Money making tips on expense claims

[Dom Tuk]

Here are some easy tips on making money off your employer when claiming expenses. Use public transport and claim you used personal car and get mileage. Get spouse to drop you off and say you got the taxi (taxi receipts are available at all taxi firms). Any other such tips that Abers know of

[ICEMANSAV]

Our engineers used the infamous � 20 of fuel and 20 embassy number 1 as fuel, not very sly when fuel came to � 24.87.

Everywhere booked up on site so had to stay in the Hilton.

Syphoning fuel from our fleet.

 

All sorts little b*****ds!!

 

There is always a way to get revenge

[woofgang]

WARNING This is actually fraud. If found out, it won't just be a dirty look and no card at christmas, your employer can take you to court and you can go to jail.

Where I work, (NHS) the management have a "prosecute everything" policy. If a manager suspects fraud they have to hand it over to our "fraud squad" who investigate and get an opinion from the CPS as to whether it is prosecutable or not. This is irregardless of the amount of the fraud and also covers misuse of supplies ansd equipment and bunking off from work. This is not a moral judgement thing but you do need to think if its going to be worth it. "Everbody does it" "It was the first time" "it wasn't much" I didn't think I'd get caught" .....None of these are defences!!

[Grunty]

... but on he positive side, you have the right to legal advice when you have been arrested.

[luckystrike]

In my previous place of work with an international construction firm, a senior manager was responsible for settling the monthly bill for the company car fuel from the local car sales / filling station.  It was not until we re-negotiated our fuel contract and changed stations that we discovered that he had purchased a car for his wife and was including the monthly payments with the company fuel receipts.  He was dismissed, but the police were not involved as he paid back the money.

The amount of theft from site, bribery of supposed �professionals�, etc. still horrifies me.  It�s something that I have NEVER been associated with, but I have heard that people have built houses with the amount of materials which that have over-ordered and not returned, and the amount of sub-contractors who have been �persuaded� to do a couple of weeks work at these houses �as a personal favour�.

Also, we have had problems in the past with others who deal with money over-paying sub-contractors and then splitting the difference in cash.

[landie]

I believe that what you are suggesting is illegal and I would urge anyone tempted to follow this advice to think again and play it straight.

[woofgang]

wow. I reallly hesitated over posting as I expected a flaming for my views... thanks guys!

[woofgang]

PS going to prison or getting sacked doesn't mean that you don't have to make good the fraud, you have to do that AS WELL and they can take your house, car, everything

[dothawkes]

Plus usually public transport is dearer than the mileage allowance for a car in my experience, and most firms will not pay for Taxi fares as Public Transport is cheaper than them, so it would take alot of double checking first to see if you were gaining the odd pound, and I would rather risk a quid on the lottery than my job any day.  But some folk like to live on the edge.

[curiosity]

There's mention of fraud here, yet on another thread many admit to being at work whilst on answerbank. Double standards?

[woofgang]

Not from me. I don't log on while at work (lousy slow connection). Also many employers, including mine, allow personal use of computers during breaks provided that the sites accessed are decent and legal.

[landie]

Well, curiosity, I believe your correct. I, however, took early retirement in 2001 so must escape that criticism. Doesn't mean that mrs. landie hasn't got a list of jobs up her sleeve though.

[Trillipse]

just as a fun twist on the old "ripping off your employer is fine because he's loaded and will never notice" theme,

i i took it a tiny step further, went round to his house, gagged, bound and slightly tortured his wife and children, loaded all the loot into the back of his 4x4 and made good my escape!

oh come on, everyone's doing it!

and i STILL claimed back the busfare for the journey to his house.

[thugulike]

How about the route to the nearest job centre?  Employers are wise to these tricks and you will get caught

[Pinotage]

The people I know that 'made money' out of expense claims were on a per diem basis and instead of spending it on a decent hotel and meal in a restuarant, stayed in the cheapest B&B they could and had a McDonalds for dinner. Sure, they saved a few pound, but I find staying away from home on business is stressfull enough - I want a bit of comfort in the evening. Com eto think of it, their accommodations was so rough, they used to stay late in the pub, so I suppose they drank their savings.

[Trillipse]

i knew a bloke who would steal matches from the hotels at which he stayed when attending conferences.

 

he never made any money, but he did construct a lovely scale model of the HMS Victory........