---
title: "Create an expense for the authenticated employee"
method: POST
path: "/v1/employee/expenses"
tags: ["Expenses"]
---

# Create an expense for the authenticated employee

`POST /v1/employee/expenses`

Creates a new expense record for the current employee.

## Scopes

| Category | Read only Scope | Write only Scope (read access implicit) |
|---|---|---|
| Manage expenses (`employment_payments`) | - | Manage expenses (`expense:write`) |

## Request body

- ParamsToCreateEmployeeExpense — Params for creating an expense as the authenticated employee. The employment is implied by the access token, so `employment_id` is not accepted. `reviewer_id` and `reviewed_at` are also omitted — they only apply to manager-created expenses. Category selection mirrors the company endpoint: use either `category` (legacy enum, deprecated but supported) or `expense_category_slug` (recommended). When both are provided, `expense_category_slug` wins.
  - `amount` integer, required — The expense amount in the specified currency, in cents.
  - `category` 'car_rental' | 'coworking_office' | 'education_training' | 'entertainment' | 'flight' | 'fuel' | 'gifts' | 'insurance' | 'lodging' | 'meals' | 'other' | 'parking_toll' | 'subscription' | 'tech_equipment' | 'telecommunication' | 'transport' | 'utilities' | 'vaccination_testing' | 'visa' | 'wellness' | 'coworking' | 'home_office' | 'phone_utilities' | 'travel', nullable — Categories allowed for an expense (legacy, deprecated).<br/> Note: `coworking`, `home_office`, `phone_utilities`, `travel` are deprecated and will be removed in the future.
  - `currency` string, required — The three-letter code for the expense currency.<br/> Examples: `"USD"`, `"EUR"`, `"CAD"`
  - `expense_category_slug` string, nullable — Slug of the expense category from the hierarchical categories system (recommended). Takes precedence over legacy category field.
  - `expense_date` string, required — Date of the purchase, which must be in the past
  - `receipt` Base64File — All the params needed upload a base64 file.
    - `content` string, binary, required — The content in base64 encoding.
    - `name` string, required — The file name.
  - `receipts` Base64File[]
    - `content` string, binary, required — The content in base64 encoding.
    - `name` string, required — The file name.
  - `tax_amount` integer — The tax portion of the expense amount, in cents. Use 0 if no tax applies.
  - `timezone` string — [TZ identifier](https://www.iana.org/time-zones)
  - `title` string, required — A short description of the expense (e.g., "New keyboard", "Team dinner").

## Response `201`

Created

- SuccessResponse — A generic success response returned by operations that don't produce a specific resource (e.g., updates, deletes).
  - `data` object, required
    - `status` string — The result status. Always `"ok"` for successful operations.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity

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