fiware.org

www.fiware.org

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