'People will try to claim anything': What to know if you're exaggerating your work expenses

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A lot of people aren\u0027t entirely honest at work, especially when it comes to expense claims

This is understandable. Johnson is the first serving U.K. prime minister to be punished for breaking the law — for attending a surprise Downing Street birthday party during a COVID lockdown. He is also fighting charges he knowingly misled parliament about such events.When other pollsters have asked British workers if they have ever committed a dishonest act on the job, a non-trivial number say they have, not least when it comes to their expenses.

Yet each time I see a new report on suspect expense claims, I am reminded of a piece of corporate wisdom an executive passed on to me many years ago. If a company wants to fire someone, the easiest way to do it is to go through their expenses, because the chance of finding something technically sackable is so high.One 2016 poll found 20 per cent of British employees admitted to exaggerating their expense claims, while 29 per cent thought it normal to be dishonest at work.

Another survey by the same company found expense cheats over-claimed an average of £451 a year; men cheated more than women and nearly a third did not feel guilty because they felt they deserved it.

 

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