Should reimbursements be included in a person's pay check and taxed or payed seperate with no taxes taken out

Question

If an employee pays for something out of pocket and turns in the receipt for reimbursement shouldn't it they be paid the full amount instead of it being included on their check and taxes be taken out of it?

Answer 1

If it's a receipt for a deductible expense, like expenses for business travel or purchase of something to be used for work, it should be a separate check without taxes taken out.

If it's a reimbursement for something like tuition, then the answer is different.

Answer 2

it should definitely be separate from a paycheck because you should not have to pay taxes (i.e. social security, federal tax, state tax, ssi, disability) on expense reimbursement.