Guide To The APA Travel Expense Report for New Century Scholars
NCS Reimbursement Policy
- Scholars are responsible for tracking and submitting their own receipts.
- Charges must be entered into the expense report in chronological order.
- Per APA accounting policies it must be an itemized receipt. We cannot accept non-itemized receipts, bank statements, credit card statements or transaction records.
- Scholars have $75 (USD) per day for food. If total food costs for a day exceeds the limit you be reimbursed a flat rate of $75.
- Personal Expense Clause: any personal items purchased are considered non-reimbursable items and should not be included on this report.
- If any expense listed in the report does not have a corresponding receipt it will be removed from the reimbursement calculation.
- Failure to follow the instructions above will require the reimbursement form to be redone
Filling out the Report
- Per APA accounting policies it must be an itemized receipt. We cannot accept non-itemized receipts, bank statements, credit card statements or transaction records.
- If you do not have a copy of the itemized receipt, please contact the location. You can often receive a digital copy of the receipt.
- Enter your charges into the expense report in chronological order.
- Double check that there is a receipt for every charge listed on the Travel Expense Report.
- If any expense listed in the report does not have a corresponding receipt it will be removed from the reimbursement calculation.
- *New* All receipts for a day should to be combined into documents sorted by date.
- If the submitted request has the receipts out of order it will increase time it takes to process the reimbursement.
Resources for combining documents:
- Merge PDF online: Combine PDF files for free | Acrobat
- How to convert a picture to PDF on iPhone | Adobe Acrobat
- Combine files into a PDF on Mac - Apple Support
- How to Combine Photos on Android: 3 Free & Easy Ways
NCS Program Expense Form Upload (PAS 2025)
Please use to submit expense report and receipts from PAS 2025.