Paging those on expenses

Do any of you have to provide completely itemised receipts for meals,
i.e. showing exactly what has been consumed?

After ten years with this company with never a problem, I've got some
nazi bean-counting **** querying my expenses because a hotel bill just
shows "Dinner".

Jumped up little shit is threatening to refuse to pay any expenses that
don't itemise completely in future.

This is going to be interesting. Next time a sales bunny asks me to
travel, I'm going to refuse to on the grounds that I can't be sure I'll
get my money back, and I'm not prepared to risk it.

Ho-hum, the lunatics appear to have completed their hostile bid for the
asylum, and it's time to update my CV and talk to a couple of contacts.

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Aye, that's how I've done it when I've been on expenses.

'Restaurant' is how I got it put on the bill.... this normally includes
a bar meal, a few beers and a pack of fags.

Never had it questioned.

 

SteveH wrote

Experience teaches me that when you do it is usually long past time to
consider taking the tax hit on the value of your share options.

 

No never had that as an issue , however a friend did , he promptly
photographed every meal he had for the next month handed the photographs in
with his expenses (including the receipt for the film development and
picture prints ) and they paid him without question

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, steve robinson

*Snort*

I quite like that.

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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

It has been. In fairly short words. I've also tried to explain the
challenges of asking for an itemised bill in a Chinese restaurant in
Denmark.

Since the NBCC hasn't set foot outside his office in his entire
miserable fucking life, I expect he will fail to understand.

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Not to that level, but if it shows alcohol and isn't a direct customer
event they won't pay it.. ditto drinks on the room in a hotel. Also
anything abouve the stated allowances doesn't get paid withough a sign
off from god, allah and uncle bulgaria womble, which makes it a
pointless excersise in trying.

 

I once got stiffed with a bar william that itemised every pint and timed and
dated it's purchase, if I had submitted it I would have had to go to company
doctor for a liver check!
..
IMO, NBCC's don't last too long but.. more worryingly though they appear to
move into HR management or similar senior roles they aren't qualified for
(other than being tight arses) then you are really fucked.
The last 2 tight arse scrutineers I had a run in with got promoted to MD PA
positions and then got swiftly pumped at the next re-shuffle though, so
there is hope

Good luck.

Ras
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No.

Reminds me, I have an expense run to do.

<checks hotel receipt for this week>

Fairly common, and as such it shouldn't be a big deal. In a world
populated with sensible people.

Escalate it. The company can't refuse to reimburse *your* money
because a restaurant or hotel won't conform to the NBCC's rules.

One of the nightmares is where there's a group dinner, but multiple
receipts needed. Almost invariably, in that instance, the restaurant
will write x number of receipts saying dinner.

At INS, quite sensibly, one person (usually, the most senior at the
table) could pay for the whole of a group meal and claim the whole
thing, naming those present. This saves a significant of
administration time, on the part of the expense reporter, expense
authorizer, and expense payer.

 

"Entertainment" or "sustenance". i.e. was anyone else present or not.

 

Man's a twat.

 

My Co doesn't really give a shit. I can even get receipts stating the
number of meals consumed (if I invite people), which can be handy.

I once asked for danger money for travel to the ME (Not that I was
really fussed). The reply was 'We don't oblige you to go' so that was a
bit of a bummer.

 

That's we're...

 

This is how the railway works and Aslef to a lesser extent as we don't
really have expenses as such.

 

Arrrrgggghhhhhh, fuckity fuckity fuckity ****!

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"proofreading"

 

Only if we have booze. Company won't pay for that.

 

Sounds like our company's pretty enlightened then. I've never had
anything questioned and always make full use of hotel bars (and room
mini-bars).

The only thing they ask is that when eating out with other internal
people whoever pays writes the names of all attendees on the receipt.

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AOL. See, an enlightened company would reimburse an employee for any
costs from being associated with having to travel on business.

I like to read a newspaper in the morning, so when I'm at home I have
on delivered. If I'm away, my wife still wants the newspaper
delivered, so I'd have to get another one.

In the evening, I like to watch a movie. If I'm at home, I can do
that at no cost from my DVD collection.

etc

 

It's when they start going over your earlier, already paid, expenses
that you really, really want to worry.

Upset anyone there recently? Change of manager or ownership?