Travel Expense Management Software

Simple management of travel expenses and receipts

Enter your travel data together with your working hours. Simplify complete cost accounting through document entry and automatic calculation of additional catering expenses.

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More than 3,000 companies rely on ZEP

Travel expense report with ZEP

With ZEP, you can record travel expenses & receipts centrally and completely without paperwork.

mobile app

Capture receipts and travel data directly on the go

With the mobile ZEP app, your employees can conveniently scan receipts such as hotel bills or train tickets with their smartphones.

Detailed document breakdown

Several individual amounts per document are possible

Breakdown costs precisely and allocate the amount to the corresponding projects and customers — even at different tax rates.

Project-based travel expenses

Individual travel expense regulations per project

Define travel expense regulations individually for each project. Speed up your billing process with automatic currency conversion.

Additional catering expenses

Automatic calculation of additional catering expenses

ZEP creates the complete cost statement, including VMA, with individually configurable flat rates for work locations, vehicle types, meals received and more.

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More than 3,000 companies already rely on ZEP

The time tracking of choice — from startups to large corporations.

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“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

Thorsten
CIO

“Comprehensive solution for recording project and working times. In particular, compliance with legal regulations (minimum rest time, break times, maximum working hours, etc.) can be tracked very well. “

Julia
HR Manager

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to record working hours (billable, non-billable). This is a great basis for invoicing our customers.”

Johannes
Head of Success

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

Philipp
IT Consultant

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. Yet a high degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

Benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“We use ZEP for precise time recording, vacation management and absenteeism. With ZEP, our employees can also record their working hours while working from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

Stefan
District Manager

“Ideal employee management support thanks to a 360 degree view of employee availability, daily reports and automated vacation and absence management.”

Thorsten
CIO

“Comprehensive solution for recording project and working times. In particular, compliance with legal regulations (minimum rest time, break times, maximum working hours, etc.) can be tracked very well. “

Julia
HR Manager

“We have been using ZEP for over 10 years to record working hours (billable, non-billable). This is a great basis for invoicing our customers.”

Johannes
Head of Success

“ZEP impresses with its intuitive time and project management and offers excellent customer support!”

Philipp
IT Consultant

“Quick project bookings and evaluations. Yet a high degree of flexibility. Good modular design. You can easily adapt the system to your own needs.”

Benjamin
Senior Business Consultant

“We use ZEP for precise time recording, vacation management and absenteeism. With ZEP, our employees can also record their working hours while working from home, which enabled us to replace several previously used tools.”

Stefan
District Manager

ZEP is Funktionen

Bookable modules

Absences & Overtime

Centrally manage overtime, absences & vacations

Manage, Approve, and Monitor Overtime, Absenteeism, and Vacation Requests all in one place.

Ticketing system

Ticket System for Projects and Support Requests

Divide projects into tasks, receive support requests directly as tickets and record working hours directly on tickets and tasks.

Resource Planning

Plan capacity before it runs short

See on one timeline who still has capacity and who is overbooked, calculated from regular working hours, public holidays and absences.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions and answers.

How do I record my travel data and working hours in ZEP?

In ZEP, you can easily record your travel data and working hours by assigning receipts such as hotel bills, taxi receipts or train tickets to a specific project. Clear recording makes it easier to bill your expenses.

What features does ZEP’s receipt entry offer for external costs such as travel expenses?

Receipt entry for external costs in ZEP lets you assign receipts to projects and customers easily. You can enter several individual amounts per receipt with different tax rates, even on the go via our iOS and Android app.

Automatic currency conversion, a differing service date and attaching documents are also possible.

How do I calculate additional meal allowances (VMA) in ZEP?

ZEP automates the calculation of additional meal allowances (Verpflegungsmehraufwand, VMA) by defining work locations with the corresponding flat rates.

Configurable percentage deductions for meals provided, the 70/30 rule for business entertainment receipts and the midnight rule for multi-day business trips and shift work are built-in features.

How can I record and bill travel expenses digitally with ZEP?

Digitizing your travel expenses in ZEP takes three steps:

Upload receipts and travel data on your smartphone or desktop. Travel expenses are then automatically recharged to customers and reimbursed to employees. Finally, ZEP enables professional project controlling, including standardized exports to accounting.

Can I recharge additional meal allowances to my customers?

Yes, in ZEP you can configure per project whether additional meal allowances are recharged to the customer. This gives you full control over billing and lets you pass costs on to your customers transparently and efficiently.

Can I test the travel expense software for companies before making a final decision?

Yes, you can test ZEP free of charge for 14 days. Travel expense accounting is included from ZEP Operations and can be added to ZEP Clock for €2.50 per user per month. Our price calculator shows your individual monthly fee at a glance.