Exaggerating expenses acceptable to one in five January 2012
Posted date: 11 January 2012
Fiddling expenses is seen as a legitimate way of supplementing their income by one in five employees, but only in cases where they work long hours and are not paid overtime.
A study, carried out by YouGov on behalf of Concur, found that a similar number of respondents agreed that they were entitled to exaggerate claims if they did not feel that they had been fully reimbursed for costs incurred.
The most likely element to be altered is mileage. More than 25 per cent of people said that it was acceptable to increase the amount when the rate paid by the employer does not cover the actual car and fuel costs.
David Vine, Senior Director at Concur, said: “It’s disappointing to see that attitudes towards expense fiddling remain so casual. The data shows that businesses cannot afford to take their eye off the ball.”
The survey also found that those aged 18 to 24 were most willing to condone falsifying expense4s, with more than one in four workers in this category believing it was acceptable to overstate costs by up to 10 per cent. This belief fell for older age groups, with only one in eight over 55s agreeing with this practice.
For more on payroll and expenses fraud, see the February issue of Pay & Benefits.
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