How do I deduct commute distance from mileage claims

It is standard practice not to claim back expenses for the commute between your home and office. Within Capture Expense, you can remove commute distance from any Mileage claims created. This is because the claims will automatically enter the travel from the home.

You can enter your journey details if your system is set up to prompt you upon your initial sign in. Or, unprompted, you can enter your journey details when necessary through your user settings, once you have signed into Capture Expense. Otherwise you will need to enter your journey details each time you create a business mileage claim.

Enter your journey details (if you are prompted when signing in).

1. Sign in to Capture Expense. You are prompted to enter your commute details in Preferences. 
2. Enter your home post code in the Default  journey location field.
3. Enter your work postcode in the Your place of work field.
4. Press Enter on your keyboard.
5. Click the Save button. The Commute distance is automatically calculated.

This puts the commute distance against your user account record, which allows you to continue to create an expense record.

Create the business mileage expense claim.

1. Click Expense in the side menu of your dashboard. The Add Expense page appears.
2. Select Business Mileage as the Category. The Business Mileage details with the company car and Journey Start automatically entered. The Commute deduction also appears 
   
3. Click the + button to add a way point.
4. Enter the destination's post code in the Journey End field. The Actual Distance deducts the home to work distance and displays the balance as the Quantity. Quantity x Rate equals the expense Amount.
   
5. Click the Save button. The Expense claim becomes a draft claim in Expenses. 

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