Have you ever fiddled your expenses?

4 April 2011

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Poll started 05 April 2011: Have you ever fiddled your expenses? If you get expenses from work (or self employed people using expenses for tax returns), are you always scrupulously honest? Which of these is closest to your situation?

Poll started 05 April 2011:

Have you ever fiddled your expenses?

If you get expenses from work (or self employed people using expenses for tax returns), are you always scrupulously honest? Which of these is closest to your situation?

Results

N/A (1043 votes)

I've never worked in a job with expenses		1043 votes (100%)

Work in the private sector (for a company big or small) (2886 votes)

Never. I've always been scrupulously honest on it – unless specifically permitted I don't do it.		986 votes (34%)
Yes. I've used false receipts, worked the system, got the max.		206 votes (7%)
At the edges. I've bumped up the odd taxi receipt and similar.		650 votes (23%)
Very minor. I may have taken a few pencils home without permission, but not much more.		1044 votes (36%)

Work in the public sector (ie NHS, teacher, civil servant) (1628 votes)

Yes. I've used false receipts, worked the system, got the max.		65 votes (4%)
At the edges. I've bumped up the odd taxi receipt and similar.		143 votes (9%)
Very minor. I may have taken a few pencils home without permission, but not much more.		657 votes (40%)
Never. I've always been scrupulously honest on it – unless specifically permitted I don't do it.		763 votes (47%)

                   5,557 votes received.

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