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Re:Uber Posts $5.2B Loss and Slowest Ever Growth Rate by nradov on Thursday August 08, 2019 @05:05PM (#20648752)
Uber and Lyft can now feed receipts directly into corporate expense reporting systems which is a major time saver for frequent business travelers.
Re:Uber Posts $5.2B Loss and Slowest Ever Growth Rate by Scoundreller on Thursday August 08, 2019 @05:23PM (#20648942)
There are some hospital EHRs that integrate too, so you can book your patients a ride to/from. If they get there late or don’t arrive, it’s a big cost.
Re:Uber Posts $5.2B Loss and Slowest Ever Growth Rate by inferiorhuman on Thursday August 08, 2019 @09:55PM (#20650704)
I found that if I used my corp card, transit stuff was automatically categorized just fine.
Re:Uber Posts $5.2B Loss and Slowest Ever Growth Rate by Scoundreller on Thursday August 08, 2019 @11:31PM (#20651126)
It’s getting your taxi driver to take your card in the first place that can be an issue. I guess they’re high risk merchants and pay high rates?

Then you may require the actual receipt for your expense. Sometimes the Corp wants more than a credit card invoice for their accounting.

Re:Uber Posts $5.2B Loss and Slowest Ever Growth Rate by inferiorhuman on Friday August 09, 2019 @01:16AM (#20651507)
It’s getting your taxi driver to take your card in the first place that can be an issue. I guess they’re high risk merchants and pay high rates?

The only place I've seen acceptance be a problem is San Francisco (although I've certainly heard it's a problem in other American cities). I can't speak to other cities but in San Francisco the cabbies are required to pay pretty hefty fees for credit card usage. But Uber and Lyft take a big chunk of the pie and leave no cash option so there's that.

I've been to a couple cities where credit cards were not accepted as a general rule (cabbies didn't even have the equipment). But in cities where I've used a card I've asked and generally been told they'd never do anything that ridiculous. Of course I typically have a strong preference for public transit so cab rides are the exception rather than the rule for me.

As for accounting, merchants already get a category assigned to them by their credit card processor. Generally there's enough specificity that something like a few cab rides shouldn't need much more clarification (although receipts may be required if you cross a threshold or exhibit some suspicious pattern).