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# Can I Pay Bills With My Personal Finances?

Yes, you can! For example, **imagine you forget your business card on a trip** to San Francisco and need to pay for a business expense with it. What can you do?

No problem! **You can pay for this expense with your personal credit card, or even in cash**, but **remember to ask for an invoice for your company **and then let us know that you paid it with a personal account. We'll report that expense as "out-of-pocket expenses," and you can get that money refunded to your personal bank account tax-free.

## Who Can Claim Out-Of-Pocket Expenses?

Any member of the board of directors can pay the expenses with their personal money, declare them as “out-of-pocket expenses”, and later receive the reimbursement of that money in their personal accounts.


| Remember that not all expenses, even if properly paid or documented, are deductible. See this [guide to non-deductible expenses](https://help.companio.co/en/article/what-expenses-are-not-deductible-1pq2pzt/) for more information.