Admin

**Reminder** Change in the Monthly Release Schedule

As shown on the 2017 release calendar, starting in March, Expense releases will occur on Saturday instead of Friday. For most users, there is no change; they see the release-related changes on Monday – like they always have. Be aware that, starting in March, any weekend users will likely not see the release-related changes until Sunday.

Improved Credit Card Admin Searches

In the Company Card tool, Concur has made the following improvements to the search functionality that is available on the Manage Transactions tab:

• Concur has fixed the Account Number (exact match) option and it no longer returns the same result for different card numbers.

• A new option, Last Segment, is available on the Manage Transactions tab. This option works like the Last Segment option that already exists on the Manage Accounts tab.

• Re-running an Account Number (exact match) search is faster now that clicking in the field clears the previous number.

Business Purpose / Client Benefit: Searching transactions per card account functionality improvements save time.

Expense

**Coming Soon** Support for TLS v 1.0 Encryption Protocol to End March of 2017

Concur announces an End of Support cycle for version 1.0 of the TLS encryption protocol, continuing support for the more secure 1.1 and 1.2 versions of TLS. As background, the TLS protocol allows secure back and forth communications between a phone or computer and a cloud-based service.

Note that, since less than 1% of Concur users are logging in to Concur Solutions using browsers or phones limited to version 1.0, a very small number of users are affected by this support discontinuation.

Please note that the new end date of support is now March. We have moved the date support will end from 31 January to 31 March of 2017 in order to give our clients ample time to understand and make the required manual changes to their browser's security settings. These changes will be detailed in an upcoming service release.

Business Purpose / Client Benefit: Concur is taking this step after careful consideration of both the client’s security and ease of upgrade to the newer, more secure 1.1 and 1.2 versions of TLS. This end of life plan for TLS v 1.0 ensures our clients are communicating with Concur services in a safe and secure manner using TLS v. 1.1 and newer.

Expense Pay

Changing to a New Funding Account

The Batch Definitions tab of the Configure Batches page in Payment Manager now provides an easier way to manage funding accounts. All changes display in Configure Batches > Funding Accounts and each batch definition.

Business Purpose / Client Benefit: Active and available funding accounts display in a single view where replacing one account with another is now simplified. Clients can now perform funding account management activities from within a specific batch definition screen.

New Column in Monitor Batches

In Payment Manager, as part of making it easier to change from one type of funding account to another, Concur has added a new column to View Batches > Advanced Search to enable tracking of which funding account the system used for which executed batch.

Business Purpose / Client Benefit: This change allows client admins to easily identify and differentiate Classic (method) funding accounts from the newer Global (method) funding accounts. This will be important during the migration process from Classic to Global funding accounts.

Global Funding Accounts Available for USD and CAD

Concur has expanded the Expense Pay Global product offering to include support for the United States Dollar (USD) and the Canadian Dollar (CAD).

Business Purpose / Client Benefit: Expense Pay Global clients can now create Global funding accounts for their USD and CAD employee reimbursements and American Express (AMEX) company card payments.

Travel Allowance

Per Diem Now Based on Location for 24-Hour Day – Finland

With this release, Finland's calculations for the 24 hour "per diem" rate is now based on the location of the traveller exactly 24 hours following their departure. This change accommodates new legal regulations, and retires the standard end of calendar day calculation. (11:59:59 P.M. end of day).

Now, if a traveller departs for a trip at 8:00 A.M., their calculated per diem rate is based on their location at 7:59:59 A.M. the next day, or 24 hours following departure.

Business Purpose / Client Benefit: This enhancement brings Expense and the traveller into compliance with Finland's revised per diem calculation mandate.

VAT

Sweden (SE) Update to Entertainment for Continued Parliamentary Compliance

Concur will update the Value Added Tax (VAT) requirements in accordance with the recent proposal enacted by the Swedish Government mandating that employers will no longer be able to deduct the Entertainment expense type as deductible income. Also, the VAT deduction will be maximised to SEK 300, excluding VAT per person and occasion.

Expense types affected:

• Entertainment: Breakfast

• Entertainment: Lunch

• Entertainment: Dinner

Business Purpose / Client Benefit: This change will enable businesses to maintain best-practice tax compliance.