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title: Workspace Rules
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description: Configure and manage rules for your workspace to enforce expense policies and automate compliance.
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Workspace Rules let Admins enforce expense policies by setting custom requirements for receipts, spending limits, category behavior, auto-approvals, and more. These rules help ensure compliance and streamline the approval process.
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# Enable Workspace Rules
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# How to enable Workspace Rules
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To activate Rules for your workspace:
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# Configure Expense Rules
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# How to configure Expense Rules
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Once enabled, go to the **Rules** tab in the left menu to manage expense-level settings.
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## Expense Rule Options
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## Expense Rule options
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- **Receipt required amount** – Set the minimum amount that requires a receipt (supports decimals).
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- **Itemized receipt required over** – Require itemized receipts for expenses over a specific amount.
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- **Max expense amount** – Set a per-expense spending cap (supports decimals).
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- **Max expense age (Days)** – Define how old an expense can be (whole numbers only).
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- **Cash expense default** - Choose whether cash expenses are reimbursable by default.
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- **Billable default** – Choose whether expenses are billable by default.
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- **Require company cards for all purchases** - Flag out-of-pocket expenses that should have been made with a company card. Only available after company cards are connected to the workspace.
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- **eReceipts** – Enable automatic receipt generation for all USD card transactions up to $75 (requires USD as default currency).
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![Rules page showing all available workspace-level expense rules]({{site.url}}/assets/images/new-expensify-rules.png){:width="100%"}
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# Configure the Prohibited Expenses Rule
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# What happens if Expense Rules are broken
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When an expense breaks a Workspace Rule or Category Rule, the expense is flagged with a violation and the approver is prompted to manually review it before approval.
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# How to configure the Prohibited Expenses Rule
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Use this AI-powered rule to flag receipts with restricted purchases.
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If SmartScan detects one of these items on a receipt:
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- The expense is flagged with a violation.
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- The approver is prompted to manually review it.
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**Note:** Violations appear in both New Expensify and Expensify Classic, but the rule must be enabled in **New Expensify**.
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# Configure Expense Report Rules
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# How to configure Expense Report rules
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Use these settings to control how entire reports are named, routed, and approved.
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# Configure Category Rules
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# How to configure Category Rules
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Category Rules let you fine-tune how individual categories behave.
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- **Default tax rate** – Set a default tax percentage.
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- **Max amount** – Set a spending cap for this category.
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- **Require receipts over** – Set a threshold for when receipts are required.
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- **Require itemized receipts over** – Require itemized receipts for expenses over a specific amount.
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# Configure Tag Rules
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# How to configure Tag Rules
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Tag Rules allow tagging-based workflows and approvals.
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# Manage Default Categories and Billable Behavior
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# How to manage default categories and billable behavior
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You can set workspace-wide defaults to automate categorization and tagging.
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No. Disabling a rule only affects expenses that are in draft or awaiting submission. Submitted or approved expenses remain unchanged.
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## What happens if a Category or Tag Rule conflicts with a Workspace Rule?
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Category and Tag Rules take priority over Workspace Rules. When both apply to the same expense, the category-specific setting is used.
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