# Reimbursements

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The finance team assists faculty and staff with reimbursements for expenses related to UC business that they have paid for with personal money. UC Berkeley uses [this website](https://reimburse.berkeley.edu/) to process reimbursements (instructions [here](https://controller.berkeley.edu/reimbursementsystem)).

**For all reimbursements you will need to:**

- Submit original, itemized receipts that show a payment method.
- Submit expense reports timely (within 45 days) and respond promptly to requests for details and documentation.
- Know the funding chartstring.

- A chartstring is used to charge the expense to a specific fund. For Faculty, please see your PI Portfolio or ask the Finance Team or Director of Administration for chartstring assistance. For a tutorial on PI Portfolio see <https://controller.berkeley.edu/submitting-reimbursement-travel-expenses-domestic-trip-single-destination>

For information on Travel Policy, please read: [Key Points of the Travel Policy](https://travel.berkeley.edu/understand-policy/key-points-travel-policy)

For information on Entertainment Policy, please read: [Key Points of the Entertainment Policy](https://controller.berkeley.edu/financial-operations/entertainment/understand-policy)

All reimbursement requests require the following documentation: 

- Business purpose (a description of how the item will be used to forward the mission of your work in the History Department)
- Itemized receipts showing proof of purchase in your name

Reimbursement requests are broken down by type:

- Travel (airline tickets, ground transportation, lodging, entertainment while on UC business)
- Entertainment (breakfast, lunch, dinner, light refreshments, bulk food and beverages)
- General (books, course materials,  office supplies, computer supplies, conference fees, professional memberships, etc.)